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New Mexico city mayor sworn in after predecessor indicted

LAS VEGAS, N.M. â€“ The northern New Mexico city of Las Vegas has officially sworn in a new mayor whose predecessor resigned amid bribery charges. The Las Vegas Optic reports L...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Juvenile detention center to close in Santa Fe County

SANTA FE – A county youth detention center in northern New Mexico is scheduled to close after commissioners raised concerns about rising costs and a decrease in the detention population. ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: New Mexico man hit officer with shirt after DWI stop

HOBBS, N.M. – A New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he was arrested for drunken driving and threw his clothes at an officer. The Hobbs News-Sun reports Alonso Mar...

DATE: Apr 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Defying odds, New Mexico university’s Chicano studies grows

ALBUQUERQUE – For years, the University of New Mexico’s Chicana and Chicano Studies program sat neglected and poorly funded. The university’s low salaries prevented it from attracting nation...

DATE: Apr 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State Supreme Court will mediate mail-in ballot dispute

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico’s Supreme Court said Wednesday it will referee a dispute over how to proceed with the state’s June 2 primary election without in-person voting to minimize public ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Liberal groups start effort to target ‘corporate’ Democrats

SANTA FE – A coalition of liberal groups has begun a campaign to target critical moderate New Mexico Senate Democrats who have blocked some liberal proposals. The coalition callin...

DATE: Apr 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo poet Jake Skeets wins Whiting Award

GALLUP, N.M. – Navajo poet Jake Skeets has been named one of the winners of this year’s Whiting Award. The Gallup Independent reports the Giles Whiting Foundation recently anno...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Governor: Man in 40s becomes fifth virus death in New Mexico

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic increased to five with the case of a man in his 40s, as state officials on Tuesday said expanded testing will begin in an eff...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe food bank gets donation from ‘Stranger Things’ star

SANTA FE – “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown is channeling her power for good for a New Mexico food bank. The actress posted on her Instagram on Sunday that she and her fa...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

New Mexico official in video blames ‘Asians’ for virus

DEMING, N.M. – A southern New Mexico county official is under fire for posting a social media video casting blame for the novel coronavirus pandemic on “Asians.” Luna County Safet...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: Man fatally shot during welfare check

ALBUQUERQUE – A man is dead after being shot by Albuquerque police after officers went to make a welfare check on the person. The Albuquerque Journal reports that police said t...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico cancels national tourism campaign amid virus

RIO RANCHO, N.M – The Santa Fe Plaza is empty. So are the narrow streets of the adobe-laden historic district in the heart of Albuquerque. The ski lifts are idle, the galleries are shuttered...

DATE: Mar 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business