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Flags at half staff Monday for New Mexico Guard soldier

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered that U.S. and state flags be flown at half staff Monday in honor of a New Mexico National Guard soldier who died during an overseas deplo...

New Mexico Forestry Division to plant 1,200 trees

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Forestry Division will be planting 1,200 trees across the state in celebration of Arbor Month. Officials with the agency say the month of March often has...

Report: Albuquerque Biopark trains see derailments, injuries

ALBUQUERQUE – A review of Albuquerque records shows that the city’s BioPark zoo train has experienced derailments and injuries in recent years. A review of five years’ worth of ma...

Convicted New Mexico sect leader seeks new trial

GRANT, N.M. – A leader in a rural New Mexico paramilitary religious sect convicted of kidnapping and sexual abuse is seeking a new trial. Lawyers for Deborah Green, leader of the ...

New Mexico man accused of using website to solicit two murders

ROSWELL, N.M. – Authorities said a former Roswell high school student is accused of using a website to try to hire someone to kill two fellow students. Roswell police say 18-year-...

Lab in New Mexico could begin testing for new virus

SANTA FE – Health officials in New Mexico send off samples from people suspected of having the new coronavirus to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the state epidemiologist...

New Mexico homeowner ordered to remove pro-Palestinian mural

SANTA FE – A New Mexico homeowner has been ordered to remove pro-Palestinian murals from an adobe wall outside his Santa Fe home. The Santa Fe Historic Districts Review Board affi...

Lawsuit: Black officer who was fired faced harassment

ALBUQUERQUE – A black corrections officer in southeastern New Mexico faced constant harassment and was eventually fired after he called in sick and was later spotted at a high school basketb...

New Mexico jury convicts an Arizona man of human smuggling

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A federal jury in New Mexico has convicted an Arizona man on a human smuggling charge. Prosecutors say 39-year-old Francisco Armando Martinez of Tucson was foun...

New Mexico inmate death ‘apparent suicide’ amid lawsuits

SANTA FE – An inmate’s suspected suicide recently in a New Mexico prison occurred as two new lawsuits accuse the state Corrections Department of negligence in inmate deaths at another penite...

Mom charged with boiling pets found competent to stand trial

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico woman facing charges she beat and tortured her children and forced them to watch her kill their pets has been found competent to stand trial. State Distr...

New Mexico bail reform committee to hear from experts

ALBUQUERQUE – A committee appointed by the New Mexico Supreme Court to review the state’s pretrial detention procedures will be hearing from some national experts. The committee w...