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Rape trial against former Catholic priest starts in Santa Fe

SANTA FE â€“ A trial has started for a former priest accused of raping a first grade student from Holy Cross Catholic School in Santa Fe more than 30 years ago. Key in the trial t...

DATE: Jan 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Opponents of gun confiscation bill rally in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Hundreds of advocates for gun rights rallied Friday at the New Mexico Statehouse in a show of force against a proposed law that allows the confiscation of guns that has the suppor...

DATE: Jan 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Albuquerque police hired convicted felon

ALBUQUERQUE – Police in Albuquerque hired a convicted felon and allowed him to continue working in a high-ranking position even after officials learned he had provided a wrong birth date and...

DATE: Jan 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: New Mexico man agreed to pay prostitute with burger

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico man is facing charges after police said he agreed to pay an undercover officer posing as a prostitute with a hamburger. Dominic Calderon was arrested Tu...

DATE: Jan 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo police seeking information about deadly hit-and-run

PINEDALE, N.M. – Authorities on the Navajo Nation are looking to the public for any information about a deadly hit-and-run on the New Mexico side of the reservation. A motorist fo...

DATE: Jan 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico district: Teacher shortage a ‘health emergency’

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – A northern New Mexico school board is calling a statewide teacher shortage that is hitting the region especially hard a “public health emergency.” Española Public...

DATE: Jan 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico city OKs money for Vietnam War-era cannon

The Associated Press GALLUP, N.M. – A western New Mexico city is acquiring a Vietnam War-era cannon from the U.S. Army for display in its downtown near the historic Route 66. ...

DATE: Jan 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico State to halt student trips to China amid virus

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State University said its study abroad office will not be sending students to China amid a new virus that has sickened thousands and killed more than 100. ...

DATE: Jan 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico recreational pot legalization passes first test

SANTA FE – A Democrat-backed bill to legalize recreational marijuana businesses in all towns and counties across New Mexico passed its first test late Tuesday amid heighten interested from b...

DATE: Jan 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Murder conviction overturned in Navajo reservation killing

GALLUP, N.M. – A federal appeals court has overturned a Gallup man’s first-degree murder conviction in a 2016 homicide, ruling that the defendant should have been allowed to present evidence...

DATE: Jan 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico considers cannabis subsidies, crime expungement

SANTA FE – A Democrat-backed bill to legalize recreational marijuana businesses in all towns and counties across New Mexico is getting its first public vetting by lawmakers. A leg...

DATE: Jan 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriff in New Mexico to create intelligence division

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – An intelligence division in Las Cruces is expected to consolidate information from federal databases to pursue criminal trends in the county, a county sheriff in New Mexic...

DATE: Jan 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News