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Latina author organizes book drive for migrant families

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A good book can take a reader on a journey, but for migrants on an actual journey a book can also uplift, entertain and inspire. New Mexico author Denise C...

DATE: Jan 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

New Mexico state senator challenger also has DWI conviction

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – A leading challenger of an embattled New Mexico state senator convicted of drunken driving has acknowledged he also has a DWI conviction from his younger years. R...

DATE: Jan 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Animal advocacy groups file complaints about New Mexico lab

ALBUQUERQUE – Animal advocacy groups have filed complaints with federal officials about the treatment of monkeys and other animals at a research facility in New Mexico. The Ohio-b...

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man sentenced to life plus 15 years in 2008 cartel killing

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ A man extradited to the United States from Mexico in 2015 to stand trial in a 2008 killing for a drug cartel was sentenced Friday to life plus 15 years in prison. ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico now considering energy efficiency of office space

SANTA FE – The state of New Mexico is now considering the energy efficiency of buildings when leasing office space. The General Services Department made the announcement Tuesday, ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

$8B needed in transportation repairs on Navajo Nation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Transportation officials for the Navajo Nation have reported it would take 116 years and $7.9 billion to meet current infrastructure needs. Officials from the...

DATE: Jan 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Northern New Mexico state park open to ice fishing

EAGLE NEST, N.M. â€“ Officials with the New Mexico State Parks Division said Eagle Nest is now open to ice fishing. Current measurements indicate that ice thickness at the norther...

DATE: Jan 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor gives state workers paid parental leave

SANTA FE – Thousands of employees of state agencies overseen by the governor will be eligible for paid maternity and paternity leave for the first time, under an executive order announced Tu...

DATE: Jan 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico church sues U.S. over religious discrimination

SANTA FE – The New Mexico branch of a church that uses hallucinogenic tea as a sacrament is suing the federal government for failing to process immigration documents for one of its religious...

DATE: Dec 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Agencies seek end to forest rulings in New Mexico, Arizona

SANTA FE – Federal agencies have filed opinions for national forests in New Mexico and Arizona and have asked a judge to dismiss the court’s previous ruling on timber management activities o...

DATE: Dec 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wintry weather restricts access to some parks in Southwest

Wintry weather on Saturday restricted access to some national parks in the Four Corners of the Southwest. National Park Service sites that announced they were closed included Band...

DATE: Dec 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man pleads guilty to robbing three Albuquerque businesses

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ A New Mexico man is facing prison time after pleading guilty to robbing three Albuquerque businesses at gunpoint over the course of two months. Lalonzo Simmons, 44...

DATE: Dec 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News