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New Mexico wilderness area grows with large donation

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited her home state Saturday to celebrate what marks the largest wilderness land donation in the agency’s history and another addition to...

DATE: Jul 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico is 2nd state to make gas stations liable for DUI

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gas stations have a legal obligation not to sell fuel to drivers who are believed to be intoxicated, the New Mexico Supreme Court said Monday in a decision that could have far-reaching effects on businesses and that only one other state applies so strictly.

DATE: Jul 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Stretch of I-10 dedicated as memorial for slain officer

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A stretch of Interstate 10 in Luna County in southwestern New Mexico is now a memorial corridor honoring a New Mexico State Officer gunned down by a drug trafficking suspe...

DATE: Jul 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Santa Fe sheriff’s video reveals details in fatal shooting

SANTA FE – Newly published video reveals details in a fatal police shooting last month yet to be disclosed by the New Mexico State Police officials in charge of investigating it. Santa Fe Co...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Weather service: Showers, thunderstorms may cause flooding

ALBUQUERQUE – The National Weather Service warns that numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected over western and northern New Mexico on Wednesday, creating the potential for heavy rain...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico lawmakers warned about shrinking water supplies

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some of New Mexico top climate and water experts warned state lawmakers Tuesday that the effects of the current drought on water supplies have been worsened by climate change, specifically an ongoing, long-term warming trend.

DATE: Jul 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. – Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beati...

DATE: Jul 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

2 shot, 1 fatally in Albuquerque; officer slightly injured

ALBUQUERQUE – Shots fired across a downtown Albuquerque street killed one person and wounded another early Saturday and a police officer driving through the area was slightly injured, appare...

DATE: Jul 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Podcast explores creation of U.S. parks with Indigenous voices

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – In the first minutes of the first episode of a new podcast called Parks, Shane Doyle speaks of being largely unaware of his family’s sprawling roots in the area known t...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

University of New Mexico won’t require COVID-19 vaccinations

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico will continue to encourage that students, faculty and staff members get vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus in August for the fa...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Relief fund partners to donate shoes to Navajo children

SHIPROCK, N.M. – Hundreds of children from several Navajo communities in northwestern New Mexico soon will have new kicks. A relief fund created by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson an...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Gallup hospital shedding nearly 80 jobs; patient counts drop

GALLUP, N.M. – A Gallup hospital says it is eliminating nearly 80 jobs as it responds to reduced patient counts after a $14 million loss in 2020. The job cuts announced Tuesday by Rehoboth M...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico