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City of Albuquerque collects 166 guns in a buyback program

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque has collected nearly 170 guns in a buyback program designed to get the weapons off the street. Albuquerque City Council member Cynthia Borrego said lots...

DATE: May 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajo Nation reports 4 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported four new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. Tribal health officials said the latest figures pushed the total numb...

DATE: May 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they're pushing after President Joe Biden's win in the state last year are designed to strengthen the integrity of futu...

DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Balloon Fiesta task force mulls ideas for more landing sites

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A task force is recommending buying land to expand potential landing sites for the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The Albuquerque Journal reports ...

DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump's presidency will be reunited in the United States this ...

DATE: May 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Off-duty officer arrested in fatal wrong-way crash on I-25

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A 29-year-old off-duty police officer was arrested in an Albuquerque-area wrong-way crash in which two people were killed early Saturday morning, authorities said. Cuba po...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Wrong-way driver is killed in freeway crash in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A driver allegedly going the wrong way on Interstate 40 was killed Sunday after crashing into the back of a semi-truck, Albuquerque police said. The crash occurred e...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Treasury: Some tribes will get more money from CARES Act

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Some Native American tribes will receive more money from a federal virus relief package approved last year after the U.S. Treasury Department revised it's methodology...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajo Nation reports 12 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one additional death. Tribal health officials said the total number of cases since the pan...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies

There wasn't much Bobby Unser wouldn't do to promote the Indianapolis 500, which is how he found himself at a show-and-tell at an Indiana elementary school a few years ago. He had the famed...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico city ends backlog of untested rape evidence kits

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials in New Mexico’s largest city said Friday they have cleared a backlog of thousands of untested rape evidence kits as part of an endeavor that has spanned more than thr...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Legislature bristles at governor’s vetoes of pandemic aid

SANTA FE – State legislators bristled on Friday at vetoes by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that block legislative authority over new federal pandemic aid, and said they may seek a c...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News