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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

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

ALBUQUERQUE – 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. C...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico expected to have fewer births, fewer students

SANTA FE – New Mexico researchers warned on Thursday that there may be fewer people in the state in the coming decade, with a drop in births that will continue to reduce school enrollment. ...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Newly mapped New Mexico wildfire smaller than estimated

THREE RIVERS, N.M. â€“ Officials now put the size of a wildfire in southern-central New Mexico mountains at less than half of a previous estimate and reporting progress in containing the bla...

DATE: Apr 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Governor: Vaccine progress means New Mexico can open soon

The pace of vaccinations has been as an overwhelming driver

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reopens state Capitol to general public

Doors were unlocked to all visitors for the first time in roughly a year.

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY:

Study says future of New Mexico may include fewer people

SANTA FE – Flanked by booming economies and community growth, New Mexico is likely to watch its population count plateau in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and then slowly decline ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reopens state Capitol to general public

SANTA FE â€“ The New Mexico state Capitol building has reopened to the public as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. It was closed to the general public for four consecutive legislative sessions. ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico to fund blimp broadband study for rural internet

SANTA FE – New Mexico is finalizing a $3.2 million contract to a dirigible manufacturer to study the viability of distributing high-speed internet from above the ground instead of underneath...

DATE: Apr 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Wet weather a boost for crews fighting New Mexico wildfire

THREE RIVERS, N.M. â€“ Rain and snow helped crews working to keep a wildfire from spreading in forested mountains in south-central New Mexico, officials said Wednesday. The fire w...

DATE: Apr 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico settles child care lawsuit, promises subsidies

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s early childhood department has settled a lawsuit with anti-poverty groups, cementing access to child care subsidies for low-income residents. Under the agr...

DATE: Apr 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News