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Grocery store workers, others now on New Mexico vaccine list

ALBUQUERQUE – Grocery store employees, home caregivers, farm workers, other essential workers and people older than 60 are now eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine in New Mexico. ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State Police: 14-year-old arrested in killings of 2 men

VILLANUEVA, N.M. â€“ Authorities in northern New Mexico say a 14-year-old Las Vegas boy has been arrested in the killings of two men at a home in the small community of Villanueva. ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico pot legalization bill advances as time runs short

SANTA FE – Legislation to legalize cannabis in New Mexico advanced Thursday toward a decisive Senate floor vote under a framework that emphasizes government oversight of pricing and supplies...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico puts surging income into schools, economic relief

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate approved an annual budget plan for state government that increases general fund spending by nearly 5% to shore up educational funding, bolster environm...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former tax official accused of changing, rerouting refunds

ALBUQUERQUE – A former New Mexico state tax official faces dozens of counts of wire fraud and other crimes accusing him of stealing nearly $690,000 by altering taxpayers’ refunds and routing...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico seeks end to police immunity from prosecution

SANTA FE – A bill that would end police immunity from prosecution in New Mexico to allow civil right lawsuits in state court cleared its last major hurdle with Senate approval shortly after ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Congressional race to succeed Deb Haaland takes shape

SANTA FE – Rep. Deb Haaland’s departure from Congress to serve as U.S. Interior Department secretary will trigger a special election to choose a successor, starting with a rarely invoked nom...

DATE: Mar 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cowboys for Trump leader won’t resign his Otero County post

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin has said he will not resign his seat on the Otero County Commission as he awaits trial in connection with the Jan. 6 siege on the U....

DATE: Mar 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque schools board appoints new superintendent

The Albuquerque Public Schools board has named Scott Elder as superintendent of New Mexico’s largest school district, a post he has held on an interim basis since last summer. The...

DATE: Mar 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque schools to resume in-person learning on April 5

ALBUQUERQUE – With the slowing of the coronavirus outbreak, Albuquerque Public Schools will resume in-person learning for five days a week on April 5 though students can continue remote lear...

DATE: Mar 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Latest New Mexico film lineup includes independent features

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Film Office says four independent feature films headline the state’s latest lineup of projects either recently in production or about to start up. The ot...

DATE: Mar 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

FBI offers reward in probe of October death in Shiprock

FARMINGTON– The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward as it continues to investigate the suspicious death of a Navajo Nation man whose body was found in October along a highway in Shiprock. ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News