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Wild horse hit, killed along highway near Navajo Nation

GALLUP, N.M. – Authorities and residents on the Navajo Nation have raised concerns about a herd of wild horses that have been grazing along a highway for several days before one was fatally ...

New Mexico Legislature considers college tuition funding

SANTA FE – State senators are considering a bill to provide $30 million in subsidies for attendees of two-year colleges and a pilot program to help college dropouts finish their degrees. ...

New Mexico teachers union opposes extending school year

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s largest teachers union is opposing legislation that would extend the school year to make up for learning that was lost during the coronavirus pandemic. Chi...

Cowboys for Trump leader appeals for pretrial release

SANTA FE – Jailed Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is seeking a second judge’s opinion about whether he must remain incarcerated pending trial in connection with the siege of the U.S. ...

New Mexico health officials cite results from vaccine

SANTA FE – State health officials sounded an optimistic note Wednesday about progress in containing the coronavirus pandemic amid a gradual increase in federal vaccine supplies to New Mexico...

New Mexico latest legislature to question emergency powers

SANTA FE – State legislators in New Mexico are putting forward bills to curb their governor’s public health emergency powers. On Wednesday, a Senate committee is considering a Rep...

Air Force likely to expand F-16 air space in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The U.S. Air Force signaled that it would likely expand existing airspace to train F-16 fighter pilots rather than create new flying areas over the Rio Grande Valley and G...

New Mexico seeks to boost health insurance subsidies

SANTA FE – The administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is backing legislation that would expand subsidies to the state’s health insurance exchange for residents who don’t qualify for M...

New Mexico counties could secede under long-shot proposal

SANTA FE – New Mexico has largely been a state divided by region when it comes to such issues as environmental regulations, pandemic-related school closures and gun rights laws. B...

Kirtland airman convicted in 2019 crash that killed woman

ALBUQUERQUE – A U.S. Air Force court-martial panel has convicted a Kirtland Air Force Base airman on charges stemming from a 2019 crash that killed an Albuquerque woman. Airman Ca...

New Mexico fines store where employee died from COVID-19

SANTA FE – Workplace safety regulators are fining an auto parts store in southeastern New Mexico $243,000 amid accusations it allowed employees with coronavirus symptoms to continue working ...

Judge denies release of jailed Cowboys for Trump leader

SANTA FE – A federal judge denied bail Monday to jailed Cowboys for Trump leader Couy Griffin as he awaits trial on a charge involving the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, describing Griffi...