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New Mexico offers drought sessions as dry conditions persist

ALBUQUERQUE – A record-breaking winter storm brought much needed precipitation to most of New Mexico this week, but forecasters are warning that drought conditions are expected to persist at...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. senator pivots from fugitive to reformer

SANTA FE – A state senator who fled home because of threatening phone messages after criticizing a protest against coronavirus restrictions said he plans to pursue reforms that make police m...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports 663 new COVID-19 cases and 11 more deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials reported 663 more confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday along with 11 additional deaths. The latest numbers increase the state’s totals to 43,8...

DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Remote learning fails many New Mexico students, report says

SANTA FE – As many as four in five New Mexico public school students are failing at least one class in some of the state’s school districts, according to data made public Wednesday by legisl...

DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation seeks more paper applications for virus funds

The Associated Press FARMINGTON – The Navajo Nation said it is working to release more paper applications for a tribal hardship assistance program after application shortages caus...

DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico pueblo leadership council gets new chairman

ALBUQUERQUE – A leadership council that represents Native American pueblos across New Mexico has a new chairman. The All Pueblo Council of Governors announced Tuesday that Wilfred...

DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico high court rejects GOP lawsuit on absentee ballots

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit Tuesday by the state Republican Party alleging that partisan poll challengers are being unfairly denied oversight of the initial abse...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico building infrastructure for vaccine distribution

ALBUQUERQUE – It could be well into next year before a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available, but top health officials in New Mexico said Tuesday that they have submitted their plan to the fe...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Storm blasts New Mexico; travel hazardous in some places

ALBUQUERQUE – A storm dropped snow on New Mexico on Tuesday, making travel hazardous in some areas. National Weather Service forecasters said snow was expected to begin tapering o...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico sets new records on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported record numbers of additional COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, breaking daily records set in recent days as the state’s coronavirus outbreak con...

DATE: Oct 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico DA gets grant for prosecutor to target gun crimes

ALBUQUERQUE – The federal government is providing a $278,000 grant to a New Mexico district attorney’s office to hire a full-time local prosecutor to try firearms cases in federal court. ...

DATE: Oct 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawyer: Allegations against former police spokesman ‘false’

ALBUQUERQUE – A lawyer for a now-former Albuquerque police officer denies allegations that his client wrongly collected thousands of dollars of overtime pay while serving as the department’s...

DATE: Oct 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News