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Recreational marijuana bill advances in New Mexico

SANTA FE â€“ A proposal to legalize the sale and consumption of recreational marijuana through state-run stores in New Mexico is advancing in the state Legislature. A Senate panel...

DATE: Mar 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bill advances to ban coyote-killing contests in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The state Senate has passed a bill that would ban contests to see who can shoot and kill the most coyotes. The bill from Democratic Sen. Jeff Steinborn of Las Cruces an...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque looks to end gridlock around balloon fiesta

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque is looking for ways to end the gridlock on city streets during the annual international balloon fiesta. The nine-day October event draws hundreds of thou...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico city balks at Billy the Kid killer street name

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico city is balking at the idea of renaming a street after the 19th century Old West sheriff who shot and killed the outlaw Billy the Kid. The Las C...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Cesar Chavez, Dennis Chavez holiday clears House

SANTA FE – A proposed state holiday in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico and the late farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez of California has passed the New Mexico House...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dolores Huerta to visit New Mexico as birthplace sits vacant

SANTA FE â€“ Dolores Huerta, the Mexican-American social activist who formed a farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, is visiting the New Mexico Statehouse amid a push to name a street in her ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gun control bill advances past protests in New Mexico

SANTA FE –Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham pushed back Tuesday against “rogue” county sheriffs who object to a state legislative proposal to expand background checks on firearms sales....

DATE: Feb 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Border Patrol arrests 290 migrants near port in New Mexico

ANTELOPE WELLS, N.M. – U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested 290 Central Americans who entered the country illegally near a port of entry in a remote area of southwestern New Mexico. ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. state police: Hundreds of pounds of pot seized in Gallup

GALLUP â€“ State authorities say they seized nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in two days at a western New Mexico stop. New Mexico State Police said Friday ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico opens museums to furloughed federal workers

SANTA FE â€“ New Mexico is offering furloughed federal employees and their families free admission to state-run museums and historic sites. Department of Cultural Affairs Secretar...

DATE: Jan 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No guns allowed in gallery during New Mexico joint sessions

SANTA FE –The New Mexico Legislature is prohibiting people from carrying guns in the House gallery during Tuesday’s opening session Tuesday and any other joint sessions of the two legislativ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mayor: Albuquerque has cleared half its rape kit backlog

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque police have made inroads into clearing the city’s rape kit backlog, with forensic investigators this year submitting roughly half – or nearly 2,900 total – of...

DATE: Dec 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday