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Endangered bat, cactuses subjects of new federal lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – Agricultural groups in New Mexico and Texas want two cactuses and a rare bat thrown off the federal endangered species list, according to a new lawsuit that says habitat requir...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

San Juan College helps struggling students

FARMINGTON – San Juan College is putting the finishing touches on a new program designed to provide students with training in life skills and connect them with community resources to help th...

DATE: Nov 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. health exchange defends efforts to reach uninsured

ALBUQUERQUE – The number of New Mexicans without health insurance has been steadily dropping, but officials with the state health insurance exchange told lawmakers Wednesday that cultural an...

DATE: Nov 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP eyes Utah driver’s license model for New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – A Republican lawmaker who has previously sought to repeal New Mexico’s immigrant driver’s license law said he will propose a bill next session modeled after one in Utah that al...

DATE: Nov 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque lays slain officer to rest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Hundreds of law enforcement officers stood in salute on Tuesday, watching as the flag-draped casket of one of their own – a fallen Albuquerque police veteran – was wheele...

DATE: Nov 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque mourns lost child

At funeral, small white coffin and memories of girl’s smile

DATE: Oct 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Suspect in N.M. police shooting appears in court

ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque police officer fought for his life Monday as the ex-convict accused of shooting him made a first appearance in federal court on firearms charges, police said. ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Traffic lane dispute led to shooting of 4-year-old

ALBUQUERQUE – Alan Garcia had just picked up his two children from school when it happened. He was trying to get off a freeway and another car forced him out of his lane. Garcia g...

DATE: Oct 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-convict charged in shooting of N.M. police officer

Albuquerque police union says ‘criminal element feels emboldened’

DATE: Oct 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police detain N.M. man in shooting of 4-year-old

ALBUQUERQUE – Police detained a man on Wednesday in connection with the road-rage killing of a 4-year-old girl who was shot in the backseat of her father’s truck after he picked up her and h...

DATE: Oct 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico releases monitoring plan after Gold King Mine spill

State suggests testing residents’ urine for metals

DATE: Oct 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. ranch OK with filming despite ‘Maze Runner’ rumors

ALBUQUERQUE – The manager of a private New Mexico ranch says he will continue to let movie productions film at the site after a studio squelched rumors that actors stole American Indian arti...

DATE: Oct 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News