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Albuquerque shuts down Coronado Park, leaving some to find new place to sleep

Closure comes as the city also cracks down on sidewalks and ditches but before new housing programs are in place

DATE: Aug 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Governor praises health care workers as she further lifts COVID-19 protections

Explosion of cases at schools ‘inevitable’ as districts move away from masking, advocate says

DATE: Aug 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Suspect in New Mexico Muslim killings detained pending trial

ALBUQUERQUE – An Afghan refugee charged in the shooting deaths of two Muslim men and suspected in the killing of two others was ordered held without bond pending trial as prosecutors argued ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Cowboys For Trump leader fighting to keep job in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is fighting to keep his seat as a New Mexico county commissioner as he faces possible removal and disqualification from public office for hi...

DATE: Aug 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Medical investigator rules Baldwin set shooting an accident

ALBUQUERQUE – The fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, according to a determination made by New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Invest...

DATE: Aug 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

80 years later, Navajo Code Talker marks group’s early days

PHOENIX – It’s been 80 years since the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marines, transmitting messages using a code based on their then-unwritten native language to confound Japanese mil...

DATE: Aug 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Suspect in 4 New Mexico killings left trail of violence

ALBUQUERQUE – In the six years since he resettled in the United States from Afghanistan, the primary suspect in the slayings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque has been arrested several times...

DATE: Aug 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico seeks proposals with mine spill settlement money

SANTA FE – New Mexico is calling for proposals that would be funded with $10 million received as part of a recent settlement stemming from a 2015 mine spill that polluted rivers in three wes...

DATE: Aug 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico abortion clinics strained over capacity with out-of-state patients

State’s health care worker shortage worsens access to general reproductive health care

DATE: Aug 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Afghan man charged in killing of 2 Muslims in Albuquerque

A Muslim man from Afghanistan was charged Tuesday with killing two other Muslim men in Albuquerque, authorities said, and he is suspected in two similar slayings that sparked fear in Muslim ...

DATE: Aug 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajo presidential hopefuls select running mates from New Mexico

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Two men vying for the Navajo Nation presidency announced their running mates Monday, choosing candidates from the New Mexico portion of the reservation to broaden their ap...

DATE: Aug 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico