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New Mexico village seeks prayers as deadly wildfire rages

With towering pine trees and cool mountain breezes, a pocket of southern New Mexico draws thousands of tourists and horse racing fans every summer. It’s also a community that knows how devas...

DATE: Apr 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Durango man suspected of escape, shooting officer faces federal charge, then state offense

Elias Buck faces 10 years in prison for weapons violation

DATE: Apr 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico GOP tells schools to reject social studies change

SANTA FE – A Republican lawmaker is telling New Mexico school districts to defy state education rules and ignore newly overhauled K-12 social studies standards enacted by the state’s educati...

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Feud over closure of San Juan Generating Station could cost customers

Shutting down and converting to clean energy is supposed to save money

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wind whips destructive wildfires in New Mexico

Firefighters scouted the drought-stricken mountainsides around a New Mexico village on Wednesday as they looked for opportunities to slow a wind-driven wildfire that a day earlier had burned...

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico boosts its free college program, at least for now

SANTA FE – Even after failing a test that set her back a semester, Maribel Rodriguez will head back to nursing school next spring with a generous new state scholarship that abandons eligibil...

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico challenges effort to post election rolls online

SANTA FE – New Mexico election regulators are resisting efforts by a conservative-backed foundation to post statewide voter registration information on a public website where it can be searc...

DATE: Apr 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man suspected in New Mexico homicide is arrested in Illinois

FARMINGTON – A man suspected in the death of his former girlfriend in New Mexico last year has been arrested in Illinois, according to authorities. Farmington police said 51-year-old Thomas ...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Discovery of radioactive liquid pauses work at U.S. nuclear dump

ALBUQUERQUE – An area at the U.S. government’s nuclear waste repository in southeastern New Mexico was evacuated over the weekend after workers handling a shipping container discovered a sma...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Ted Turner land in New Mexico conserved in U.S. military deal

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Habitat for about a million bats will be protected from human impacts through a deal between a nonprofit and the federal government. About 315,000 acres of southern New...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Defendants protest trial delays in New Mexico compound raid

SANTA FE – A second defendant is invoking the right to a speedy trial in the 2018 raid on a squalid family compound in northern New Mexico that uncovered the remains of a 3-year-old boy and ...

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Heat, wind hit New Mexico as crews battle blazes

ALBUQUERQUE – Warnings that strong winds and hot and dry weather could produce dangerous wildfires blanketed most of New Mexico on Saturday as crews continued to battle at least two blazes t...

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico