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NASA grows green chiles in space, but it hasn’t figured out how to roast them

Open flames are a no-no on the International Space Station

DATE: Nov 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

UNM disenrolling 256 students for shirking vaccine mandate

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico is disenrolling 256 students from classes for not complying with university’s requirement for vaccination against COVID-19. University spokeswoman ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

FBI seeks hold-up suspect in ‘New Mexico Lobos’ sweatshirt

ALBUQUERQUE – FBI agents are local police searching for a suspect who tried to rob a credit union in Albuquerque while wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt with “New Mexico Lobos” on the front....

DATE: Nov 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Latest New Mexico K-12 curriculum controversy, only on Zoom

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials have been inundated with critical letters on proposed K-12 social studies standards over the inclusion of racial identity and social justice themes in a maj...

DATE: Nov 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Progressive incumbents prevail in New Mexico mayor races

ALBUQUERQUE – Voters rallied behind incumbent progressive mayors of New Mexico’s largest city and state capital in local elections Tuesday, rejecting challenges from the more conservative wi...

DATE: Nov 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico’s citizen redistricting maps sent to Legislature

SANTA FE – The committee responsible for proposing new political boundaries in New Mexico has sent a final report to state legislators, recommending maps to be used in redistricting. In the ...

DATE: Oct 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico looks to end waiting list for disability services

SANTA FE – Officials with the state Health and Human Services departments are awaiting federal approval to tap into a temporary funding stream to help end a 13-year wait faced by New Mexico ...

DATE: Oct 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

‘Rust’ cast member: Production was rushed, crew overworked before fatal shooting

Film set death fuels conversation about working conditions in movie-making industry

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Authorities to present findings in ‘Rust’ movie-set shooting

SANTA FE – Investigators plan to discuss their initial findings Wednesday in the fatal movie-set shooting in which Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer and wounding the d...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Baldwin was told gun was ‘cold’ before movie set shooting

SANTA FE – As a film crew and actors in Western garb prepared to rehearse a scene inside a wooden, chapel-like building on a desert movie ranch outside Santa Fe, assistant director Dave Hall...

DATE: Oct 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

10-digit phone dialing to be required in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Starting Sunday, phone users across New Mexico must include area codes when dialing to make all calls, including local calls that previously only required seven digits. The req...

DATE: Oct 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man who fell from New Mexico sports skybox, son get payouts

SANTA FE – A man who fell from a luxury suite at a university sports arena in Albuquerque onto concrete stairs below has been awarded $144,000 under a state-negotiated settlement, according...

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico