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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

Valles Caldera volunteers in race to document dendroglyphs

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – The haunting calls of bugling bull elk pervade the autumn air, echoing across the grass valleys and forested lava domes of Valles Caldera National Preserve as a cadre...

DATE: Oct 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Advisory panel endorses redistricting maps for New Mexico

SANTA FE – An advisory board on redistricting endorsed several plans for realigning the boundaries of political districts across New Mexico on Friday, backing proposed congressional district...

DATE: Oct 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Official: Same-day registration unavailable on Election Day

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico officials say voters who show up at polling places to register to vote on Nov. 2 for municipal elections will be out of luck. This year, New Mexico began allowing vo...

DATE: Oct 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico professor against vax, mask mandates fired

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico State University professor who publicly opposed campus vaccine and mask mandates will no longer be teaching there. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Davi...

DATE: Oct 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Guard unit to support resettlement operations for Afghans

BELEN, N.M. – A New Mexico Army National Guard unit is deploying within the United States to support resettlement operations for Afghan refugees. A departure ceremony was held Friday for th...

DATE: Oct 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Advocates want interpreters for more languages in New Mexico

SANTA FE – An advocacy group for disadvantaged communities in New Mexico says more language translation and interpreter services are needed for people who don’t speak Spanish or English. The...

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Hot air balloons return to desert skies after virus hiatus

ALBUQUERQUE – The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is returning after a pandemic hiatus with plans to launch about 540 hot air balloons in a stunning visual spectacle. The nine-day ...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Police seek suspect in shooting that killed man, wounded dog

SANTA FE – Authorities in New Mexico’s largest city said they were looking for a shooter who killed a neighbor and wounded his dog while they were out for a walk. Shawn Lynch, 34, was walki...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Virgin Galactic says FAA has cleared it for further flights

LOS ANGELES – Virgin Galactic said Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared it to resume launches after an investigation into why its spaceship veered off course while ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

County jails contend with high-risk environment for COVID-19

SANTA FE — County jails across New Mexico are contending with a high-risk environment for COVID-19 infection at the same time that many more beds are being filled with inmates, an associatio...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico