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New Mexico Cesar Chavez, Dennis Chavez holiday clears House

SANTA FE – A proposed state holiday in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico and the late farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez of California has passed the New Mexico House...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dolores Huerta to visit New Mexico as birthplace sits vacant

SANTA FE â€“ Dolores Huerta, the Mexican-American social activist who formed a farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, is visiting the New Mexico Statehouse amid a push to name a street in her ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gun control bill advances past protests in New Mexico

SANTA FE –Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham pushed back Tuesday against “rogue” county sheriffs who object to a state legislative proposal to expand background checks on firearms sales....

DATE: Feb 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Border Patrol arrests 290 migrants near port in New Mexico

ANTELOPE WELLS, N.M. – U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested 290 Central Americans who entered the country illegally near a port of entry in a remote area of southwestern New Mexico. ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. state police: Hundreds of pounds of pot seized in Gallup

GALLUP â€“ State authorities say they seized nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in two days at a western New Mexico stop. New Mexico State Police said Friday ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico opens museums to furloughed federal workers

SANTA FE â€“ New Mexico is offering furloughed federal employees and their families free admission to state-run museums and historic sites. Department of Cultural Affairs Secretar...

DATE: Jan 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No guns allowed in gallery during New Mexico joint sessions

SANTA FE –The New Mexico Legislature is prohibiting people from carrying guns in the House gallery during Tuesday’s opening session Tuesday and any other joint sessions of the two legislativ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mayor: Albuquerque has cleared half its rape kit backlog

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque police have made inroads into clearing the city’s rape kit backlog, with forensic investigators this year submitting roughly half – or nearly 2,900 total – of...

DATE: Dec 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Traces of Spanish conquistador found at New Mexico site

ALBUQUERQUE – An ongoing metal detector survey of the Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo has uncovered evidence that Spanish conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado explored the area, o...

DATE: Dec 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Work on film underway in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The feature film “Rattlesnake” is being filmed at a handful of locations around northern New Mexico. The New Mexico Film Office said Tuesday that the work will continue...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Man in Trump T-shirt told to zip up jacket while voting

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Officials say that because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June, it was a mistake for a worker at a Las Cruces early voting station to tell a man that he had to cover up...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pence uses border security to rally voters in Southwest

The Associated Press ROSWELL, N.M. – Vice President Mike Pence drew cheers Friday while stressing border security as he campaigned for Republican candidates in New Mexico and Ariz...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News