Prosecutors await forensic analysis in Alec Baldwin shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The investigation into the fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin is ongoing, and the New Mexico…
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Vegas-based rental firm faces probes over pandemic evictions
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-based corporate owner of thousands of residential rental properties in several U.S.…
Continue Reading Election skeptics rise in GOP races to run state elections
By BOB CHRISTIE and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump-endorsed state lawmaker who won the GOP nomination for Arizona…
Continue Reading EPA announces flights to look for methane in Permian Basin
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct helicopter…
Continue Reading Justice Department details threats against election workers
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has charged five people for making threats of violence against election workers…
Continue Reading US doles out relief dollars to build employment pipelines
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With the highest unemployment rate in the nation, New Mexico is banking on a tiny…
Continue Reading A race to save fish as Rio Grande dries, even in Albuquerque
By BRITTANY PETERSON and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — On a recent, scorching afternoon in Albuquerque, off-road…
Continue Reading Jonathan Nez, Buu Nygren advance for Navajo presidency
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Voters from the Navajo Nation will see familiar faces in the tribe’s general…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation presidential hopefuls Jonathan Nez and Buu Nygren advance to tribe’s general election in November
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation presidential hopefuls Jonathan Nez and Buu Nygren advance to tribe’s general election in…
Continue Reading New Mexico launches fund to train new police officers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico hopes to bolster the ranks of small law enforcement agencies around the state with a new fund that will be…
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Virgin Galactic planning an astronaut campus in New Mexico
SIERRA COUNTY, N.M. (AP) — Aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic announced Tuesday that it’s planning to build an astronaut…
Continue Reading Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix installs a new bishop
PHOENIX (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix held a special Mass on Tuesday to install John P. Dolan as the fifth bishop in the diocese’s…
Continue Reading Jonathan Nez, Buu Nygren advance in Navajo presidential race
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Voters on the country’s largest Native American reservation have advanced…
Continue Reading Driver arrested in New Mexico crash that killed 2, hurt 10
SANTA TERESA, N.M. (AP) — A Mexican man has been arrested for reckless driving in connection with a rollover crash that left two people dead and 10…
Continue Reading ‘His heart was in it’: Reporter covered Navajo for 5 decades
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Bill Donovan, a prolific journalist who covered the Navajo Nation for five decades at…
Continue Reading New Mexico forester lifts restrictions as fire danger eases
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s state forester on Monday lifted fire restrictions that had been imposed in the spring due to extreme wildfire…
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Man convicted in death and dismemberment of New Mexico girl
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man was convicted Monday in the 2016 death of an Albuquerque girl who was strangled, dismembered and set on fire in the…
Continue Reading Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ has died at 89
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood as communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original…
Continue Reading Albuquerque council looking to protect homeless from floods
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque City Council is expected to introduce a proposal Monday to protect the homeless from rushing floodwaters.…
Continue Reading Film industry brings in $855M to New Mexico in fiscal 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Fiscal 2022 has been a record setting year for movies and TV shows shot around New Mexico. Officials with the New Mexico…
Continue Reading States boost child care money as congressional effort stalls
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Difficulties in finding affordable child care cost Enoshja Ruffin her job…
Continue Reading California not counting methane leaks from idle wells
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer California claims to know how much climate-warming gas is going into the air from within its borders. It’s…
Continue Reading Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from group
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages…
Continue Reading Southwest rains flood deserts, cascade into Vegas casinos
By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Intense summer thunderstorms that drenched parts of Las Vegas — causing water…
Continue Reading ‘Breaking Bad’ statues shine light on actors, Albuquerque
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Bronze statues of mythical methamphetamine cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were…
Continue Reading States hope for revenue boost with Mega Millions craze
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, JAMES POLLARD and GABE STERN Associated Press A bump in college scholarships for New Mexico students. A new bike trail nestled…
Continue Reading Navajos narrow list of 15 presidential hopefuls in primary
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Natalia Sells has a list of qualities she wants to see in the next Navajo Nation…
Continue Reading Election conspiracies grip Nevada community, sowing distrust
By SAM METZ Associated Press TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — The Nye County Commission is used to dealing with all sorts of hot-button controversies. Water…
Continue Reading Election conspiracies grip Nevada community, sowing distrust
By SAM METZ Associated Press TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — The Nye County Commission is used to dealing with all sorts of hot-button controversies. Water…
Continue Reading Highway double take: Albuquerque sign spelled without ‘R’
ALBUQUERQUE, N,M. (AP) — It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of…
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