60 curators, 1 show: Native Americans pick favorite pottery
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Native American voices and artistry are at the core of a new traveling exhibition of clay…
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New Mexico authorities investigate killings of 3 Muslim men
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico’s largest city are trying to determine if the ambush shooting deaths of three Muslim men over the…
Continue Reading Report details wreckage of fatal New Mexico helicopter crash
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal transportation authorities said Friday that a helicopter returning home from a firefighting mission made a rapid…
Continue Reading SUV barrels through Native American parade; 15 injured
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press A New Mexico man who was driving drunk without a valid license barreled through a parade that celebrates Native…
Continue Reading US to issue ID to migrants awaiting deportation proceedings
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press U.S. immigration authorities are planning to issue photo ID cards to immigrants in deportation proceedings in a bid to…
Continue Reading 2 New Mexico counties added to wildfire disaster declaration
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two more New Mexico counties have been added to a federal disaster declaration issued in response to the state’s historic…
Continue Reading Compressor explodes in New Mexico grocery store; 2 injured
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two employees of an Albuquerque grocery store have been injured after a compressor exploded, authorities said Thursday.…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation declares state of emergency due to flooding
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials declared a state of emergency Thursday due to increased flooding from recent monsoon rains. The…
Continue Reading Eviction filings surge in big Arizona county home to Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Eviction filings in Arizona’s largest county have surged higher than at any time in the last 13 years. Data released Thursday by…
Continue Reading New Mexico officials: More monkeypox vaccinations on order
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Only 10 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in New Mexico so far, and top health…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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