New Mexico adapts to same-day registration in primary voting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Recent changes in New Mexico election law are making it easier for unaffiliated voters to participate in the June 7 primary…
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Big progress on wildfires, but dangerous winds on the way
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters have been making significant progress on the…
Continue Reading Report: Albuquerque should shrink public schools, cut jobs
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A report from the New Mexico Legislature recommends that the…
Continue Reading Videos show aftermath of film-set shooting, Baldwin reaction
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico sheriff investigating the fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor…
Continue Reading Native American leaders push for Chaco area protections
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Native American leaders are meeting with land managers as the Biden administration…
Continue Reading Canada lynx protections deal sealed by US, environmentalists
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to craft a new habitat plan for the rare, snow-loving…
Continue Reading Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A bird that is inextricably linked to the piñon and juniper forests that span the…
Continue Reading Trial opens for ex-NYPD officer charged in Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury has heard attorneys’ opening statements in the trial of a retired New York…
Continue Reading Added crews making progress on Midwest, Southwest fires
By MARGERY A. BECK and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Stiff winds remain a challenge but beefed up fire crews are making…
Continue Reading High court could free Biden to end Trump asylum policy
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is questioning lower-court orders that have blocked the Biden administration…
Continue Reading Police release videos in probe of Baldwin film-set shooting
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have released a trove of video and photographic evidence in the…
Continue Reading Navajo President Jonathan Nez says he’ll seek reelection
Associated Press SHONTO, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says he’ll seek a second term in office. Nez’s term as the…
Continue Reading Southwest wildfire outlook grim as flames char New Mexico
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Months of grim wildfire weather are ahead for the Southwest as a handful of large…
Continue Reading Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds
By MARGERY A. BECK and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as…
Continue Reading Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Juries have heard an array of defenses at the first trials for rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol. So far,…
Continue Reading Football helped immigrant brothers embrace being different
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — Komotay Koffie steps outside Landow Performance in suburban Denver where he’s just…
Continue Reading Emergency declaration for multiple wildfires in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed emergency declarations as 20 wildfires continued to burn Sunday in nearly…
Continue Reading New Mexico officials review plan to address potash pollution
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — State environmental regulators are reviewing plans submitted by Mosaic Potash to investigate and define the extent of…
Continue Reading Fires hit Southwest, New Mexico’s season ‘dangerously early’
By PAUL DAVENPORT and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press New Mexico’s governor says the state faces a long and potentially devastating wildfire…
Continue Reading US begins phasing out COVID-driven asylum restrictions
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has begun phasing out use of a pandemic-related public health rule…
Continue Reading Mask mandates return to US college campuses as cases rise
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press Facing a rise in COVID-19, several U.S. universities are reinstating mask mandates,…
Continue Reading “A very chaotic situation’: Crews tackle growing wildfires
By FELICIA FONSECA and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Destructive U.S. Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in…
Continue Reading 2 plead guilty in ‘We Build The Wall’ fraudulent fundraiser
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a border wall…
Continue Reading Sen. Luján ‘90%’ recovered from stroke, visits high school
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE N.M. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján says Thursday that he’s 90%…
Continue Reading Report: Fire training, equipment lacking at US nuclear dump
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Independent federal investigators say there are significant issues related to fire…
Continue Reading Crews brace for strong winds, explosive fire growth in West
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — After a brief break in the weather allowed for new aerial attacks on some of the many…
Continue Reading More Cubans immigrating to the US by crossing from Mexico
By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — More immigrants from Cuba are coming to the U.S. by making their way to Mexico and crossing the…
Continue Reading Oklahoma marijuana legalization questions heading to ballot
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that plans to fully legalize marijuana can proceed…
Continue Reading Wind will be a force to reckon with on Southwest wildfires
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Fire managers across the Southwest are reckoning with strong winds that are fueling…
Continue Reading After wildfires, scorched trees could disrupt water supplies
By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press TWIN BRIDGES, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires intensify across the West, researchers are studying how scorched…
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