Plant count increases ahead of New Mexico marijuana sales
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators have doubled the number of marijuana plants that licensed growers can cultivate as the state prepares…
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New Mexico sees most number of pedestrian deaths in decade
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque officials are renewing their pledge to prevent pedestrian deaths as New Mexico sees the highest number of them…
Continue Reading Albuquerque school district to reopen after cyberattack
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Public schools in Albuquerque will reopen Tuesday after a cyberattack forced a two-day closure. The Albuquerque Public…
Continue Reading Navajo increases ability to do COVID testing, vaccinations
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Health facilities on the Navajo Nation are increasing the ability to test for COVID-19 and vaccinate people as the…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation: All government workers must have booster shot
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has signed an executive order requiring all government workers on the tribe’s vast…
Continue Reading Albuquerque police: Man found dead was shot, not hit by car
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police investigating what they thought were two deaths in northeast Albuquerque involving a shooting and a pedestrian…
Continue Reading Shaver, Smith lead Boise St. to 71-63 win over New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Marcus Shaver Jr. scored 18 points, Naje Smith added 14 and Boise State beat New Mexico 71-63. Jaelen House had 21 points…
Continue Reading Allen scores 41 points, New Mexico State wins 77-63
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Teddy Allen matched his career-high with 41 points to lead New Mexico State to a 77-63 win over Abilene Christian. Allen…
Continue Reading Woman sentenced in scheme to steal iP0ds intended for kids
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A former New Mexico school district employee faces 18 months in prison after sentenced in a yearslong scheme to steal and…
Continue Reading Official: Alec Baldwin surrenders phone for shooting probe
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin has surrendered his cellphone as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set last…
Continue Reading Staffing marks top education goal for New Mexico lawmakers
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — When New Mexico lawmakers meet Tuesday to begin hashing out the…
Continue Reading Governors turn to budgets to guard against climate change
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Governors and state lawmakers are prioritizing climate change as they write their…
Continue Reading June sentence set for Ghislaine Maxwell in sex traffic case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A late-June sentencing date has been set for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell after her…
Continue Reading Colorado escapee sought in New Mexico case caught in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — A man who escaped from a Colorado jail in late December and who was sought in the subsequent non-fatal shooting of a New Mexico…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor hears from mayors about spending needs
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With billions of federal dollars heading to New Mexico for infrastructure…
Continue Reading MLK march in Albuquerque postponed because of COVID-19 cases
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — City and state officials have decided to postpone Saturday’s planned Martin Luther King Jr. march in Albuquerque because…
Continue Reading Michigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general is asking federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation…
Continue Reading New Mexico lawmakers seek greater spending, voter access
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — High-stakes decisions on spending, voting access, public education and criminal justice await…
Continue Reading New Mexico State wins its ninth straight
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Clayton Henry registered 15 points as New Mexico State extended its winning streak to nine games, topping Tarleton State 73-57.…
Continue Reading New Mexico leaders aim to put wedge in revolving crime door
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she’s aiming to put a wedge in…
Continue Reading Guard may help staffing shortages at New Mexico schools
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor said Thursday she’s considering seeking help from the…
Continue Reading Cyber attack in Albuquerque latest to target public schools
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Around 75,000 New Mexico schoolchildren are missing school Friday…
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Biden to double free COVID tests, add masks to fight omicron
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19…
Continue Reading Albuquerque police respond to 3 killings in 10-hour span
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Amid growing concern about violent crime in New Mexico’s most populous city, Albuquerque police say detectives responded…
Continue Reading Film armorer blames ammo supplier in deadly ‘Rust’ shooting
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new lawsuit accuses an ammunition supplier of creating dangerous conditions on a movie set…
Continue Reading New Mexico woman pleads not guilty to putting baby in trash
HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — An 18-year-old New Mexico woman accused of abandoning her newborn baby in a dumpster has pleaded not guilty to charges of…
Continue Reading Cyber attack closes New Mexico’s largest school district
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s largest school district is canceling classes due to a…
Continue Reading Governor polls local mayors on infrastructure priorities
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Democratic governor is polling local politicians on their infrastructure…
Continue Reading US acknowledges shipping Idaho radioactive waste to Nevada
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government is acknowledging it has been shipping mixed radioactive waste from a nuclear…
Continue Reading Another Game Commission member gone amid stream access fight
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has dismissed another member of a state commission…
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