Albuquerque adopts language access, anti-AAPI hate bills
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque has officially adopted two pieces of legislation focused on its minority communities, including Asian…
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New Mexicans call for change for repeat DWI offenders
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With authorities logging more than a dozen DWI arrests in the Albuquerque area since Christmas Eve, there are more calls…
Continue Reading New Mexico Sen. Pete Campos to undergo emergency surgery
New Mexico State Sen. Pete Campos is in the hospital and will have to undergo emergency surgery. A spokesman for Senate Democrats told the Santa Fe…
Continue Reading Jury signals verdict not near at Ghislaine Maxwell trial
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell has completed three full days of…
Continue Reading Democratic House leaders move to dissolve land grant panel
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Top Democrats in the New Mexico House have chosen to dissolve a legislative committee that deals with Hispanic land grants,…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested in Arizona bear killing with bow and arrow
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of a bear with a bow and arrow near Taos in October. The Albuquerque Journal…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell turns 60 behind bars as verdict looms
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has reached her 60th birthday behind bars as she awaits the outcome of her…
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Otero County concerned about forest proposal
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Otero County commissioners are voicing concerns about a proposed plan that will guide forest management practices for the…
Continue Reading Hobbs voters to decide changes to economic development plan
HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — It will be up to residents in Hobbs to approve a proposed change to the New Mexico city’s economic development ordinance…
Continue Reading Business owners leave big tip for Albuquerque servers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two servers at an Albuquerque restaurant got a big surprise when a group of business owners left a $5,555 tip. It was the…
Continue Reading Rudolfo Anaya weaved bilingual holiday tale for children
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An author known as the father of Chicano literature has left behind a bilingual children’s…
Continue Reading Strong, damaging winds expected in New Mexico
Associated Press Forecasters say a weather system is expected to produce strong to damaging winds Friday across much of New Mexico as well as rain,…
Continue Reading $2.5B headed to tribes for long-standing water settlements
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Native American tribes are awaiting a one-time windfall that could help…
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New Mexico governor signs legislation on medical malpractice
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed emergency legislation to tweak New Mexico’s new law on medical malpractice to head…
Continue Reading 2 sought in carjacking, fatal shooting of victim’s brother
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque authorities are searching for two teenagers who are accused in a February carjacking that police said started…
Continue Reading Forecasters: New Mexico should brace for worsening drought
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The last three months have been very dry in New Mexico and it’s going to get…
Continue Reading New Mexico utility appeals decision on coal power plant
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s largest electric provider is appealing a recent decision by state regulators to reject a proposal to…
Continue Reading US tribes see hope for clean water in infrastructure bill
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, FELICIA FONSECA and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) — The massive infrastructure bill signed earlier this…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell trial deliberations halt until Monday
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has ended an abbreviated first week of deliberations without reaching a…
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New Mexico urges caution for holidays amid virus threat
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials say COVID-19 transmission rates remain high across the…
Continue Reading Lawmakers want to study costs, benefits of public power
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than a dozen New Mexico lawmakers are petitioning state regulators to study…
Continue Reading As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%,…
Continue Reading As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%,…
Continue Reading Online DNA profile leads to suspect in 1997 New Mexico rape
Prosecutors in Albuquerque say they tracked down a suspect in a decades-old rape case by using open-source genealogy data. Second Judicial District…
Continue Reading Northern Colorado rolls past Northern New Mexico, 90-54
GREELEY, Colo. — Matt Johnson II and Dru Kuxhausen scored 15 points apiece as Northern Colorado rolled past Northern New Mexico 90-54. Zach Bloch…
Continue Reading House scores 16 to carry New Mexico past Norfolk St. 68-54
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jaelen House had 16 points and six assists as New Mexico beat Norfolk State 68-54. Jamal Mashburn Jr. had 13 points for New…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 10 more COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is reporting 10 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the vast reservation but no additional deaths. The…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor signs spending of federal pandemic aid
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor has signed a nearly $500 milling spending bill that draws on federal…
Continue Reading Albuquerque police launch crackdown on off-road vehicles
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police are launching a crackdown on off-road vehicles being driven on streets and highways. Police officials…
Continue Reading Biden administration moves to expand solar power on US land
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials have approved two solar projects in California and are opening public lands…
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