New Mexico regulators deny utility’s exit from coal plant
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators have denied a request by the state’s largest electric provider to unload its shares in one of the…
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At least 5 dead as Midwest rocked by hurricane-force winds
By MARGERY A. BECK and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say at least five people died when a powerful storm system…
Continue Reading Ex-Epstein worker says she ‘never’ saw misconduct by Maxwell
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former office worker for financier Jeffrey Epstein has testified at Ghislaine…
Continue Reading Rice scores 22, New Mexico St. rallies past Washington St.
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Sir’Jabari Rice scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half as New Mexico State steadily eroded a double-digit Washington…
Continue Reading New Mexico asks federal permission for child spending
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Most of New Mexico’s congressional delegation has asked…
Continue Reading New Mexico reports 1,357 new COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Health officials in New Mexico on Wednesday reported 1,357 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths as the numbers continue…
Continue Reading Native Americans wield influence in New Mexico redistricting
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Leading Democratic legislators have introduced a revised state Senate redistricting plan that…
Continue Reading Storm knocked out power to thousands on Navajo, Hopi land
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A storm packing powerful winds has knocked out electricity to thousands of homes on the Navajo and Hopi reservations and…
Continue Reading Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Housing advocates say evictions are increasing around the country, several months after a federal…
Continue Reading Albuquerque police arrest 1 in vandalism of police station
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police officers went to a familiar location, the police department’s own headquarters, to respond to a…
Continue Reading Strong winds in Midwest whip up dust, blow over semitrailers
By MARGERY A. BECK and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A powerful storm system is blowing through the Great Plains and…
Continue Reading What’s going on with Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial?
By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The case for and against Ghislaine Maxwell has been made, and as soon as Monday, her fate will rest…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 38 more COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 38 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven additional deaths. The latest numbers…
Continue Reading New Mexico Senate passes broadband, highway spending bill
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico state Senate has passed a spending proposal that…
Continue Reading Man indicted after 3 bodies found in burning Texas dumpster
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A grand jury in Texas has returned a capital murder indictment against a man authorities have said confessed to killing…
Continue Reading 2021 Notebook: Alec Baldwin and the movie-set shooting
By The Associated Press On Oct. 21, on a movie set in New Mexico, what was supposed to be fiction reached into reality in the most destructive of…
Continue Reading Pecos man accused of fatally shooting drinking companions
PECOS, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico state police say a Pecos man is accused of fatally shooting two drinking companions and shooting at another man who…
Continue Reading Cities wracked by opioids close to getting $26B settlement
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of towns across the United States that were wracked by the opioid crisis are…
Continue Reading Fatal shooting by Torrance County deputy under investigation
ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico State Police says a Torrance County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man who reportedly had earlier entered a…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation: 19 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 19 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed…
Continue Reading New Mexico redistricting stalls amid discord on tribal plan
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A state Senate redistricting plan is in limbo amid a standoff over Native American political…
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New Mexico reports its first case of the omicron variant
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Department of Health on Monday announced the state’s first identified case of the COVID-19 omicron variant.…
Continue Reading Colorado reaches proposed settlement for 2015 mine spill
DENVER (AP) — A mining company has agreed to pay Colorado $1.6 million to resolve its liability for natural resource damage related to the 2015…
Continue Reading Damaging winds expected Wednesday over some Plains states
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The National Weather Service is warning of potentially damaging winds in parts of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri this week…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 23 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is reporting 23 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one new death. Tribal health officials released their…
Continue Reading Boy killed in hit-and-run after leaving ABQ BioPark
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police are searching for the driver who struck and killed a 7-year-old boy as he was crossing the street with…
Continue Reading Strong second half lifts UTEP over New Mexico 77-69
By GLEN ROSALES Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Behind a 16-1 run over the first eight minutes of the second half, Texas-El Paso built a…
Continue Reading Strong second half lifts UTEP over New Mexico 77-69
By GLEN ROSALES Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Behind a 16-1 run over the first eight minutes of the second half, Texas-El Paso built a…
Continue Reading No. 6 Arizona women beat New Mexico 77-60, improve to 9-0
By BRIAN J. PEDERSEN Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Freshman Madi Conner came off the bench to score a career-high 15 points and No. 6…
Continue Reading NC’s Roy Cooper elected to lead Democratic governors’ group
RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has been formally chosen to lead the Democratic Governors Association next year. Association…
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