Albuquerque election blow to teacher’s union, victory to biz
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The teachers union in New Mexico’s largest city will have fewer…
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Navajo Nation reports 80 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 80 more COVID-19 cases, but no coronavirus-related deaths for the 23rd time in…
Continue Reading In New Mexico, progressive mayors prevail amid COVID, crime
By MORGAN LEE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Progressive mayors have won second terms in both Albuquerque and Santa…
Continue Reading New Mexico moves ahead with vaccine rollout for children
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health are applauding the federal government’s move to clear the…
Continue Reading How Biden’s border plans went from hopeful to chaotic
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press and AIM Media Texas McALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden recognized migration flows…
Continue Reading Inside Biden’s border plans: How optimism turned to chaos
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press and AIM Media Texas McALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden knew migration flows would…
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Progressive incumbents prevail in New Mexico mayor races
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Voters rallied behind incumbent progressive mayors of New…
Continue Reading Utility regulators OK lower funding for transition from coal
PHOENIX (AP) — Tribal grassroots groups say the Arizona Corporation Commission has approved a portion of the recommended funding for tribal and…
Continue Reading Feds seek tougher sentences for veterans who stormed Capitol
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Federal judges have a thorny question to consider when they sentence military veterans who stormed the U.S.…
Continue Reading US agency decides against flooding Grand Canyon amid drought
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation decided against sending water rushing through the Grand Canyon this fall to redeposit sediment…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation: No COVID-related deaths, 22nd time in 34 days
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 23 more COVID-19 cases, but no coronavirus-related deaths for the 22nd time in the…
Continue Reading Hobbs newspaper editor Todd Bailey dies at 49
HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Todd Bailey, editor of the Hobbs News-Sun, died Sunday of cancer. He was 49. News-Sun Publisher Daniel Russell wrote in a…
Continue Reading Official: New Mexico regulators should reject utility merger
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A hearing examiner is recommending that New Mexico regulators reject a proposed merger involving the state’s largest…
Continue Reading US says oil, gas sales damage climate — but won’t stop them
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department is preparing to offer oil and gas lease sales on large tracts of…
Continue Reading Former US diplomat Bill Richardson meets Myanmar leader
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson, on a humanitarian mission to strife-torn Myanmar,…
Continue Reading New Mexico imposes firearms ban at state Capitol building
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Firearms are being banned at the New Mexico state Capitol building with few exceptions…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation: No COVID-related deaths, 21st time in 33 days
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 34 more COVID-19 cases, but no coronavirus-related deaths for the 21st time in the…
Continue Reading ‘Rust’ assistant director hopes for film industry changes
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the…
Continue Reading New Mexico family seeks AG’s help in deadly shooting case
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a northern New Mexico man killed in September has asked the state Attorney General’s Office to take over…
Continue Reading Canadian snowbirds head south as US land borders reopen
By ANITA SNOW and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration’s decision to allow vaccinated people to enter the U.S. by…
Continue Reading New Mexico cities vote on retaining progressive mayors
By MORGAN LEE AND SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voters in New Mexico’s largest city and the state capital of Santa…
Continue Reading Son of ex-lawmaker Steve Komadina fatally shot in Corrales
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The son of former State Senator Steve Komadina has been identified as the victim of Corrales’ first homicide in almost…
Continue Reading Southwest investigates pilot who used ‘Brandon’ phrase
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Southwest Airlines says it’s conducting an internal investigation after one of its pilots…
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Authorities: 2 people dead after a shooting in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Bernalillo County Sheriff’s officials say at least two people are dead after a shooting in Albuquerque. They say several…
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4 shot and wounded at house party on Albuquerque’s west side
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Albuquerque say four people were shot and wounded at a large house party on the city’s west side, but nobody…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 67 more COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Sunday reported 67 more COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the…
Continue Reading ‘She was my friend’ — Alec Baldwin mourns cinematographer
By The Associated Press Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly for the first time on camera about the cinematographer he fatally shot on the movie set of…
Continue Reading Town: Nothing improper with hidden camera in police office
BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — Officials in a New Mexico town deny wrongdoing in the installation of a hidden surveillance camera in a police office used…
Continue Reading Jury: GEO Group owes immigrant detainees $17M in back pay
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal jury has determined that The GEO Group must pay nearly $17.3 million to immigration detainees who were paid $1 a day to…
Continue Reading Albuquerque police: Party gunfire wounds ‘multiple” people
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say at least several people were shot and wounded by gunfire during what was described as a large house…
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