AP New Mexico

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — William Eugene “Bud” Davis, who was a higher education leader in Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico and Louisiana as well as a college football coach and candidate for U.S. Senate, has died. He was 92. The Idaho State Journal reports that Davis, who died Sept. 24, became president of Idaho State University

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Jurors in Arizona have convicted a U.S. Air Force airman of first-degree murder in the death of a Mennonite woman who was living in New Mexico. The jury reached its verdict Wednesday after deliberating for about five hours. Mark Gooch was also found guilty of kidnapping

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico state police says a young Roswell boy said by authorities to have been taken to Mexico by his father after the killing of the boy’s mother has been found safe. The State Police’s  announcement Tuesday said Osiel Ernesto Rico “has been located safe” and that an Amber Alert issued

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — After seven years of mining, federal officials say work to carve out the eighth disposal area at the U.S. government’s underground nuclear waste repository is complete. Managers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant are planning to use the space beginning next year. Constructed in a

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Political donations are pouring into special campaign-related funds for New Mexico state legislators in a nonelection year. The Brian Egolf Speakers Fund that bears the name of the Democratic House speaker on Tuesday reported contributions of just over $300,000 since late April. Labor unions representing

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is looking to hire more than 30 new state workers who will be part of its Occupational Safety and Health program. The New Mexico Environment Department is planning hiring events next week in Las Cruces, Santa Fe and Albuquerque as the agency looks to build its OSHA ranks.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 48 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the ninth time in the past 13 days. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,506 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s child protection department is pledging to restore the agency’s credibility. Secretary Barbara J. Vigil says she will repair the agency’s reputation after a series of scandals. Most recently, the state Legislature learned it was given misleading child maltreatment data

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 11 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the eighth time in the past 12 days. Tribal health officials had reported 55 news cases and two deaths on Sunday. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,458 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico officials say voters who show up at polling places to register to vote on Nov. 2 for municipal elections will be out of luck. KUNM reports that same-day registration is always available during the early voting period at county clerk’s offices and at additional sites in some counties. However,

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada quarterback Carson Strong has been named the Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week after throwing a career-high six touchdown passes in the Wolf Pack’s 55-28 win over New Mexico State. Strong completed 25-of-32 passes for 377 yards before leaving the game midway through the third quarter after Nevada

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The downtown Albuquerque headquarters of Bernalillo County is closed after someone fired shots at the property. Bernalillo County officials say some upper atrium windows sustained damage from gunshots that came from the outside. Nobody was injured. Officials say the 800 employees who work out of the property will work remotely for

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police have identified two Arizona residents who died in a vehicle crash on the Navajo reservation. They say 50-year-old Michael McCraren of Tucson and 28-year-old Hannah Cornelson of Surprise were killed in the Oct. 5 head-on collision. Police say an unidentified 27-year-old man from Surprise was driving a

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Breon Heyward scooped up a fumble and raced 53 yards for a touchdown to spark UTEP to a 26-13 win over Southern Mississippi. Ronald Awatt ran for 159 yards and a touchdown and Jacob Cowling broke free for a 53-yard touchdown to give UTEP a 14-7 halftime advantage. 

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Martin J. Sherwin, a leading scholar of atomic weapons who challenged support for the U.S. bombing of Japan, has died at age 84. Sherwin was best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the pioneering physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Entitled “American Prometheus,” the book was

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say a man charged with fatally shooting an Albuquerque man and wounding the man’s service dog has been arrested in Gallup. Albuquerque police said Gallup police aided by state police arrested 22-year-old Xavier Marquez on a homicide warrant in the Sept. 22 shooting of 34-year-old Shawn Lynch. According to

BELEN, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico Army National Guard unit is deploying within the United States to support resettlement operations for Afghan refugees. The guard a departure ceremony was held Friday for the Belen-based 919th Military Police Company,. A guard statement didn’t specify where the unit’s soldiers would deploy. Afghans resettling to the United

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is reporting 51 more COVID-19 cases and one additional death. Friday. It was the third consecutive day that the tribe reported at least one coronavirus-related death after going six days in a row with no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,3350 confirmed

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — After a four-year hiatus, state election regulators have resumed spot-checks on campaign finance disclosures by politicians, election candidates and political committees. Results were published Friday, with 10 accounts referred to New Mexico’s fledgling State Ethics Commission and state prosecutors for possible enforcement action. The random

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Officials in northern New Mexico are investigating the death of a person was found inside a home where a fire had apparently burned out. The person was found dead inside the home near Navajo Lake State Park in San Juan County Thursday afternoon by a relative. San Juan County spokesman Devin

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona case accusing a U.S. Air Force airman of killing a Mennonite woman is in the hands of a jury. Mark Gooch faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder in Sasha Krause’s death. She disappeared from the Mennonite community where she lived near

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A recently retired Cabinet secretary who oversaw New Mexico’s first major foray into electric vehicles for government fleets has gone to work at a lobbying group for automotive dealerships. The group is safeguarding state-authorized control over direct sales of new vehicles from incursions by electric-car

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has restored two sprawling national monuments in Utah, reversing a decision by President Donald Trump that had opened some lands for mining and development. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments encompass more than 3.2 million acres. They include red-rock lands sacred to Native Americans