Education retirements in New Mexico up by 40% this year
ALBUQUERQUE, N.N. (AP) — Retirements of teachers and other public education employees in New Mexico spiked by 40% this year, and the pandemic is…
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Santa Fe mayor attacks rival for ‘no’ vote on mask ordinance
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Recriminations about face-mask mandates are creating new tension between Democratic candidates in the election campaign for…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor tours refugee center, talks business
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham visited southern New Mexico on Friday to talk with…
Continue Reading Airman charged with murder accused of trying to cover tracks
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A prosecutor said at a trial Friday that a U.S. Air Force airman charged with kidnapping a Mennonite woman in New Mexico,…
Continue Reading Albuquerque victim seriously burned after doused by gasoline
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say they are investigating an incident that left a person with serious burns after someone doused the…
Continue Reading Recall effort against Cowboys for Trump founder lags
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Time is running out for a recall effort aiming to kick the founder of Cowboys for Trump out of…
Continue Reading Former UFC champ Jon Jones jailed in Vegas battery incident
By GREG BEACHAM and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former mixed martial arts champion Jon Jones was jailed in Las Vegas after an…
Continue Reading FBI seeks Albuquerque bank robber with white-framed glasses
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — FBI agents have joined Albuquerque police in the search for a man who robbed a bank on the southwest side of the city. The…
Continue Reading Men charged with getting too close to bears in Alaska park
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. prosecutors have charged three men with leaving a special viewing platform and getting too close to bears in…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation cancels Amber Alert for 4 children; kids OK
TSAYATOH, N.M. (AP) — The Navajo Division of Public Safety has canceled an Amber Alert for four children found safe after being reported missing in…
Continue Reading Many hurdles for families with food challenges, poll shows
By ASHRAF KHALIL and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans struggling to feed their families over the past pandemic…
Continue Reading Albuquerque, soccer team seek to build stadium if bond OK’d
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — City officials and the New Mexico United soccer team announced Thursday the terms of a long-term lease and development…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 45 more COVID-19 cases, 1 more death
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 45 more COVID-19 cases and one additional death. The latest numbers pushed the…
Continue Reading New Mexico man drives off with his 4 children after dispute
TSAYATOH, N.M. (AP) — The Navajo Division of Public Safety has issued an Amber Alert for four missing children in New Mexico. Authorities say the…
Continue Reading Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking…
Continue Reading Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native Americans
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says extensive news media coverage of the death of Gabby Petito…
Continue Reading Insurance premiums fall as New Mexico prepares new subsidies
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Health care access is getting substantially less expensive for consumers on the state’s…
Continue Reading Work aims to uncover history of boarding school burial site
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque city officials plan to use ground-penetrating radar as they research…
Continue Reading For many Haitian migrants, journey to Texas started online
By JUAN A. LOZANO, MARIA VERZA and JULIE WATSON Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — A confluence of factors caused the sudden arrival of…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 52 more COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 52 more COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the…
Continue Reading US projections on drought-hit Colorado River grow more dire
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. government has released projections that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40…
Continue Reading New Mexico races to spend federal rental assistance
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State agencies spent federal pandemic aid at a furious pace during the month of August,…
Continue Reading New push on to expand nuclear radiation compensation in US
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push to expand a U.S. compensation…
Continue Reading Elementary school student reading, math proficiency declines
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico legislative report suggests that elementary school…
Continue Reading Jury seated for Arizona murder case against US airman
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Opening statements in the case of a U.S. Air Force airman charged in the shooting death…
Continue Reading Penitentiary inmate found dead in cell in suspected suicide
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A 22-year-old inmate at the state penitentiary  has been found dead in his cell in a suspected suicide. Corrections…
Continue Reading Report: Pilot in deadly balloon crash had drugs in system
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A report from the Federal Aviation Administration shows the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in New Mexico in June…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 36 more COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 36 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the…
Continue Reading Biden nominee confirmed as federal judge for New Mexico
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Las Cruces-based defense and civil rights attorney Margaret Strickland was confirmed Tuesday…
Continue Reading Albuquerque officials lay out plan to combat violent crime
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mayor of New Mexico’s largest city and other officials say they have a…
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