Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kids
By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JAY REEVES Associated Press Kentucky and Texas have joined a growing list of states that have surpassed their record for…
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Psychiatrist pleads no contest in sexual assault case
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A Las Cruces psychiatrist could face years in prison after pleading no contest to charges accusing him of sexually…
Continue Reading Gaps in US wildfire smoke warning network leave many exposed
By MATTHEW BROWN and PADMANANDA RAMA Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created…
Continue Reading Migrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
By AMY TAXIN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press Some immigrant teens say they’ve waited weeks or months in massive facilities and don’t…
Continue Reading New Mexico races to spend federal grant money on time
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State agencies in New Mexico already have spent billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief grants as…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 57 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 57 new COVID-19 cases _ 20 more than the previous day _ plus one more death. The…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s next for the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy?
By ANITA SNOW and AMY TAXIN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Supreme Court has ordered the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico”…
Continue Reading New Mexico close to rationing hospital care amid pandemic
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Top health officials are warning that New Mexico is about a week away from…
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Las Cruces man pleads not guilty to killing son’s neighbor
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man has pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting his son’s neighbor in his driveway. The Las Cruces…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor joins US conservation challenge
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants to conserve more of the state’s…
Continue Reading Panel appoints replacement to fill New Mexico House vacancy
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An environmental activist has been sworn in to fill a New Mexico House vacancy created by now-former Rep. Sheryl Williams…
Continue Reading Supreme Court orders ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy reinstated
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court orders ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy reinstated
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 37 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 37 new COVID-19 cases and one more death. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s…
Continue Reading Scientists launch effort to collect water data in US West
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal scientists are launching an effort to better understand the hydrology in the…
Continue Reading Recommendations target US oil, gas leasing across the West
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce…
Continue Reading Gorilla at Albuquerque zoo euthanized because of infection
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque’s municipal zoo says a 48-year-old female gorilla has died after being stricken by a bacterial infection.…
Continue Reading Document hints at solving New Mexico education inadequacies
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico education officials have put together an outline for…
Continue Reading Lawsuit challenges New Mexico’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A newly filed lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of recent public health orders requiring people with certain jobs to…
Continue Reading Arizona police fatally shoot man in parking lot encounter
PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Arizona fatally shot a 31-year-old New Mexico man who allegedly had forced a woman into a vehicle at gunpoint early…
Continue Reading 9 women now serving as governors in US, tying a record
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is beginning her term in office with plenty of challenges. But she also is starting with…
Continue Reading Legislators grapple with new virus exposure in committees
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Legislature won’t revert to remote, online proceedings despite close encounters with the resurgent coronavirus…
Continue Reading Pot grower gears up for recreational market in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cannabis provider Ultra Health says it has completed the purchase of a former bakery and adjacent land in southern New Mexico…
Continue Reading Teen’s ‘Remembrance Run’ from tribal school stirs emotions
YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) — Ku Stevens says the significance of his “Remembrance Run” didn’t sink in until the end of the 50-mile trek from Carson…
Continue Reading US authorities warn against flying drones over national lab
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Drone pilots, beware. Authorities at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories issued a warning Monday…
Continue Reading US boarding school review prompts calls for trauma support
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some members of Congress want protections put in place to address ongoing…
Continue Reading Teen’s ‘Remembrance Run’ from tribal school stirs emotions
YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) — Ku Stevens says the significance of his “Remembrance Run” didn’t sink in until the end of the 50-mile trek from Carson…
Continue Reading Santa Fe police say fire that burned sculpture was arson
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in Santa Fe are searching for a suspect who set fire to a sculpture over the weekend. Fire officials say someone…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation issues vaccine mandate for tribal workers
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — All Navajo Nation executive branch employees will need to be fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 by…
Continue Reading New Mexico farmers along Rio Grande face early water cutoff
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of farmers along the Rio Grande in central New Mexico face a second straight year of irrigation supplies being…
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