FBI seeks hold-up suspect in `New Mexico Lobos’ sweatshirt
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — FBI agents are local police searching for a suspect who tried to rob a credit union in Albuquerque while wearing a red,…
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Grand jury indicts suspect for murder in Las Cruces killing
A Dona Ana County grand jury has indicted a New Mexico man on a murder charge in a fatal shooting during an altercation last month in Las Cruces.…
Continue Reading Albuquerque man killed in hit-and-run was walking on I-25
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police have identified the pedestrian hit and killed on Interstate 25 in Albuquerque this week as they…
Continue Reading Involuntary manslaughter arrest in Clovis teen’s death
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A 21-year-old New Mexico man has been arrested for suspicion of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a teenager at…
Continue Reading C-USA adding Liberty, Jacksonville St, Sam Houston St, NMSU
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Conference USA will add Liberty, Jacksonville State, New Mexico State and Sam Houston State. The league…
Continue Reading Farmington hospital getting assistance due to COVID-19 surge
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — State and federal health agencies are sending 70 caregivers to San Juan Regional Medical Center due to a surge in COVID-19…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation reports 103 more COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 103 more COVID-19 cases and five deaths. It marked just the 13th time in the last…
Continue Reading WAC tabs Brian Thornton as its next commissioner
DENVER (AP) — The Western Athletic Conference has named Brian Thornton as its next commissioner. Thornton will replace Jeff Hurd, who is ending a…
Continue Reading New Mexico regulators approve shaft at nuclear waste dump
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — State environmental regulators have cleared the way for work to continue on a multimillion-dollar project at the federal…
Continue Reading New Mexico GOP leaders concerned about US vaccine mandate
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico already has among the highest U.S. unemployment rates and the…
Continue Reading ‘Rust’ film armorer says someone may have put bullet in gun
The Associated Press The woman in charge of weapons on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said…
Continue Reading Iconic Western starring Clint Eastwood dubbed in Navajo
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An iconic Western starring Clint Eastwood has been dubbed in the Navajo language. The…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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