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‘Secret prom’ involving hundreds of Mayfield High students causes LCPS to resume remote learning

April 15, 2021 9:56 PM Rachel Phillips

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A “secret prom” has triggered a return to remote learning in Las Cruces, school officials announced Thursday night.…

Lujan Grisham settles with former campaign staffer who accused governor of sexual mistreatment

April 15, 2021 5:06 PM CNN Newsource

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and her gubernatorial campaign have settled with a former staffer who accused the…

Questions arise about lack of social distancing on LCPS school buses

April 15, 2021 6:58 PM Andres Valle

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico- Las Cruces Public Schools is in its second week of in-person learning, and while students are spreading out to social…

Community Champions: Las Cruces’ Mayfield High recognized as National Unified Champion School

April 15, 2021 6:43 PM Andres Valle

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Mayfield High School in Las Cruces will be one of five schools recognized nationally as a Unified Champion School. ESPN and…

New Mexico health officials target rural communities for virus vaccination

April 14, 2021 11:55 AM Rachel Phillips

HILLSBORO, New Mexico — New Mexico became the first state to provide at least one dose of the vaccine to half of its population and are one of the…

NMSU gives Chris Jans 6-year contract extension as hoops coach

April 14, 2021 12:58 PM Nate Ryan

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Just a day ago, New Mexico State fans thought they may be losing their head basketball coach. Now, it looks they will have…

Family of slain NMSP officer plans lawsuit over his ‘ambush’ death

April 13, 2021 11:28 AM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7, Saul Saenz

LORDSBURG, New Mexico — The family of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a tort…

Las Cruces mass vaccination clinic to now offer Pfizer shots as New Mexico halts J&J use

April 13, 2021 4:26 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Plans are back on for a Covid=19 mass vaccination site in Las Cruces on Saturday, but the city will now offer the Pfizer…

Supreme Court upholds murder conviction of Alamogordo man

April 13, 2021 1:14 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — An Alamogordo man serving life in prison for murder and other crimes has lost an appeal. The New Mexico Supreme Court…

Southern New Mexico congresswoman urges Biden administration to finish border wall construction

April 13, 2021 12:53 PM ABC News

COLUMBUS, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico Congresswoman Yvette Herrell flew back to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday after she and a group of…

Governor signs law legalizing marijuana in New Mexico

April 12, 2021 1:49 PM Associated Press, ABC News

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Monday legalizing recreational marijuana use within months and…

Good Samaritan hospitalized in El Paso after New Mexico carjacking

April 11, 2021 2:31 PM Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — The family of a 62-year-old woman who was struck with her own vehicle in New Mexico after a man she offered to help stole her…

Health leader says New Mexico moving fast toward herd immunity

April 10, 2021 1:05 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials say that New Mexico is moving faster than any state in the U.S. toward herd immunity, with one-third of…

New Mexico’s governor vetoes 7 bills, including police oversight reforms

April 10, 2021 12:59 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has vetoed a bill to overhaul oversight of police training and misconduct reviews…

Newly-released video shows violent encounter that ended in NMSP officer’s shooting death

April 9, 2021 8:01 PM Jim Parker, JC Navarrete

DEMING, New Mexico — State public safety officials released disturbing patrol car dashcam video Friday evening showing a violent February encounter…

Man shot multiple times, seriously wounded near U.S. Post Office in Luna County village of Columbus

April 9, 2021 3:43 PM Jim Parker

COLUMBUS, New Mexico — A man was shot multiple times and seriously wounded Friday afternoon at or near the U.S. Post Office for the Luna County…

LCPS quarantines entire Mayfield High School class after student tests positive for Covid-19

April 9, 2021 1:11 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Approximately 45 students at Mayfield High School must quarantine for ten days after a student tested positive this week…

Gov. Lujan Grisham signs $7.4B New Mexico state budget that includes public employee raises

April 9, 2021 12:15 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed a $7.4 billion general fund spending plan for the coming fiscal…

New Mexico governor rejects request to send National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border

April 9, 2021 2:51 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico Republican Congresswoman Yvette Herrell on Friday asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to deploy New…

New Mexico public education leaders praise transition to in-person learning in Las Cruces

April 9, 2021 12:01 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — In their visit to a Las Cruces elementary school on Friday, leaders with the New Mexico Public Education Department praised…

Dispute between Sunland Park, Santa Teresa over housing development to be settled by county

April 9, 2021 11:55 AM Wil Herren

SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — After a couple years of legal disputes over who is entitled to a stretch of land between Sunland Park and Santa Teresa,…

8-year-old boy is latest migrant child found abandoned in southern New Mexico desert

April 7, 2021 7:01 PM Shelby Montgomery

LORDSBURG, New Mexico – For the second time in a week, U.S. Border Patrol agents said they had to rescue a migrant child abandoned in the southern…

Sen. Heinrich visits Las Cruces amid preps for migrant assistance

April 7, 2021 11:48 AM Rachel Phillips

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) was visited the El Calvario United Methodist Church in Las Cruces Wednesday to…

New Mexico leads nation in vaccine rollout with 50% getting 1st shot

April 7, 2021 3:25 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials on Wednesday reported more progress in getting residents vaccinated as the state…

Dona Ana, Luna, Otero counties remain in yellow on New Mexico’s reopening map

April 7, 2021 2:06 PM Jim Parker

SANTA FE, New Mexico — All three southern New Mexico counties in the ABC-7 viewing area remained at the “yellow” level in the state’s ‘Red to…

After Las Cruces code officers clean elderly man’s yard, he tells them: ‘Thank God for people like you’

April 6, 2021 7:16 PM Tom Scott

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 94-year-old Las Cruces man was overwhelmed by emotion Tuesday after code enforcement officers cleaned his yard. “I can’t…

With most nursing home residents vaccinated, Las Cruces families have emotional reunions

April 6, 2021 11:50 AM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – In their 57 years as a married couple, Carol Coon never imagined she’d be separated from the love of her life, Bill.…

Deb Haaland creates unit to investigate killings and disappearances of Indigenous people

April 6, 2021 4:01 PM CNN Newsource

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland of New Mexico announced a new unit within Bureau of Indian Affairs that plans to tackle…

LCPS reopens to full-time in-person classes for students

April 5, 2021 1:02 PM Associated Press, Kate Bieri, KVIA ABC-7

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — All New Mexico public school districts are expected to be open for in-person learning this week. The Las Cruces…

Karen Trujillo was the ‘best teammate you could have,’ says coach husband amid season opener

April 5, 2021 5:00 PM Kate Bieri, Tom Scott

HATCH, New Mexico — When the fans pack the stands and the players hit the court at the Hatch Valley High auditorium Monday evening, the voice of a…