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New Mexico offers scholarships for advanced teacher training

SANTA FE – State officials say they’re making money available to mid-level public school teachers to cover the cost of continuing education certifications that can lead to a significant sala...

DATE: Oct 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Strict rules keep business out of N.M. loan program

SANTA FE – Only about $20 million of a $400 million loan program for New Mexico small businesses hit by the pandemic has been approved to send out since the program began in August, accordin...

DATE: Oct 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Enrollment drop could hurt funding for New Mexico schools

SANTA FE – Education advocates are urging New Mexico lawmakers to take action during the next legislative session to preserve school budgets amid a drop in enrollment attributed to the coron...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Free lunches continue for New Mexico students

SANTA FE – Funding for summer meal programs for children in New Mexico will be extended for the foreseeable future, state officials said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ap...

DATE: Sep 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Virus diaries: We eloped, just not the way we’d planned

SANTA FE — The plan was to elope in April in New York City, where my fiancee, Julie Trolle, lived. When the coronavirus hit, I canceled my flight from El Paso, where I was coverin...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico extends stay-at-home order as coronavirus surges

SANTA FE – New Mexico has extended its stay-at-home health order with minor revisions through the end of August in response to a surge in coronavirus cases, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham annou...

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor appoints racial justice policy group

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is holding a virtual roundtable with state black leaders Thursday after a week of anti-racism protests calling for police reform around the country. ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Armed border group shuts down camp at border in New Mexico

Police help Union Pacific remove the group

DATE: Apr 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News