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Demand surges for absentee ballots across New Mexico

SANTA FE – Voters across New Mexico have submitted nearly 250,000 absentee ballot requests with especially strong demand among Democrats for alternatives to in-person voting amid the pandemi...

DATE: Sep 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Push to reopen private schools arrives in federal court

SANTA FE – A federal judge on Wednesday weighed whether pandemic-related occupancy limits on private schools in New Mexico violate constitutional rights to equal protection and freedom of as...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor says Trump ‘botched’ pandemic response

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is sending campaign emails that accuse President Donald Trump of “single-handedly botching” the nation’s coronavirus response. Go...

DATE: Sep 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildfires put Republican meteorologist candidate in hot seat

SANTA FE – Political clashes about the role of climate change in catastrophic West Coast infernos are spilling into a U.S. Senate race in New Mexico, where a Republican meteorologist is camp...

DATE: Sep 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Daimler Trucks tests self-driving vehicles in Southwest

Albuquerque test center focuses on long-haul routes

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Republicans, Democrats deeply divided over pandemic response

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Republican congressional candidate in New Mexico endorsed a slimmed-down federal COVID-19 rescue package and challenged the state's Democratic governor to provide ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pandemic afflicts impoverished areas of New Mexico

SANTA FE – A top state health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 infections are far more prevalent in low-income areas of the New Mexico, potentially straining Medicaid health care. ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico overhauls pandemic isolation rules for travelers

State also announces rescue loans for businesses

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Prosecutor wants to try juvenile as adult in New Mexico athlete’s death

Prep basketball star shot dead at social gathering

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judiciary weighs challenge to New Mexico stay-at-home order

SANTA FE — The New Mexico state Supreme Court is weighing whether the governor has the authority to levy hefty fines against businesses as she enforces a public health order to slow the spre...

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

N.M. regulators tap solar to replace coal-fired San Juan Generating Station

SANTA FE – Solar-generated electricity and battery storage facilities will be installed in northwestern New Mexico to replace a major coal-fired power plant, according to terms of a decision...

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Activists take aim at conquistador statues in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Two public statues of Spanish conqueror Juan de Oñate in New Mexico are drawing renewed attention and criticism as memorials erected in honor of Confederate leaders and other hist...

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News