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U.S. nuclear lab to relocate hundreds of workers in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the nation’s premier nuclear laboratories announced Monday that it will be moving hundreds of employees from its sprawling campus in the mountains of northern New Mexico...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico to resume horse racing as virus restrictions ease

ALBUQUERQUE – The commission that oversees horse racing in New Mexico announced Monday that live racing is set to resume in April now that public health restrictions related to the coronavir...

DATE: Mar 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Visitation restrictions eased at some New Mexico hospitals

ALBUQUERQUE – Citing downward trends in new COVID-19 cases, top administrators with some of the largest health care networks in New Mexico said Monday that visitation restrictions at some ho...

DATE: Feb 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history

A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories of thousands of Native Americans that were collected a...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico vaccine clinic stops giving shots temporarily

ALBUQUERQUE – One of New Mexico’s largest vaccination clinics will hit the pause button this week and temporarily stop giving vaccines after administering shots for more than a week, citing ...

DATE: Feb 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico zoo sends endangered wolf pack to Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – A pair of endangered Mexican gray wolves and their seven pups have been sent from a zoo in New Mexico’s largest city to Mexico as part of conservation efforts in that country. ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Official: Many in New Mexico eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

ALBUQUERQUE – A significant number of New Mexico residents are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations because they have one or more preexisting medical conditions, the state health secretary...

DATE: Jan 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico utilities look ahead to renewable energy mandates

ALBUQUERQUE – A solar project meant to provide 10% of Gallup’s electricity for the next two decades is falling short of expectations, highlighting just one of the challenges as investor-owne...

DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico opens vaccine distribution to more people

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is moving ahead with COVID-19 vaccine distribution, expanding eligibility on Friday to people 75 and older as well as residents with underlying medical conditions th...

DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

National Park Service releases video involving tasing of visitor

National Park Service releases video of incident, says man climbing on petroglyphs

DATE: Dec 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico utility has plan for growing electric vehicle use

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric provider has a plan for incentivizing the buildout of infrastructure that would be needed to bolster the use of electric vehicles in the expansive...

DATE: Dec 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Vaccine arrives in New Mexico as deaths mark another high

ALBUQUERQUE – The first coronavirus vaccines arrived in New Mexico on Monday as hospitals prepared to distribute doses to frontline health care workers. Shipments arrived at the N...

DATE: Dec 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News