2 missing; survivors count blessings after Colorado fire
Nearly 1,000 homes and other buildings destroyed in suburbs between Denver and Boulder
DATE: Jan 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Associated Press
New Mexico advocates renew push for juvenile justice bill
ALBUQUERQUE – It seemed likely that Michael Brown, 44, would die in prison.
He was tried as an adult in 1995 and convicted by a jury on first-degree murder and other charges in the stabbing ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexico sees drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations
ALBUQUERQUE – Fewer people are being hospitalized now in New Mexico because of COVID-19 infections, according to state data.
The New Mexico Department of Health reported Tuesday there were j...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Sentencing set for airman convicted of Farmington woman’s killing
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A U.S. Air Force airman who was convicted of killing a Mennonite woman after kidnapping her in New Mexico and taking her to Arizona will be sentenced in January.
An Arizo...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexico will raise minimum wage to $11.50 for 2022
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s hourly minimum wage is set to increase by a dollar to $11.50 at the start of 2022.
The Workforce Solutions Department on Monday issued a reminder to employers and wor...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexicans call for change for repeat DWI offenders
ALBUQUERQUE – With authorities logging more than a dozen DWI arrests in the Albuquerque area since Christmas Eve, there are more calls for New Mexico to crack down on repeat offenders.
Albuq...
DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Judge to consider bid to lower trucker’s 110-year sentence
GOLDEN – A judge on Monday was set to consider a request from prosecutors to reduce the 110-year prison sentence of a truck driver for an explosive crash that killed four people in suburban ...
DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Democratic House leaders move to dissolve land grant panel
SANTA FE – Top Democrats in the New Mexico House have chosen to dissolve a legislative committee that deals with Hispanic land grants, traditional irrigation districts known as acequias and ...
DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Suspect arrested in bow-and-arrow killing of bear near Taos
ALBUQUERQUE – A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of a bear with a bow and arrow near Taos, New Mexico, in October.
The Albuquerque Journal
reported Friday a man was charged in T...
DATE: Dec 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexico county concerned about forest proposal
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Otero County commissioners have approved a resolution voicing opposition to a proposed plan that will guide forest management practices for the 1.1 million-acre Lincoln Na...
DATE: Dec 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
U.S. population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s first year
Half of New York mothers stopped trying to become pregnant after the outbreak
DATE: Dec 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Court rules to cancel energy lease on land sacred to tribes
BILLINGS, Mont. – Attorneys for a Louisiana oil and gas company have asked a federal judge to reinstate a drilling lease it held on land considered sacred to Native American tribes in the U....
DATE: Dec 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business
