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New Mexico university leader on Biden-Harris transition team

Arvizu was approached to help the U.S. Department of Energy in the upcoming transition from the outgoing Trump administration to…

Business

US agency looks to open rare lizard’s habitat to oil and gas

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be accepting comments on the proposal through Dec. 21. The permits would be…

Education lawsuit demands internet for New Mexico students

With in-person learning banned by state officials until mid-January and plans for hybrid learning scrapped for the vast majority of…

New Mexico Legislature considers ‘hybrid’ session for safety

Democratic Senate majority leaders Peter Wirth of Santa Fe said a “huge piece” of the next session likely will be…

New Mexico reports 1,800 more virus cases; some slowing seen

The state reported 1,803 additional known cases and 24 additional deaths, increasing the state’s totals to 118,358 cases and 1,913…

December 12, 2020

Task force makes recommendations to address Indigenous cases

Those were among the findings in the first report of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force.…

December 12, 2020

New Mexico reports second highest daily COVID-19 death count

Nearly two-thirds of the latest fatalities involved people in the 70s or older, while one of the deaths was a…

December 11, 2020

Auditor: New Mexico MLK panel failed to meet fiscal duties

Colón this week made public details of the commission’s business operations for previous fiscal years. The commission has been on…

December 11, 2020

Santa Fe approves new short-term rental restrictions

The Santa Fe Council voted 8-1 on Thursday to limit the number of short-term rental units to one per person…

December 11, 2020

New Mexico expects vaccine delivery with day of approval

People protesting the health orders of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham stand outside the state Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020,…

Lawsuit alleges secrecy at New Mexico prison agency

The New Mexico Prison & Jail Project on Thursday filed a lawsuit against officials at the Department of Corrections alleging…

Immigrant requests pour in for New Mexico virus relief money

State lawmakers recently approved $5 million in emergency financial assistance for low-income residents who did not receive a federal stimulus…

Navajo officials work to add sites for virus isolation, care

The tribe had awarded a $50 million contract to Pacific Architects and Engineers Inc. and AMI Expeditionary Healthcare in October…

New Mexico begins sewage testing for COVID-19 at prisons

The agency says the goal is to sample human feces in group-living situations to quickly identify coronavirus outbreaks. The results…

Business

New Mexico seeks court’s protection from business lawsuits

New Mexico state police officers screen cars for compliance with an emergency lockdown order that bans nonessential visitors and limits…

Predictions vary on New Mexico higher education enrollment

Community college and university officials said during a legislative hearing Tuesday they expected enrollment to increase just as it did…

Albuquerque plans to turn old hospital into homeless shelter

Mayor Tim Keller said Tuesday that the city is working to purchase the former Lovelace hospital although the price wasn’t…

New Mexico prepared for rationing care if pandemic worsens

New Mexico Human Services Secretary Dr. David Scrase discusses the process for potentially triaging health care amid the coronavirus pandemic…

December 8, 2020

Sex abuse victims want archdiocese eliminated, lawyer says

Tom Walker, the archdiocese’s lawyer, made the claim during a court hearing Monday about three lawsuits alleging the archdiocese illegally…

December 8, 2020

Virus outbreak in Texas army base alarms New Mexico leaders

In a letter to the Pentagon, the state’s senators and congressional members said 70 infantry soldiers had tested positive for…

December 8, 2020

New Mexico reports 1,250 new COVID-19 cases, 8 more deaths

The latest numbers pushed the state’s totals since the pandemic began to 108,088 cases and 1,749 known deaths. On Saturday,…

December 6, 2020

Concerns raised about costs of New Mexico Civil Rights Act

The proposal was recommended by the state’s nine-member Civil Rights Commission, which is made up of attorneys, judges and law…

December 6, 2020