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July 8, 2020 • The Associated Press

Police: Man detained children after mistaking pen for bullet

Police say the boy actually just had a pen. The Hobbs News-Sun reports Danny Billington was arrested last week after…

July 8, 2020 • The Associated Press

Farmington woman gets prison for running over federal lawman

Prosecutors said 33-year-old Nakrista Saiz was given a 110-month sentence for assault on a federal officer involving use of a…

July 7, 2020 • The Associated Press

New Mexico issues heat alert as triple digits approach

The Health Department has issued an alert, saying the extreme heat is expected to last through the weekend in most…

July 6, 2020 • The Associated Press

Regional News

New Mexico schools opening comes amid nurse shortage

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports guidelines released by the New Mexico Public Education Department released last month have turned the…

July 5, 2020 • The Associated Press

Report: New Mexico’s suicide rate is highest in the nation

The Albuquerque Journal reported Sunday that New Mexico had 535 suicides in 2018, the most recent year for which nationwide…

New Mexico cases at 13,063 at start of holiday weekend

State officials also announced Saturday another two death were reported, both out of McKinley County. The state now has 513…

Wildfire in southern New Mexico grows, 39% contained

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday the blaze in the Apache Kid Wilderness has grown to 18 square miles.…

Undersheriff in New Mexico sheriff’s office faces probe

KOB-TV reports special prosecutor Andrea Reeb said this week she is looking into the actions of Rio Arriba Undersheriff Martin…

Police arrest woman suspected of killing ex-boyfriend

Police say Erlynda Lucero is suspected in the fatal shooting of Daniel Guardado on June 24. They say Guardado had…

Top New Mexico public heath official announces retirement

Kunkel, 69, an attorney and former pediatric social worker, cited the physical and mental demands of her work at the…

July 3, 2020 • MORGAN LEE

New minor party pushes for ‘fusion voting’ in New Mexico

Democratic Sens. Clemente Sanchez of Grants, left, and John Arthur Smith, of Deming, listen to a tribute from colleagues during…

July 2, 2020 • The Associated Press

Roswell teen charged for November online school threat

FBI officials said in a news release Wednesday that the 18-year-old has been charged with interstate communications containing a threat…

New Mexico county moves to spend money on police cameras

The Bernalillo County Commission voted Tuesday to appropriate $1 million that had been approved last year through an administrative resolution.…

Video shows fatal shooting of unarmed man by Carlsbad ranger

KOB-TV in Albuquerque reported Tuesday that video from the March shooting has 26 seconds missing, leaving local prosecutors unsure whether…

Albuquerque man accused of fatally shooting uncle unprovoked

Albuquerque police upgraded charges against 25-year-old Joshua Martinez after the victim died from his injuries early Wednesday. Authorities say Martinez…

New Mexico’s confirmed COVID-19 cases passes the 12,000 mark

State health officials on Tuesday reported an additional 168 cases, raising the toll since the outbreak began to 12,147. They…

New Mexico Supreme Court chief justice postpones retirement

Chief Justice Judith Nakamura said in early June she would retire July 31 but on Friday she said she’d just…

Four Albuquerque fireworks displays planned to avoid gatherings

A statement announcing the planned displays said the multiple displays are intended to allow residents to watch the fireworks from…

Use of plastic bags still allowed in Bernalillo County

The county manager first suspended the ban on plastic bags during a March 10 emergency meeting. County manager Julie Morgas…

Albuquerque woman sentenced in kidnapping of two men over marijuana

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Mariah Ferry was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty earlier this year to kidnapping and conspiracy…

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham grants clemency for 19 people

The office said these were the first pardons of her administration and noted the majority of those receiving clemency had…

June 26, 2020 • The Associated Press

New Mexico puts bilingual signs at lakes on invasive species

The state Department of Game and Fish announced this month officials posted two billboards at Elephant Butte Lake and a…