New Mexico

Business

Tesla builds 1st store on tribal land, dodges state car laws

Tesla owners, Tesla employees and local political leaders gather at the service bay doors during an event on Sept. 9…

September 15, 2021

New Mexico

Ruling: Car lights don’t need to work perfectly, just well

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s highest court has ruled that state law doesn’t require vehicle tail lights all be working…

September 15, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico deploys absentee ballot drop boxes statewide

Election officials are deploying ballot drop boxes across New Mexico for people who chose to cast absentee ballots without walking…

September 14, 2021

New Mexico

US flag, sewn at POW camp, settles at Smithsonian

Retired Col. Brian Baca, right, tells New Mexico National Guard soldiers and airmen the story of an American flag made…

September 11, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico reports 20 more COVID-19 deaths, most in months

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s pandemic death roll rose by 20 on Friday, the largest reported single-day increase in months.…

September 11, 2021

AP New Mexico

Native Americans draft redistricting proposals in New Mexico

seek greater self-determination in future elections

September 10, 2021

Local News

New fire station in San Juan County built on land once owned by family of firefighters

Volunteers can train, keep equipment at site west of Farmington

September 10, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico offers pay bump to prekindergarten teachers

SANTA FE – State officials responsible for early childhood education in New Mexico say that prekindergarten teachers deserve the same…

September 10, 2021

AP New Mexico

New Mexico’s $37 million plan to recruit more teachers

Incoming Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus addresses students on the first day of their fall semester Aug. 11 at Highland High…

September 9, 2021

Business

Latest draft of New Mexico oil, gas rules stirs tension

ALBUQUERQUE – Advocates for the oil and gas industry and the environment are at odds over the latest draft of…

September 9, 2021

New Mexico

Tour of Aztec North offered for National Public Lands Day

AZTEC – In celebration of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 25, Aztec Ruins National Monument will offer a…

September 9, 2021

New Mexico

State Police chief ‘beyond disgusted’ by recent violence

LOS LUNAS, N.M. – A pair of shootouts between a suspect and law enforcement officers left the suspect dead and…

September 4, 2021

New Mexico

Health official: New Mexico children need more virus testing

Mimi, 8, greets her mother Dawn Lourenco after getting off a school bus on Friday in Albuquerque. Lourenco’s two other…

September 4, 2021

AP New Mexico

New Mexico poised to reconsider bail reform amid crime wave

A notice advises motorists not to pick up hitchhikers near the Santa Fe County Jail and the Penitentiary of New…

August 31, 2021

New Mexico

Albuquerque purchasing Bernalillo County’s share of building

ALBUQUERQUE – Bernalillo County and the city of Albuquerque have long shared a large government building in downtown Albuquerque, but…

August 28, 2021

New Mexico

School district donates land to city of Farmington, possibly for an ‘all-abilities park’

would be the first fully inclusive and adapted playground in San Juan County

August 27, 2021

New Mexico

Holloman Air Force Base to take in Afghan refugees

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Holloman Air Force Base is among several military installations that will take in Afghan refugees, the U.S.…

August 27, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico engages with Biden’s energy secretary on methane rules

Heat-trapping gas blamed for 30-50% of rising global temperatures

August 26, 2021

New Mexico

Navajo Nation reports 57 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 57 new COVID-19 cases – 20 more than the previous…

August 25, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico close to rationing hospital care amid pandemic

ALBUQUERQUE – Top health officials warned Wednesday that New Mexico is about a week away from rationing health care as…

August 25, 2021

New Mexico

Panel appoints replacement to fill New Mexico House vacancy

ALBUQUERQUE – An environmental activist has been sworn in to fill a New Mexico House vacancy created by now-former Rep.…

August 25, 2021

AP New Mexico

U.S. authorities warn against flying drones over national lab in New Mexico

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Drone pilots beware. Authorities at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories issued a warning…

August 23, 2021

AP New Mexico

U.S. boarding school review prompts calls for trauma support

Adjunct history professor and research associate Larry Larrichio holds a copy of a late 19th century photograph of pupils at…

August 23, 2021

AP New Mexico

Navajo Nation issues vaccine mandate for tribal workers

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez announced a vaccine order Sunday. All Navajo Nation executive branch employees will need to be…

August 23, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico school districts debate masks, local control

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s mask and vaccine requirements are drawing more fire from parents and officials as the school year…

August 21, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico hospital workers protest vaccine mandates

Nurse Katrina Philpot protests against COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates near the state Capitol on Friday in Santa Fe. Gov.…

August 20, 2021

New Mexico

California felon charged in shooting of New Mexico officers

Tactical officers search for a suspect after a shootout that left multiple officers injured in northeast Albuquerque on Thursday. (Robert…

August 20, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico school shooting suspect to remain in custody

Albuquerque Police Department officers search a student after a shooting at Washington Middle School, which left at least one student…

August 18, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico State Fair vaccine mandate spurs concern

ALBUQUERQUE – Some are calling a requirement for everyone attending the upcoming New Mexico State Fair to show proof of…

August 18, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico braces for end of federal unemployment bonuses

New Mexico Workforce Solutions Secretary Ricky Serna discusses plans for reform to the state’s system for distributing unemployment benefits that…

August 17, 2021