New Mexico

New Mexico governor sets mask mandate, requires vaccination

An electronic billboard warns about increasing COVID-19 cases as traffic passes Tuesday in Rio Rancho, N.M. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham…

August 17, 2021

AP New Mexico

West Nile virus detected in Bernalillo County mosquitoes

West Nile virus detected in Bernalillo County mosquitoes ALBUQUERQUE – Health officials in New Mexico’s most populated area are warning…

August 16, 2021

New Mexico

State health officials make urgent call for volunteer nurses

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico health officials say an increase in hospitalizations across the state has prompted them to put out…

August 14, 2021

New Mexico

Operations conducted to crack down on Gallup street racing

GALLUP, N.M. – Operations aimed at cracking down on street racing within Gallup and the surrounding area of northwestern New…

August 14, 2021

New Mexico

School starts in New Mexico with many masked, few vaccinated

Students at Highland High School assemble for a rally on the first day of the fall semester on Wednesday in…

August 11, 2021

New Mexico

Retired court justice to take reins of child welfare agency

Recently retired state Supreme Court Justice Barbara J. Vigil, right, was appointed to lead New Mexico’s foster care and child…

August 11, 2021

AP New Mexico

Hospital physicians seek to unionize amid pandemic turmoil

SANTA FE – Physicians at Rehoboth McKinley Christian hospital in Gallup have taken the first major step toward unionizing to…

August 11, 2021

Food

Las Cruces friends say new tequila honors Mexican culture

Matthew Hechter, an Oñate High School and New Mexico State University alum and the co-owner of Tepozán Tequila, shows off…

August 10, 2021

AP New Mexico

New Mexico’s mask mandate for schools sparks legal battle

ALBUQUERQUE – A legal battle is brewing in New Mexico over what power state education officials have over local school…

August 6, 2021

New Mexico

Teacher union president: Goal is to get kids back to school

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The head of a national teachers union is visiting New Mexico on Thursday as part of…

August 5, 2021

AP New Mexico

2 New Mexico universities to require vaccines for some

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest public university will require students, faculty and other workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19…

August 4, 2021

Business

Lawmakers: Labor shortage could wreak havoc on chile harvest

Green and red chile ristras on display at a roadside stand in Hatch, N.M. (Susan Montoya Bryan/Associated Press)Susan Montoya Bryan…

August 4, 2021

New Mexico

Abundant rain brings mixed blessings to New Mexico

SANTA FE – Four months ago, Paul Skrak was among the New Mexico farmers who braced themselves for a bleak…

July 31, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico education secretary replaced, new top cop named

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, center, with Aspen Elementary School Principal Michele Altherr, right, and left, Dr. Kurt Steinhaus,…

July 29, 2021

AP New Mexico

Bob Odenkirk condition stable after ‘heart related incident’

In this 2021 file photo, Bob Odenkirk speaks at the AMC's "Better Call Saul" panel during the AMC Networks TCA…

July 29, 2021

New Mexico

Former state police officer convicted of drug charges

ALBUQUERQUE – A former New Mexico State Police officer has been convicted of distributing marijuana intended for a 16-year-old girl…

July 24, 2021

AP New Mexico

New Mexico marks record year of spending by film industry

SANTA FE – Despite the coronavirus pandemic that led to a shutdown for months in film production, the show did…

July 23, 2021

Local News

New Mexico seeks restoration ideas after 2015 mine spill

Projects would be funded through a proposed $1 million settlement with defendants

July 22, 2021

New Mexico

New Mexico to get another $327M in federal recovery aid

SANTA FE – Federal education officials have approved New Mexico’s spending plan for recovery aid, clearing the way for another…

July 22, 2021

New Mexico

ABQ BioPark welcomes new baby hippo

ALBUQUERQUE – The ABQ BioPark has a new family member. Zoo officials announced this week that Karen, a 19-year-old Nile…

July 22, 2021

New Mexico

Authorities search for 3 swept away after Albuquerque storm

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities were searching for three people who were swept into an arroyo after storms hit Albuquerque. The search…

July 21, 2021

New Mexico

Las Cruces lawmaker says politics led to denial of Communion

SANTA FE – A New Mexico lawmaker says he was denied Communion by his local Catholic priest because of his…

July 20, 2021

New Mexico

Stretch of I-10 dedicated as memorial for slain officer

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A stretch of Interstate 10 in Luna County in southwestern New Mexico is now a memorial…

July 17, 2021

AP New Mexico

Santa Fe sheriff’s video reveals details in fatal shooting

Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office tape blocks a road near the scene of a fatal police shooting involving a man…

July 15, 2021

New Mexico

Albuquerque man dies in officer-involved shooting east of Shiprock

Thomas suspected of brandishing firearm, leading law enforcement on chase

July 15, 2021

Local News

Cortez and county officers assist FBI in arrest of suspect

Shiprock man arrested June 30 in Cortez

July 14, 2021

New Mexico

State paid $1.5M to show logo during Virgin Galactic flight

The VSS Unity reaches a speed of Mach 3, and a space altitude of 53.5 miles above the Earth on…

July 14, 2021

New Mexico

Weather service: Showers, thunderstorms may cause flooding

ALBUQUERQUE – The National Weather Service warns that numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected over western and northern New Mexico…

July 14, 2021

AP New Mexico

Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson speaks to the crowd while celebrating their flight to space from Spaceport America near Truth…

July 12, 2021

New Mexico

2 shot, 1 fatally in Albuquerque; officer slightly injured

ALBUQUERQUE – Shots fired across a downtown Albuquerque street killed one person and wounded another early Saturday and a police…

July 10, 2021