New Mexico

New Mexico art collective seeks union, management resists

Employees at the Santa Fe-based art collective Meow Wolf are seeking to unionize under the Communications Workers of America umbrella.…

September 8, 2020

Regional News

New Mexico Republicans to announce moderate agenda

Republican House Minority Leader James Townsend speaks in March in front of GOP candidates for the state House and Senate…

September 8, 2020

Food

New Mexico to grocery stores: Stop taxing food on deliveries

Marylou Ligier takes a to-go order to a patron at her family’s restaurant and pastry shop Clafoutis on Aug. 24…

September 6, 2020

Abandoned car found under massive pile of logs, owner missing

Authorities will conduct search of area Friday

August 27, 2020

Survey, focus groups aim to boost New Mexico competitiveness

Marylou Ligier takes a to-go order to a patron at her family’s restaurant and pastry shop Clafoutis on Monday in…

August 27, 2020

Los Alamos newspaper to call it quits after decades in print

The Los Alamos Monitor announced on its webpage that the decision was shared with staff Friday by officials with Landmark…

August 25, 2020

Regional News

New Mexico reports 98 new coronavirus cases, 2 more deaths

The latest numbers from the New Mexico Department of Health increase the state’s totals to 24,396 cases and 745 deaths.…

August 23, 2020

With federal regulations rolled back, New Mexico forges ahead to curb methane

releases draft version of rules July 20, aims for adoption in early 2021

August 17, 2020

Federal agency sets guidelines for reopening Native American schools

Decision has been criticized for endangering teacher, student safety

August 10, 2020

After decades of undercounting, Native Americans push to be represented in census

tools aren’t always enough to reach rural reservations

August 9, 2020

Census hasn’t always counted Native Americans. Now it tries.

tools aren’t always enough to reach rural reservations

August 9, 2020

Green chile distributors to sell directly to public

Changes at stores pressure distributors

August 7, 2020

New Mexico beef packing plant reports 21 coronavirus cases

The New Mexico Environment Department has advised USA Beef Packing LLC owner Jose Madrid on how to handle the influx…

New Mexico overhauls pandemic isolation rules for travelers

also announces rescue loans for businesses

New Mexico starts offering rescue loans to small businesses

Legislation approved in June sets aside up to $400 million in state trust funds for loans to individual businesses of…

New Mexico school officially dumps Spanish conquistador name

Indigenous leaders and younger Latinos say brutality shouldn’t be celebrated

Judiciary weighs challenge to New Mexico stay-at-home order

Oral arguments were scheduled for Tuesday in the case pitting Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham against business owners who have…

Herrell picked up endorsement ex-Democratic congressman

Former U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, who once held Torres Small’s seat, said Tuesday he is backing Yvette Herrell in November.…

Democrat for U.S. Senate releases ad around dad’s cancer fight

In this 2019, file photo, Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., speaks as House Democrats hold a news conference in Washington.…

Prosecutor wants to try juvenile as adult in New Mexico athlete’s death

basketball star shot dead at social gathering

U.S. House candidates distancing from Cowboys for Trump leader

Griffin: Some Black athletes should ‘go back to Africa’

New Mexico restaurant in sign flap gets permit suspended

The Farmington Daily Times reports the New Mexico Environment Department suspended the food service permit last week for the Country…

July 30, 2020

Regional News

New Mexico restaurants bristle at rolling back indoor dining

The owners say they’ve gone to great lengths to make their establishments safe and that the governor has offered no…

July 13, 2020

New Mexico spends $66,000 asking neighboring states to wear a mask

Advertisements target big cities in Arizona and Texas, with increasing COVID cases

July 12, 2020

High School Sports

Gov. Lujan Grisham: No contact sports permitted in New Mexico in fall 2020

plans to hold football, soccer seasons in spring 2021

July 9, 2020

Three dead from drinking hand sanitizer

3 others in critical condition, one person permanently blinded

June 28, 2020

San Juan Basin Public Health reports six new COVID-19 cases from people visiting Southwest Colorado

‘It is critical that we don’t become complacent”’

June 20, 2020

New Mexico reopens breweries as COVID-19 cases trend upward

officials warn reopenings don’t mean coronavirus concerns are over

June 17, 2020