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School buses provide Wi-Fi internet for students at home

While they are not transporting students to and from school or to extracurricular activities during school closures necessitated by the…

April 18, 2020

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Valerie Plame leads congressional fundraising efforts

Congressional candidate and former CIA operative Valerie Plame of Santa Fe, N.M., seeks support from local party delegates at the…

April 17, 2020

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U.S. grants Navajo Nation authority to use unassigned airwaves

The Federal Communications Commission said its wireless telecommunications bureau on Friday granted the requested authority for 60 days to help…

April 17, 2020

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Plan calls for diverting, storing water from Gila River

The proposal calls for storing water from the Gila and San Francisco rivers at sites in the Virden Valley or…

April 17, 2020

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Navajo Nation cancels legislative session amid coronavirus outbreak

Lawmakers calling in remotely Friday approved the legislation during a special session. The legislative branch cited the difficulty in getting…

April 17, 2020

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Historic sign to be part of planned Route 66 visitor center

The Mountain Lodge Motel sign has been removed and placed into storage until the new venue is ready. City officials…

April 17, 2020

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New Mexico dioceses have different public Mass approaches

The doors at San Felipe de Neri Catholic Church in the Old Town historic district of Albuquerque remain closed Thursday.Susan…

April 17, 2020

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National Hispanic Cultural Center gets leader after months

The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs announced this week that Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal has accepted the job to lead…

April 17, 2020

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Four Pueblo police officers cleared in fatal November shooting

District Attorney Jeff Chostner said the officers were justified in their actions by the self-defense and defense of others provisions…

April 16, 2020

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Colorado skier killed in avalanche north of Silverthorne

The volunteers responded to the skier-triggered avalanche Wednesday after a personal emergency beacon placed on the mountain was activated, the…

April 16, 2020

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Bald eagles, eaglets found nesting in arms of Arizona cactus

The Arizona Game and Fish Department revealed Wednesday that biologists discovered a pair of eagles and their eaglets in the…

April 16, 2020

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Spring snowstorm in Wyoming, Colorado closes I-80

The Wyoming Department of Transportation didn’t expect the road between Cheyenne and Rock Springs to open any time soon as…

April 16, 2020

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New Mexico diocese first to resume public U.S. Mass amid virus

The Catholic News Agency said Bishop Peter Baldacchino is the first in the U.S. to amend the diocesan ban on…

April 16, 2020

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Leader of armed border group sentenced on gun charge

Larry Mitchell Hopkins, leader of the United Constitutional Patriots, was sentenced Wednesday in Albuquerque. He had pleaded guilty in January…

April 16, 2020

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National forests in New Mexico impose campfire restrictions

Forest officials from Taos to Alamogordo announced Wednesday that campfires will be prohibited through June 30 on all five forests…

April 15, 2020

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Police: New Mexico man teased officers about having gun

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Asher Madrid was arrested earlier this month after a domestic violence call in Las Cruces.…

April 15, 2020

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Colorado kayaker identified in Monument Lake death

The Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District said officers with the Monument Police Department found Arends around 10 a.m. Monday, The…

April 15, 2020

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Polis: ‘We want to dispel any notion that we can go back to the way things were’

Governor calls on increased testing, tailored social-distancing measures

April 15, 2020

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New Mexico to join pilot U.S. effort on contract tracing

Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the she accepted an invitation to participate in the pilot program during a conversation…

April 15, 2020

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New Mexico couple who ducked sentencing arrested in Oklahoma

Susan and William Harris were arrested Wednesday in Shawnee with the assistance of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department, the U.S.…

April 15, 2020

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Navajo Nation extends weekend lockdowns as virus cases rise

The tribe first put in place the 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday lockdown last weekend for the reservation…

April 15, 2020

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Colorado governor: Without cure, social distancing to stay

Practicing social distancing, customers wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic while waiting to enter a Wells Fargo Bank branch Tuesday…

April 15, 2020

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Denkai Animal Sanctuary kicks off fundraiser

lost revenue when store closed

April 15, 2020

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Fire ban set to start April 20 in Montezuma County

Commissioners also examine response to COVID-19

April 15, 2020