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New Mexico clears way for hospitals to ration care if needed

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico on Monday cleared the way for hospitals to ration care if necessary, saying the state’s health…

October 18, 2021

New Mexico needs to dedicate money to more conservation projects, groups say

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – The Land of Enchantment is home to vast forests and deserts, meandering rivers and streams and a…

October 18, 2021

Valles Caldera volunteers in race to document dendroglyphs

Yvonne Keller and Steve Daly check out a dendroglyph of a date on an aspen tree in Valles Caldera National…

October 16, 2021

New Mexico explores public financing for cannabis businesses

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces April 12 her decision to sign a law that legalizes recreational marijuana outside…

October 15, 2021

MIT grapples with early leader’s stance on Native Americans

David Shane Lowry, left, distinguished fellow in Native American Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Alvin Donel Harvey, president…

October 15, 2021

U.S. nuclear repository completes key mining project in southern N.M.

This undated image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows an electric continuous miner machine run by Randy Wilson,…

October 14, 2021

Airman convicted of kidnapping, killing Farmington woman in 2020

A jury in Arizona found U.S. Air Force airman Mark Gooch guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and the first-degree murder of…

October 13, 2021

New Mexico pledges support for tribal adoptions in state law

Retired state Supreme Court Justice Barbara J. Vigil, right, appears at a news conference Aug. 10 in Santa Fe, as…

October 12, 2021

Gallup physicians, nurses call for action at town hall

Chris Hoover, urologist at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital, responds Oct. 2 to a question during a town hall meeting at…

October 12, 2021

New Mexico governor settles harassment claim for $150K

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks July 29 at a news conference in Santa Fe. The final price tag…

October 11, 2021

Free lunches earn business access to New Mexico lawmakers

Republican state Sen. Gay Kernan of Hobbs takes a lunch paid for by a lobbyist on Wednesday in Santa Fe.…

October 7, 2021

Navajo leaders seek hearing on oil and gas drilling dispute

Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to…

October 6, 2021

Guided tour offers rare look at great house at Aztec Ruins

Retired archaeologist Jeff Wharton, front, gives a tour Sept. 25 of Aztec North, an unexcavated great house at Aztec Ruins…

October 6, 2021

Albuquerque resolution recognizes boarding school trauma

A makeshift memorial July 1 for the dozens of Indigenous children who died more than a century ago while attending…

October 5, 2021

Progressive mayors seek re-election in Albuquerque, Santa Fe

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller speaks during a news conference in 2018 at ABQ Studios in Albuquerque. Progressive mayors are seeking…

October 4, 2021

Family files lawsuit over deadly balloon crash in New Mexico

A bouquet of flowers from a mourner is placed June 26 near the basket of a hot air balloon that…

September 28, 2021

Official: New Mexico ranchers capture Texas homicide suspect

ROSWELL, N.M. – A manhunt for a Texas homicide suspect ended Tuesday in rural southeastern New Mexico when ranchers detained…

September 28, 2021

New Mexico community schools aim to cover ‘every basic need’

This Sept. 3, 2021, photo shows Priscila Lopez, a parent of three students at MacArthur Community Elementary School in Las…

September 27, 2021

Work aims to uncover history of boarding school burial site in Albuquerque

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

September 23, 2021

Elementary school student reading, math proficiency declines

A fifth grade student shows his geometry work to a teacher in 2018 at Columbus Elementary School, in Columbus, N.M.…

September 22, 2021

New Mexico races to spend federal rental assistance

Several executive agencies overseen by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham are making the case for expanded services. (Morgan Lee/Associated…

September 22, 2021

Jury seated in case of man suspected of killing Farmington woman

This February 2019 photo shows Sasha Krause, whose body was found in a forest outside Flagstaff, Ariz., more than a…

September 22, 2021

Legislators sue to rein in governor on pandemic relief

Several executive agencies overseen by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham are making the case for expanded services. (Morgan Lee/Associated…

September 21, 2021

GPS for defendants in Bernalillo County to be monitored 24/7

SANTA FE – Defendants awaiting trial in Bernalillo County who wear GPS devices will be monitored more closely from now…

September 21, 2021