Aztec man who followed women in Bayfield, Durango is sentenced

An Aztec man who pleaded guilty to harassment for allegedly following several women in Durango and Bayfield was sentenced Friday to one year supervised probation. Eli Garcia, who was 24 at the time...

DATE: June 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

N.M. law enforcement responds to nationwide calls for reform

FARMINGTON – Advocates across the state and country are demanding police reforms, including a ban on the use of chokeholds, with some pushing to defund police departments in favor of community...

DATE: June 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico reopens breweries as COVID-19 cases trend upward

FARMINGTON – The state of New Mexico took a big step toward reopening recently when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced breweries could open with limited occupancy. But the data show COVID-19...

DATE: June 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Paramedic receives state, local first-responder procession

FARMINGTON – A paramedic who died from COVID-19 received a first responder escort last weekend from Albuquerque to Farmington. First responders and members of the community lined streets Sunday in...

DATE: June 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man shot during protest over Spanish conqueror’s statue

ALBUQUERQUE – A man was shot Monday night as protesters in New Mexico’s largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum, prompting the city...

DATE: June 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Decade-old quest for hidden treasure chest ends

A real-life treasure hunt is over. A New Mexico art and antique collector announced 10 years ago that he hid a chest containing $2 million in riches deep in the Rocky Mountains. He told people to...

DATE: June 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

After 35 years, regional classified paper says goodbye

FARMINGTON – When Robert Elmore moved to Farmington in the 1980s, the Thrifty Nickel was a local city classified paper, but when he bought it in 1989, he saw the potential to turn it into a paper...

DATE: June 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

With limited electricity, Navajo Nation students receive kits for distance learning

FARMINGTON – Completing his homework under a kerosene lamp or in front of a wood burning stove, Mylo Fowler graduated high school almost 20 years ago on the Navajo Nation near Steamboat, Arizona....

DATE: June 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Community helps raise money for Four Corners resident’s brain surgery

FARMINGTON – A Four Corners man known for his community spirit and penchant for volunteering underwent brain surgery earlier this week, and community members have started a GoFundMe to offset the...

DATE: June 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farmington Growers Market to kick off Saturday

FARMINGTON – The Farmington Growers Market, which started 29 years ago, will open Saturday with additional public safety measures as a result of the coronavirus. The market received approval from...

DATE: June 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Financial crisis looms over New Mexico cities, counties

SANTA FE – Local governments from Roswell to Santa Fe are being swept away in the “economic tsunami” of the coronavirus pandemic and may fall back on the state for financial aid, a leading state...

DATE: June 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico AG calls for uniform use of force policies

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Attorney General Hector Balderas on Tuesday called for police reforms amid the latest round of protests in New Mexico and elsewhere over excessive force. Balderas said...

DATE: June 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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