New Mexico seeks funding for 28 more electric vehicles

SANTA FE – New Mexico would add 28 electric vehicles to its fleet for state agencies under a budget request to legislators from the administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Adding the...

DATE: Nov. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Republicans shake up state Senate leadership in New Mexico

SANTA FE – A new leader has emerged atop the Republican minority contingent in the New Mexico state Senate. In a caucus meeting Tuesday, Sen. Gregory Baca of Belen was chosen as Republican minority...

DATE: Nov. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Top Democrat says district will be redrawn after GOP win

ALBUQUERQUE — A day after Republicans won back New Mexico’s only conservative-leaning congressional district, a top state Democrat said its boundaries will be redrawn in redistricting that will be...

DATE: Nov. 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Key GOP win wrinkles Democratic wave in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Democrats swelled with pride during their virtual Election Night celebration as Gov. Michelle Luján Grisham boasted that voters were turning out in droves and electing Democrats...

DATE: Nov. 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Albuquerque police: Woman found dead, man gravely wounded

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police officers responding to a report of a shooting in progress found a woman dead and a man gravely wounded, the Police Department said Wednesday. The woman was found...

DATE: Nov. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

N.M. senator pivots from fugitive to reformer

SANTA FE – A state senator who fled home because of threatening phone messages after criticizing a protest against coronavirus restrictions said he plans to pursue reforms that make police more...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico building infrastructure for vaccine distribution

ALBUQUERQUE – It could be well into next year before a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available, but top health officials in New Mexico said Tuesday that they have submitted their plan to the federal...

DATE: Oct. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge won’t force New Mexico to send children back to school

SANTA FE – New Mexico health and school officials can continue to restrict in-person learning for the vast majority of young children based on countywide coronavirus outbreaks after a federal judge...

DATE: Oct. 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gov's chief of staff on leave to aid Biden transition team

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s chief of staff John Bingaman has taken a leave of absence to help with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's transition...

DATE: Oct. 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Close congressional race in southern New Mexico draws eyes

RUIDOSO, N.M. – Pockets in the Sierra Blanca mountain range are packed with tourists searching for an outdoor getaway of fishing, hunting and eventually skiing. But this year, the pandemic and New...

DATE: Oct. 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

US attorney general touts success of federal crime fighting

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday the federal government’s efforts to crack down on violent crime in Albuquerque and other U.S. cities is paying dividends...

DATE: Oct. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico names leader of Native American education reform

SANTA FE – Former Navajo Nation legislative staff member LaShawna Tso has been selected to lead New Mexico’s Indian Education division. The announcement by the Public Education Department comes...

DATE: Oct. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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