New Mexico jobless claimants to get $1,200 stimulus

ALBUQUERQUE – Thousands of residents in New Mexico who are collecting unemployment benefits have started to receive an extra $1,200 state stimulus in their payments, officials said. The New Mexico...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jury trials to resume in February

SANTA FE – New Mexico courts are scheduled to resume jury trials in February after a hiatus in response to surging coronavirus infections. The Administrative Office of the Courts announced the...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Education lawsuit demands internet for New Mexico students

SANTA FE – Lawyers representing New Mexico students say the state’s attempts to provide internet access and learning devices to children are “woefully insufficient.” With in-person learning banned...

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

New Mexico seeks court’s protection from business lawsuits

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor and top health officials are trying to fend off a flurry of lawsuits by businesses owners who say financial losses caused by the state’s pandemic health orders...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Auditor: New Mexico MLK panel failed to meet fiscal duties

ALBUQUERQUE – The Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission and its executive director are failing to meet their fiscal responsibilities, according to audit findings released by State Auditor Brian...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Virus outbreak in Texas army base alarms New Mexico leaders

SANTA FE – The New Mexico congressional delegation is raising questions about a coronavirus outbreak among a group of Oregon Army National Guard soldiers who returned to their home base in El Paso,...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Economists predict rebound in New Mexico government income

SANTA FE — State economists are predicting a rebound in New Mexico state government income for the fiscal year that starts in July 2021, on top of a multibillion-dollar financial reserves, as...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sex abuse victims want archdiocese eliminated, lawyer says

ALBUQUERQUE – An attorney for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe has claimed that alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse and their lawyers are seeking to eliminate the archdiocese in New Mexico by asking...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico agencies seek more funding amid virus pressures

ALBUQUERQUE – Two of the state agencies that have been key in New Mexico’s response to the coronavirus pandemic laid out their spending requests to a panel of state lawmakers Friday, citing...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Buy local’ push picks up steam in New Mexico amid shutdown

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jenny Gonzales, owner of Los Ranchos’ Culture Club Salon, said she has seen firsthand this year how local businesses are able to lift one another up — even during the...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico university to offer industrial hemp certificate

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Regents at New Mexico Highlands University have approved a new program that will offer students a certificate in industrial hemp entrepreneurship. Approval came earlier this...

DATE: Dec. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Two engines, 12 cars on freight train derail in New Mexico

VADO, N.M. – Two engines and 12 empty cars that were part of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train derailed in the southern New Mexico community of Vado early Wednesday morning, the railroad...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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