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New Mexico offers scholarships for advanced teacher training

SANTA FE – State officials say they’re making money available to mid-level public school teachers to cover the cost of continuing education certifications that can lead to a significant sala...

Strict rules keep business out of N.M. loan program

SANTA FE – Only about $20 million of a $400 million loan program for New Mexico small businesses hit by the pandemic has been approved to send out since the program began in August, accordin...

Enrollment drop could hurt funding for New Mexico schools

SANTA FE – Education advocates are urging New Mexico lawmakers to take action during the next legislative session to preserve school budgets amid a drop in enrollment attributed to the coron...

Free lunches continue for New Mexico students

SANTA FE – Funding for summer meal programs for children in New Mexico will be extended for the foreseeable future, state officials said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ap...

Virus diaries: We eloped, just not the way we’d planned

SANTA FE — The plan was to elope in April in New York City, where my fiancee, Julie Trolle, lived. When the coronavirus hit, I canceled my flight from El Paso, where I was coverin...

New Mexico extends stay-at-home order as coronavirus surges

SANTA FE – New Mexico has extended its stay-at-home health order with minor revisions through the end of August in response to a surge in coronavirus cases, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham annou...

New Mexico governor appoints racial justice policy group

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is holding a virtual roundtable with state black leaders Thursday after a week of anti-racism protests calling for police reform around the country. ...

Armed border group shuts down camp at border in New Mexico

Police help Union Pacific remove the group