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Outbreak on edge of Navajo Nation overwhelms rural hospital

GALLUP, N.M. — On the eve of New Mexico’s shutdown of bars and restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the city of Gallup came alive for one last night of revelry. Befo...

DATE: May 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico auditor pressures Gallup hospital for records

SANTA FE – Leaders of a critical care hospital in the middle of a coronavirus hot spot in Gallup, New Mexico, are coming under mounting pressure to comply with a financial audit amid complai...

DATE: May 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico town near vast reservation shuts everyone out

GALLUP, N.M. – Like clockwork, payday arrives and tens of thousands of people from the Navajo reservation and other rural stretches along the New Mexico-Arizona border flood into Gallup, a f...

DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Forecast show severe economic fallout for N.M. state government

SANTA FE – The economic fallout in New Mexico from the coronavirus pandemic is likely to wipe out between $2.1 billion and $3.9 billion in previously anticipated state government income by m...

DATE: May 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico blocks roads into Gallup as virus cases surge

ALBUQUERQUE – The governor of New Mexico invoked the state’s Riot Control Act on Friday as she sealed off all roads to nonessential traffic in the city of Gallup to help control a surging co...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Virus forecast model from defense team in Los Alamos draws attention

SANTA FE – A team of national defense scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory that studies contagions with award-winning accuracy has developed its own U.S. forecast for the spread of t...

DATE: Apr 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Coronavirus tests rural health networks in New Mexico

Only 55 intensive care beds are available across the state

DATE: Mar 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New coronavirus hits New Mexico, visiting actor

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico’s governor urged the Trump administration on Monday to help the state expand testing capacity for the new coronavirus as a positive test result by recently visiti...

DATE: Mar 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico suspends K-12 classes for 3 weeks on virus fears

Health officials also banned mass gatherings that involve 100 or more people

DATE: Mar 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico Senate endorses ‘red flag’ gun bill

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate on Friday endorsed a “red flag” gun bill that has been prompted by concerns about a mass shooting last year in El Paso, Texas, and suicide prevention e...

DATE: Feb 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico confronts backlog of wage-theft complaints

SANTA FE – New Mexico is struggling to clear a backlog of about 1,900 complaints of wage theft linked to enforcement of the state’s minimum wage law. Workforce Solutions Secretary...

DATE: Jan 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New device in New Mexico turns back clock on astronomy

SANTA FE – A newly forged steel instrument that can pinpoint the path of stars and planets across the night sky using the naked eye is a throwback to the years just before the advent of tele...

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico