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Navajo leader OKs $557M in virus relief money for members

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo President Jonathan Nez has signed legislation to provide $557 million in hardship assistance to tribal members amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nez approved the bil...

DATE: Jan 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New auto sales up in 2021, but long way before full recovery

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales rebounded slightly last year from 2020′s dismal numbers, but were still about 2 million below the years before the coronavirus pandemic. The reason? Alt...

DATE: Jan 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

First case of the omicron variant is detected on Navajo Nation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation reported 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths Monday, but tribal health officials say the first case of the omicron variant has been detected ...

DATE: Jan 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Albuquerque shatters homicide record in 2021

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque has shattered its annual homicide record, marking 117 killings within city limits in 2021. All but three of the 2021 killings are being investigated by Albuquerque...

DATE: Jan 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

2 missing; survivors count blessings after Colorado fire

Nearly 1,000 homes and other buildings destroyed in suburbs between Denver and Boulder

DATE: Jan 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico advocates renew push for juvenile justice bill

ALBUQUERQUE – It seemed likely that Michael Brown, 44, would die in prison. He was tried as an adult in 1995 and convicted by a jury on first-degree murder and other charges in the stabbing ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico sees drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations

ALBUQUERQUE – Fewer people are being hospitalized now in New Mexico because of COVID-19 infections, according to state data. The New Mexico Department of Health reported Tuesday there were j...

DATE: Dec 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Sentencing set for airman convicted of Farmington woman’s killing

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A U.S. Air Force airman who was convicted of killing a Mennonite woman after kidnapping her in New Mexico and taking her to Arizona will be sentenced in January. An Arizo...

DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico will raise minimum wage to $11.50 for 2022

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s hourly minimum wage is set to increase by a dollar to $11.50 at the start of 2022. The Workforce Solutions Department on Monday issued a reminder to employers and wor...

DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexicans call for change for repeat DWI offenders

ALBUQUERQUE – With authorities logging more than a dozen DWI arrests in the Albuquerque area since Christmas Eve, there are more calls for New Mexico to crack down on repeat offenders. Albuq...

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Judge to consider bid to lower trucker’s 110-year sentence

GOLDEN – A judge on Monday was set to consider a request from prosecutors to reduce the 110-year prison sentence of a truck driver for an explosive crash that killed four people in suburban ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democratic House leaders move to dissolve land grant panel

SANTA FE – Top Democrats in the New Mexico House have chosen to dissolve a legislative committee that deals with Hispanic land grants, traditional irrigation districts known as acequias and ...