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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 ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Suspect arrested in bow-and-arrow killing of bear near Taos

ALBUQUERQUE – A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of a bear with a bow and arrow near Taos, New Mexico, in October. The Albuquerque Journal reported Friday a man was charged in T...

DATE: Dec 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico county concerned about forest proposal

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Otero County commissioners have approved a resolution voicing opposition to a proposed plan that will guide forest management practices for the 1.1 million-acre Lincoln Na...

DATE: Dec 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s first year

Half of New York mothers stopped trying to become pregnant after the outbreak

DATE: Dec 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court rules to cancel energy lease on land sacred to tribes

BILLINGS, Mont. – Attorneys for a Louisiana oil and gas company have asked a federal judge to reinstate a drilling lease it held on land considered sacred to Native American tribes in the U....

DATE: Dec 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst

As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%, climbing to a record high

DATE: Dec 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Forecasters: New Mexico should brace for worsening drought

ALBUQUERQUE — The past three months have been very dry in New Mexico and it’s only going to get worse. That’s the word from forecasters with the National Weather Service and other climate ex...

DATE: Dec 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Tribes lacking water see glimmer of hope with massive bill

WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) — Erland Suppah Jr. doesn’t trust what comes out of his faucet. Each week, Suppah and his girlfriend haul a half-dozen large jugs of water from a distribution center ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado confirms first wolf kill of livestock in decades

Calf carcass found on ranch in North Park

DATE: Dec 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fentanyl: A game of Russian roulette for New Mexicans

ALBUQUERQUE — He had been sober for years, a beacon in the recovery community who inspired dozens of people to get clean. When the pandemic hit, the Narcotics Anonymous meetings that served...

DATE: Dec 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News