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New Mexico reports 200 COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths Monday

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials reported 200 additional COVID-19 cases on Monday and nine deaths. The latest numbers bring the state to a total of 180,761 known cases and 3...

New Mexico to end quarantine requirements for travelers

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials on Wednesday said they would be ending mandatory self-quarantine requirements for visitors and residents arriving in the state. The state Health De...

New Mexico employee accepts position in Biden administration

SANTA FE – A top human resources employee for New Mexico’s governor has stepped down after more than two years in the position to take a new role with President Joe Biden’s administration. ...

Democrats defend online legislative work in New Mexico

SANTA FE — A top-ranked state legislator is defending the move to online committee hearings and other pandemic safety rules that allow only three legislators at a time on the floor of the ...

Marijuana producer may lose license after Santa Fe fire

SANTA FE — A medical marijuana producer is in danger of losing its license in the wake of a fire at a Santa Fe facility left two workers hurt. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported Sa...

Air Force likely to expand F-16 air space in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The U.S. Air Force signaled that it would likely expand existing airspace to train F-16 fighter pilots rather than create new flying areas over the Rio Grande Valley and G...

Kirtland airman convicted in 2019 crash that killed woman

ALBUQUERQUE – A U.S. Air Force court-martial panel has convicted a Kirtland Air Force Base airman on charges stemming from a 2019 crash that killed an Albuquerque woman. Airman Ca...

Wyoming governor welcomes push to add Colorado county

CASPER, Wyo. – The governor of Wyoming has announced his support for a proposed ballot measure that would instruct commissioners in a rural Colorado county to explore becoming part of Wyomin...

Former Colorado police officer gets 6 years for sex assault

DENVER – A former police officer in suburban Denver was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a woman in his patrol car. Curtis Arganbright, 43, ...

More unemployment money available for Colorado’s jobless

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado self-employed workers and residents whose unemployment benefits have expired can register for two renewed federal aid programs to help workers who lost their jobs b...

County commission wants Los Alamos lab to conduct study

SANTA FE – The Santa Fe County Commission wants Los Alamos National Laboratory to conduct a site-wide environmental review of the potential effects of ramping up production of the plutonium ...

2 arrested in more than 80 metro Albuquerque home robberies

ALBUQUERQUE – Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly being involved in more than home 80 burglaries in the Albuquerque area, according to police. They said 18-year-old Jess...