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U.S. Senate hopefuls in New Mexico feuding over debate lineup

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján and Republican Mark Ronchetti’s campaigns are feuding over the number of TV debates in the race for the U.S. Senate, agreeing to two so ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

High-altitude airships company picks New Mexico for base

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A technology company aiming to send up high-altitude airships to monitor crops and bring broadband has chosen New Mexico for its U.S. production center, state Economi...

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. House candidates distancing from Cowboys for Trump leader

Couy Griffin: Some Black athletes should ‘go back to Africa’

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Leader, civil rights group part after ethnic studies flap

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – A New Mexico Hispanic activist upset about the removal of Spanish conquistador monuments and who demanded the state’s largest university remove some ethnic studies classes...

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82. ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tea Party Super PAC calls GOP US House hopeful a ‘liberal’

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – A new ad by Super PAC working to elect Tea Party-leaning candidates in U.S. House races is comparing one GOP hopeful to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and calling h...

DATE: May 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Luján keeps money edge in open U.S. Senate race in New Mexico

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján continues to hold a comfortable fundraising edge over his GOP opponents in a race for open Senate seat in New Me...

DATE: Apr 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico cancels national tourism campaign amid virus

RIO RANCHO, N.M – The Santa Fe Plaza is empty. So are the narrow streets of the adobe-laden historic district in the heart of Albuquerque. The ski lifts are idle, the galleries are shuttered...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Sand Creek Massacre site draws indigenous people who pray for victims of genocide worldwide

EADS – The site sits hundreds of miles from any major city. There are no statues to admire, no gift shops to buy postcards, and no cheery activities for the kids. To get there, one must driv...

DATE: Mar 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico recreational pot legalization passes first test

Proposal would subsidize purchase of medical marijuana for low-income patients

DATE: Jan 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Film probes history of Native Americans in the U.S. military

How service transformed the lives of troops from various tribes

DATE: Nov 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico GOP sues to halt absentee voting in Las Cruces

ALBUQUERQUE – The Republican Party of New Mexico is seeking an injunction to halt the counting of absentee ballots in a southern county over allegations state and local officials were ignori...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News