Associated Press New Mexico

Warily, tribes prepare for cannabis ventures in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Two tribal communities have been reassured they’ll be able to take part in New Mexico’s marijuana market opening in April without the threat of federal law enforcement interferenc...

DATE: Mar 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

White House releases report on Native American voting rights

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Local, state and federal officials must do more to ensure Native Americans facing persistent, long-standing and deep-rooted barriers to voting have equal access to ballots...

DATE: Mar 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Methane survey from small plane finds more pollution, waste

SANTA FE – A pollution survey using sensors on small airplanes to detect methane emissions across a major U.S. oil and natural gas production zone points to greater releases of the potent cl...

DATE: Mar 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Political lobbyists denounce harassment by state senator

SANTA FE – A Democratic state senator is coming under new pressure to resign or be removed based on new allegations of groping, sexist comments, and yelling and cursing at women, in an open ...

DATE: Mar 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6

WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Tuesday convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduc...

DATE: Mar 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Energy grants for U.S. tribes aimed at aiding vast power needs

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – More than a dozen tribal communities around the U.S. will share $9 million in federal grant funding for renewable energy projects, the U.S. Department of Energy announced ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Cowboy politician 2nd person to go on trial in Jan. 6 riot

SANTA FE – An elected official in New Mexico who helped found the group Cowboys for Trump is headed to trial in Washington next week on a charge related to the violent insurrection at the U....

DATE: Mar 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

House panel launches probe of New Mexico 2020 election audit

WASHINGTON – A congressional oversight committee said Thursday it has opened an investigation into a partisan audit of the 2020 election results that is taking place in New Mexico and was au...

DATE: Mar 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Haaland: Report about Indigenous boarding schools expected soon

The Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report about its investigation into the federal government’s past oversight of Native American boarding schools. Interior Secretary Deb...

DATE: Mar 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Students from New Mexico university among 9 dead in Texas crash

HOBBS, N.M. – Nine people have died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournamen...

DATE: Mar 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

VA proposal to close rural health clinics spurs opposition

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has released a list of community-based clinics that it proposes to close in New Mexico and other rural areas around the country as part ...

DATE: Mar 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Election audit prompts pushback from New Mexico auditor

ALBUQUERQUE – The state auditor is the latest top Democratic official to push back against an independent audit of the 2020 election in one rural New Mexico county, as questions about irregu...