Associated Press New Mexico

Overdue education plan frustrates New Mexico tribal leaders

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s plan to address the needs of underserved Indigenous students hasn’t been shared with tribal leaders or the public despite promises made by state officials that they w...

DATE: Jan 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: 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

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

Rural New Mexico school buys Starlink internet for students

$1.2 million deal that leapfrogs piecemeal efforts by state and tribal officials

DATE: Dec 29, 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

New Mexico tribes concerned about plan to power nuclear lab

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Indigenous leaders are concerned about a proposed multimillion-dollar transmission line that would cross what they consider sacred lands. The transmission line plann...

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

New Mexico county prepares for recreational cannabis

Retail establishments in state scheduled to be able to open in April

DATE: Dec 26, 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

Rudolfo Anaya weaved bilingual holiday tale for children

SANTA FE – An author known as the father of Chicano literature left behind a bilingual children’s book after his 2020 death, telling a story about Christmas in the American Southwest. The ta...

DATE: Dec 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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