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Study finds third of un-vaxxed New Mexicans don’t want doses

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico has helped lead a national study of hesitancy surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, which found it prevalent in its own state. The school announced Wednes...

New Mexico artist captures Grand Canyon trip in paintings

FARMINGTON (AP) – The Grand Canyon is known first and foremost for its enormity, and Farmington artist Marilyn Taylor acknowledges that its sheer size, especially when viewed from the perspe...

Southern New Mexico officials see uptick in pets surrendered

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) – In 2020, Alamogordo Animal Control took in 1,260 animals, saw 563 adopted and euthanized 36 animals, according to Alamogordo Police Department data. In 2020, the Oter...

New Mexico ranks 49th in child wellbeing, an improvement

SANTA FE, N.M (AP) — New Mexico ranked 49th in a report released Monday measuring child wellbeing based on data gathered before the pandemic.

New Mexico governor: Opening day will be July 1

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Friday that all remaining pandemic-related public health restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activity in the state will be lif...

Hispanic group sues Santa Fe mayor over destroyed obelisk

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico Hispanic fraternal order is suing the mayor of Santa Fe over damage to a historical monument by activists last year and the city’s proposal to permanently remove it.

New Mexico weighs rules for community solar program

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico utility regulators have nearly a year to create a new set of rules for governing community solar projects in the state, but utilities say they’re already being flood...

New Mexico rolls out same-day voter registration program

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democrat-backed efforts to expand voter access in New Mexico are coming to fruition, with the rollout of same-day voter registration this month.

New Mexico poverty pilot sends millions to poorest schools

SANTA FE – New Mexico education officials will send $15 million to 108 of the state's most impoverished schools as part of a pilot program passed into law earlier this year. The Public Educ...

Military veteran runs for New Mexico governor as Republican

SANTA FE – Investment adviser and West Point graduate Greg Zanetti of Albuquerque says he’ll seek the Republican nomination for governor of New Mexico in next year’s election. In a news rele...

Governor settled harassment claim to focus on pandemic

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday defended her handling of accusations of harassment by a former campaign spokesman that resulted in a financial settlement of at least $62,500 in payments from her political campaign, explaining that the pandemic demanded her attention.

Fentanyl overdoses on the rise in New Mexico

‘With these counterfeit fentanyl pills, you have a one in four chance of dying’