New Mexico settles child care lawsuit, promises subsidies

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s early childhood department has settled a lawsuit with anti-poverty groups, cementing access to child care subsidies for low-income residents. Under the agreement announced...

DATE: April 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wet weather a boost for crews fighting New Mexico wildfire

THREE RIVERS, N.M. – Rain and snow helped crews working to keep a wildfire from spreading in forested mountains in south-central New Mexico, officials said Wednesday. The fire was located west of...

DATE: April 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Prison worker alleges retaliation for report of rodents

SANTA FE – A mental-health worker at a state prison in western New Mexico says she was harassed and threatened by superiors after reporting details of an apparent rodent infestation, under a...

DATE: April 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man arrested after girlfriend’s kids give note to bus driver

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A Las Cruces man was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence-related charges after his girlfriend asked her children to give their school bus driver a note saying she was in...

DATE: April 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Top-tier management team assigned to New Mexico wildfire

OTERO, N.M. – A top-tier management team and additional air tankers and ground crews have been assigned to a wildfire burning in the Sacramento Mountains of south-central New Mexico. The fire near...

DATE: April 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Employee of defense contractor faces charges in Capitol riot

ALBUQUERQUE – A Santa Fe man who works for a defense contractor faces criminal charges for his acknowledged presence inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Authorities say Matthew Martin,...

DATE: April 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico expands child-wellness campus in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – The state of New Mexico is expecting multimillion-dollar annual savings on lease costs with the relocation of 160 child-wellness officials to a newly renovated campus in southeast...

DATE: April 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico labor agency defends tax rates for unemployment

SANTA FE – New Mexico labor officials are responding with reassurances to an onslaught of complaints about increased tax rates on businesses to support unemployment insurance. In addition, the...

DATE: April 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico utility seeks to recover spike in gas costs

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gas Co. has filed an application with state regulators to recover costs associated with dramatic spikes in natural gas prices that were prompted by a deep freeze...

DATE: April 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. sets aside habitat critical for survival of rare songbird

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. wildlife managers have set aside vast areas across several states as habitat critical to the survival of a rare songbird that migrates each year from Central and South America to...

DATE: April 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court denies former priest’s appeal in New Mexico abuse case

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a former Roman Catholic priest’s convictions and 30-year prison sentence in a New Mexico case centered on sexual abuse of an altar boy at a...

DATE: April 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico high schoolers will return after ‘secret prom’

SANTA FE – High school students who attended “secret proms” in a southern New Mexico school district won’t face disciplinary actions, and their schools will resume in-person classes sooner than...

DATE: April 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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