ASSOCIATED PRESS / LAS CRUCES, N.M. More than a dozen people were injured Tuesday after a sports utility vehicle crashed through the front glass wall of a thrift store in […]
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DEA will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say
WASHINGTON / ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy […]
US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration
By SEUNG MIN KIM / Associated Press President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on new steps to crack down on illegal migration that include […]
NMED reaches record-high million settlement in gas flaring case
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to […]
Police detain UNM protesters, spray one with chemical agent on encampment’s ninth day
BY SHAUN GRISWOLD / Source NM The University of New Mexico Gaza Solidarity Encampment started its ninth day on Tuesday with part of the camp inside the main campus Student Union […]
College protesters want ‘amnesty.’ At stake: Tuition, legal charges, grades and graduation
By JOCELYN GECKER / Associated Press Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University […]
New Mexico reaches record settlement over natural gas flaring in the Permian Basin
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / Associated Press New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a Texas-based company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian […]
CDC: ‘Vampire facials’ at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico led to HIV infections in three women
By ALEXA ST. JOHN / ASSOCIATED PRESS Three women were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa, the Centers for Disease Control […]
NM to meet with Pueblos in May on Rio Grande governance
BY DANIELLE PROKOP / Source NM The Rio Grande Compact Commission meeting on Friday had a small portion dedicated to describing future meetings with six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos to get […]
Freight train derailment, fire forces Interstate 40 closure near Arizona-New Mexico line
ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of interstate highway that serves […]