By Kevin Hendricks A two-time Navajo Nation presidential candidate who is linked to two cannabis greenhouse operations that were raided by multiple law enforcement agencies Jan. 23 is facing a slew of federal charges. Federal authorities arrested Dineh Benally, who operates the Nihooka Dine Earthly People Church operation near Estancia, in Los Lunas the day […]
Kevin Hendricks
Kevin Hendricks is a local news editor with nm.news. He is a two-decade veteran of local news as a sportswriter and assistant editor with the ABQ Journal and Rio Rancho Observer.
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Feds Raid Two Cannabis Greenhouse Grow Operations in Torrance County
By Kevin Hendricks Multiple federal law enforcement agencies, along with state and local police, raided at least two cannabis greenhouse operations near Estancia. Agents and officers from the FBI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New Mexico State Police and the Torrance County Sheriff’s Department arrived en masse at the facilities […]
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Crime, Child Welfare, Behavioral Health Among Lujan Grisham’s Legislative Priorities
By Susan Morée Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signaled in her State of the State speech on Tuesday that she intends to pick up the fight over public safety that led to a stalemate in the special session this summer. Lujan Grisham highlighted several legislative priorities, from improving oversight for the New Mexico Child, Youth and […]
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NMDOH Reports Decline in Alcohol-Related Deaths
This story was originally published by Source NM By Source NM Staff Alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico declined for the second consecutive year, according to data released by the New Mexico Department of Health on Friday. The state has posted a 17.3% decline in the age-adjusted rate of 102.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2021 to […]
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NMDOH Reports Decline in Alcohol-Related Deaths
This story was originally published by Source NM By Source NM Staff Alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico declined for the second consecutive year, according to data released by the New Mexico Department of Health on Friday. The state has posted a 17.3% decline in the age-adjusted rate of 102.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2021 to […]
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Public Access Victory for State
This story was originally published by New Mexico Political Report By Susan Morée New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a victory for public access on Thursday when a federal district court judge dismissed a lawsuit to prohibit access. Lucia Sanchez and four other landowners asked a federal district court judge last year to consider […]
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Public Access Victory for State
This story was originally published by New Mexico Political Report By Susan Morée New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a victory for public access on Thursday when a federal district court judge dismissed a lawsuit to prohibit access. Lucia Sanchez and four other landowners asked a federal district court judge last year to consider […]
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New Mexico invests $750k in NewBridge’s CBD Production Expansion in Estancia Valley
An agriculture technology company plans a major expansion in the Estancia Valley to grow and integrate its farming, processing, manufacturing and distribution businesses centered around industrial-scale hemp and CBD. NewBridge Global Ventures and the New Mexico Economic Development Department announced last week that the San Francisco-based AgTech company is close to finishing a CBD processing […]
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ABQ Man Arrested for Threatening Posts Toward Trump, Musk, Others
This story is republished from NM Political Report. By Nicole Maxwell An Albuquerque man was arrested Jan. 14 for allegedly threatening President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk and others on social media. As first reported by Court Watch, federal court records show Tyler Miles Leveque, 37, is accused of threatening to kill Trump, Musk and other unnamed CEOs. The posts […]
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NM Supreme Court Rejects Utilities’ Challenge to Community Solar Rule
By Hannah Grover The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld state regulators’ decision to prohibit investor-owned utilities from subtracting transmission costs from the bill credits that community solar subscribers will receive. Subtracting transmission costs from bill credits could reduce the benefits that community solar subscribers receive for receiving power from a solar array. The Community Solar […]