BY PATRICK LOHMANN / Source NM County clerks’ offices across the state are open today for early voting for the June 4 primary elections. The ballot includes state lawmakers from across New Mexico competing for spots on the general election ballot. Voters will also see primary races for congressional, county and local seats including water commissions. […]
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New Mexico efforts to catalog lead water lines off to ‘slow start’ as federal money flows in
BY DANIELLE PROKOP / Source NM Millions in federal dollars are headed to 10 New Mexico communities to address lead and copper pipes in local water systems. State finance officials said other municipalities need to act soon and apply to receive what’s left of the $28.6 million New Mexico received in its portion of the $3 […]
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Judge halts controversial requirement for 180-day school year
A district court judge late Friday issued a temporary restraining order preventing the New Mexico Public Education Department from enforcing a rule that mandates at least 180 days of instruction for all schools in the state. For now, four-day-a-week schools are allowed to convene for 155 days next year, the current standard. The New Mexico […]
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FBI says an infant abducted from New Mexico park has been found safe; a suspect is in custody
ASSOCIATED PRESS CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — An infant girl who was abducted from a park near Clovis, New Mexico, has been found safe, and a suspect is in in custody, the FBI in Albuquerque said Monday. Clovis police said 10-month-old Eleia Maria Torres has been taken to a Clovis-area hospital as a precautionary measure. No […]
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Feds respond to recent report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis
BY: JEANETTE DEDIOS / Source NM Among Native American communities, people go missing and experience violence at disproportionately high rates. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna) – the first Native cabinet secretary – has been working to implement the Not Invisible Act, which she helped pass as a Congresswoman in 2019. A commission traveled round the country hearing testimony from survivors, […]
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Veteran reporter returns to her roots to probe cold case of rookie cop shot in police station
16 stairs, 1 bullet and 36 years. I never knew Officer Stephen Sandlin in person, only through stories told, crime scene documents and autopsy reports. Over the past couple of weeks, as we began re-reporting it and visiting old sites and talking with community members, it’s clear I’m not alone. Many have never forgotten his […]
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Ozone Pollution Continues to Plague New Mexico
Four of the nine New Mexico counties evaluated in the annual State of the Air report received failing marks for ozone pollution. The counties with failing grades were Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Eddy and San Juan. The annual State of the Air report looks at ozone and particulate matter pollution in more than 200 metropolitan statistical […]
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Exxon Mobil deal with Pioneer gets FTC nod, but former Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield barred from board
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources on Thursday received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company’s board of directors. The FTC said Thursday that Scott Sheffield, who founded Pioneer in 1997, colluded with OPEC and OPEC+ to potentially […]
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Governors oppose Air National Guard move to Space Force
By ROBIN OPSAHL / Source NM New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed on to a letter Monday alongside 47 other state governors, as well as five territories and commonwealths, opposing the Biden administration’s move to incorporate Air National Guard service members into the Space Force. The letter from the National Governors’ Association is addressed to Secretary […]
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Federal agencies release operating plans for Rio Grande and Pecos River
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 Albuquerque. By Hannah Grover The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers say that Elephant Butte Reservoir likely reached its peak elevation […]