TUCUMCARI, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state police officer was shot and killed Friday on Interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico near Tucumcari and multiple law enforcement agencies were searching for the suspect. The suspect was last seen wearing a brown hoodie and jacket, the state department of public safety said in an email […]
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PRC Denies Application for Rio Rancho Liquified Natural Gas Facility
In a unanimous vote Thursday, New Mexico utility regulators denied a permit for a proposed liquified natural gas storage facility in Rio Rancho. Public regulation commissioners said the projected $180 million price tag outweighed the potential benefits. “It just doesn’t seem to me that the costs justify the benefits that you get from the project,” […]
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New dashboard from the governor tracks Biden administration dollars in New Mexico
By Nash Jones / KUNM News The office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has released an online tool the public can use to track how Biden administration dollars are being spent across the state. Its launch coincides with President Joe Biden securing his party’s nomination as the governor campaigns for his reelection. The New Mexico Federal Funding Dashboard tracks […]
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Buckle Up for the Placitas Petroglyphs Rally
A unique road rally will take car lovers and explorers through Placitas next month. The inaugural Placitas Petroglyphs Rally is scheduled for Saturday, April 13. The event is organized by the ALFA Romeo Owners Club of New Mexico and sponsored by Red Fox Realty. This particular rally defies the typical expectations associated with a car […]
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Town Council Considers Adding a Baby Box
The Bernalillo Town Council took a step towards installing a baby box at their March 12 meeting by providing mothers in crisis with a safe and anonymous avenue to surrender their infants. The council started discussions on an ordinance to adopt Safe Haven Baby Box procedures, hoping to become the eighth municipality in the state […]
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NM daycare workers’ convictions reversed in 2017 death of toddler inside hot car
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday granted a new trial for two daycare workers in the 2017 death of a 1-year-old girl left in a hot car and the serious injury of another toddler. The high court said in a news release that it reversed the child abuse convictions of Mary Taylor and her adult daughter Sandi Taylor […]
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Tribal nations receive $120 million to fight climate-related threats
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press The Biden administration will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change, the Department of the Interior announced Thursday. The funding is designed to help tribal nations adapt to climate threats, including relocating infrastructure. Indigenous peoples in the U.S. are among […]
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Legislature put ‘big infusion into housing’
New Mexico’s dual crises of a decrease in affordable housing and an increase in homelessness were hot topics in Santa Fe at the recently concluded legislative session. The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, one of the state’s most effective weapons in the fight, was the recipient of some key funding from lawmakers. The somewhat enigmatic […]
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Republican New Mexico Senate and House leaders won’t seek reelection
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The top-ranked Republicans in the New Mexico House and Senate won’t seek reelection this year as their party seeks a stronger footing in the Democrat-led Legislature. Senate Republicans are reckoning with the first election since a redistricting plan from Democrats merged GOP-led districts. Senate Republican leader Greg Baca of Belen […]
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Roswell police have new patches that are out of this world, with flying saucers and alien faces
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947, Roswell, New Mexico, has become a mecca for people fascinated by extraterrestrial phenomena. So it’s only fitting that the city’s police force has uniform patches that are out of this world. Unveiled on Friday, the new patches […]