By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico The federal agency tasked with distributing nearly $4 billion to victims of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire announced a milestone last week: $1 billion in compensation paid for the April 2022 fire. The Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Claims Office also recently settled seven lawsuits with several law firms representing thousands […]
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The Paper., City Desk ABQ appoint new editor, welcome new staff
Albuquerque — Andy Lyman, a 14-year veteran of New Mexico newsrooms, has been appointed as the editor of City Desk ABQ, the city’s new nonprofit digital news source, and The Paper., Albuquerque’s most-read arts, culture and alt-weekly newspaper. Lyman is leading a new and growing newsroom team covering Albuquerque and Bernalillo County government, arts, culture […]
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Nursing home inspections across New Mexico find at least one violation in 88% of facilities
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across New Mexico found at least one violation in 88% of them, authorities said Wednesday. State health officials said just 11 of the 91 assisted living facilities received a perfect score, while 55 got a 90% rating. Four nursing homes — two each in Albuquerque […]
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Prosecutor opposes ‘Rust’ armorer’s request for release as she seeks new trial for set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A special prosecutor is opposing a request by a former movie armorer that she be released from prison while seeking a new trial and appeal of her involuntary manslaughter conviction in a 2021 shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” Kari Morrissey wrote in a response brief filed Friday […]
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New Mexico gets OK to seek $675M in federal grant to expand high-speed internet across the state
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has received final federal approval to pursue $675 million in federal grant funding to expand high-speed internet across the state, officials said Monday. That means the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion can now start the grant application process. The state must submit a final proposal […]
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Gov. Lujan Grisham about ABQ street corners: ‘God help you if you’re out there at night’
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will be in Albuquerque Monday night for the second of three public safety town hall meetings. Following an anticlimactic special legislative session earlier this month aimed at combating crime in the state, Lujan Grisham announced a string of town halls across the state focused on public safety. The first town hall […]
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Six tribal water rights settlements for NM heard on Capitol Hill
By Danielle Prokop The Navajo Nation president and leaders from Acoma, Ohkay Owingeh and Zuni Pueblos joined tribal leadership from across the nation on Capitol Hill, offering testimony about the benefits of $3.7 billion federal dollars in six proposed water rights settlements across New Mexico. The deals would settle tribes and Pueblos’ water rights in […]
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Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices
By DEEPA BHARATH MESCALERO, New Mexico (AP) — Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To her, and many others in the Mescalero Apache tribe in New Mexico who are members of St. Joseph Apache Mission, their Indigenous culture had always been intertwined with faith. Both […]
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Job boom: New Mexico employers continue setting new records for job creation
New Mexico has totally wiped out — and exceeded — its COVID-era job losses and private employers are setting new records for job creation each quarter. New Mexico reported the loss of 104,000 jobs between March and April 2020 as pandemic-era closures forced many public and private employers deemed non-essential to close. But new data […]
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Dozens of Doña Ana Co. residents speak up at late night public safety town hall
By Leah Romero, Source New Mexico LAS CRUCES – Hundreds of Southern New Mexicans packed into the Las Cruces Convention Center Thursday evening for over five hours of public discussion on public safety. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham held the first in a series of town halls to hear from community members that live […]