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A grocery store sign promoting a New Mexico staple has a lot of New Mexicans scratching their heads. A sign from an unknown location in Texas is advertising “Hatch peppers.” At the very bottom of the sign, you can see it says “produce of the island of New Mexico.” As it turns out, the sign … Continue reading Store ad mistakenly calls New Mexico an island
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico bet big Tuesday that cash can persuade people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, offering the largest single cash prize among the growing number of states staging lotteries to promote inoculations.Vaccinated residents who register on New Mexico's “Vax 2 the Max” portal can win prizes from a pool … Continue reading New Mexico offers largest single vaccination prize in US
Of all the pithy statements that marked today's final approval of cannabis legalization in New Mexico, that one made by Drug Policy Alliance advocate Emily Kaltenbach was the most concise and on-point.Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed two bills in a windy outdoor ceremony Monday afternoon, one to tax and regulate the production of cannabis for … Continue reading Governor Signs Cannabis Laws
SANTA FE, N.M. -New Mexico has become the latest state to provide a legal pathway for terminally ill patients to choose when and how they die.On Thursday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act, named for a New Mexico judge who advocated for medically assisted suicide laws in 2017, and died … Continue reading New Mexico latest state to adopt medically assisted suicide
The operators of an adventure retreat in Glorieta are preparing for the potential arrival of 2,400 unaccompanied immigrant children through a contract with the federal government to house them safely.The camp, which was waiting for the contract to be finalized Tuesday, is asking for 400 volunteers from the community to help care for the children.Property … Continue reading Glorieta Camps may house immigrant children through deal with feds
When you're in New Mexico, you'll still see plenty of people wearing masks.Many businesses, like restaurants, still have limits when it comes to the number of people allowed inside or outside.In other states, like neighboring Texas, there is a different story."I get the natural tendency to wonder why we can't be like them," New Mexico … Continue reading Many states lifting more restrictions, not New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE: Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said he went both inside the outside the Albuquerque Police Department for leadership to fight crime and reform the entire organization.The Mayor announced last Monday his selection of interim Chief Harold Medina to be the new chief and Sylvester Stanley, currently chief of Isleta Pueblo, as superintendent of police reform, … Continue reading Harold Medina New Chief of Police in Albuquerque
SANTA FE, NM: Policing reforms are making for strange bedfellows in New Mexico as the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and the conservative-backed nonprofit group Americans for Prosperity lobby for a bill to eliminate police immunity from lawsuits on civil rights violations.Ice cream entrepreneurs and civic activists Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield on … Continue reading Ben & Jerry lobby for policing reforms in New Mexico
LAS CRUCES, NM- Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Karen Trujillo died Thursday evening after being struck by a vehicle while walking her dogs, her family confirmed Thursday night.Las Cruces police responded at approximately 5:30 p.m. to the report of a vehicle crash on the 1200 block of Edgewood Avenue in Las Cruces. According to police, … Continue reading Superintendent Karen Trujillo struck and killed while walking her dogs
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi will resume in-person Mass on Ash Wednesday, church officials announced Thursday.The announcement came a day after the state loosened COVID-19 restrictions in Santa Fe County, which has seen an improvement in its test positivity rate.Parishioners have not been permitted to worship inside the downtown cathedral since late … Continue reading Cathedral will resume Mass on Ash Wednesday in Santa Fe
DEMING, N.M. New Mexico was in mourning Friday over the shooting death of a State Police officer in a highway-stop confrontation linked by authorities to drug trafficking that touched off a 40-mile police chase. Officials say the attacker was killed in a shootout with police at Las Cruces, where another officer was wounded.The officer killed … Continue reading New Mexico State Police officer shot and killed on highway
