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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police launched three separate homicide investigations within nine hours Sunday night into Monday as the city continued on pace to shatter its homicide record.The deaths being investigated occurred in different quadrants of the city, the latest victim found in a room at the Motel 6 on 6015 Iliff Road NW, according … Continue reading APD launched 3 homicide investigation

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

Remembering all New Mexico Veterans - thank you for your service.

The entire state of New Mexico is facing at least severe drought conditions, with more than half of the state — including Santa Fe County — in the exceptional drought category, according to the latest data provided by the U.S. Drought Monitor.The data released Thursday remains largely unchanged compared to maps released by the Drought … Continue reading Severe drought conditions continue throughout New Mexico

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

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