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A pilot killed in a plane crash at a New Mexico air show was an instructor for 'Top Gun' actors
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A man who died in a crash of a small plane during a New Mexico air show was an accomplished pilot who had performed stunts at hundreds of air shows, authorities said Monday. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat Extra...
Ohio man gets 3-year probation for threatening New Mexico DA
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — An Ohio man avoided prison time and was sentenced to three years of probation Wednesday for sending a threatening voicemail with racist overtones to a New Mexico district attorney last year, authorities said. Prosecutors said 47-year-old Donald Walter...
New Mexico starts building an abortion clinic to serve neighboring states, train medical students
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Construction is getting underway on a state-funded reproductive health and abortion clinic in southern New Mexico that will cater to local residents and people who travel from neighboring states such as Texas and Oklahoma with major restrictions on abortion, Gov. Michelle...
Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices
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...
