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Officials confirm New Mexico's 1st case of fungal disease of hibernating bats
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease of hibernating bats, has been confirmed in New Mexico for the first time, authorities said Monday. The state Department of Game and Fish said samples from two live bats and two deceased bats were collected in late April...
New Mexico lawmaker Christine Trujillo to resign end of June
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State Rep. Christine Trujillo says she plans to resign from the New Mexico House of Representatives at the end of June. The Democrat, who represents Albuquerque, made the announcement Saturday. The Bernalillo County Commission will appoint a new...
Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites outside New Mexico's Chaco
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of square miles in New Mexico will be withdrawn from further oil and gas production for the next 20 years on the outskirts of Chaco Culture National Historical Park that tribal communities consider sacred, the Biden administration ordered Friday. The...
Rights upheld, lawsuit revived against teacher accused of cutting Native American student's hair
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An appeals court ruling has revived an anti-discrimination lawsuit accusing an Albuquerque teacher of cutting off one Native American girl's hair and asking another if she was dressed as a “bloody Indian” during class on Halloween. Outrage over the girls'...
New Mexico sues manufacturers of 'forever chemicals' amid health concerns
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's attorney general and its Environment Department filed suit Thursday against the manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals,” commonly referred to as PFAS, seeking monetary damages to defray the costs of environmental monitoring and cleanups that they say...
Police find shooter's arsenal from May rampage that killed 3 and wounded 6
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Authorities provided a more detailed description Thursday of the arsenal that a New Mexico high school student had in his possession at the time of last month’s shootings that killed three people and wounded six others, including two police officers. ...
New Mexico imposes oil and gas moratorium on state land near schools
COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — Members of the Navajo community have complained to Samuel Sage for years about the noise and vibrations that rattle their homes. They tell him about the dust kicked up by heavy trucks traveling the surrounding dirt roads and the smells that come from some of...
Grand jury charges ex-GOP candidate with election interference in shootings at lawmakers' homes
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A failed political candidate has been indicted on federal charges including election interference in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque, according to a grand jury indictment that was unsealed Wednesday. ...
Guilt-ridden man confesses to landlord's killing 15 years later, recordings show
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police officers found Tony Peralta earlier this month sitting on a curb not far from the convenience store in a small southeastern New Mexico community where he borrowed a cellphone — so he could call 911 and confess to killing his landlord 15 years earlier. ...
Prosecutors seek pretrial detention without bail in deadly shootout at New Mexico biker rally
TAOS, N.M. (AP) — Two men from Texas appeared in court Tuesday to confront drug-possession and firearms-related charges in connection with a deadly shootout at a motorcycle rally in northern New Mexico that left three people dead. Authorities say three men were killed and five...
