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New Mexico St hires Sam Houston's Hooten to attempt rebuild
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State has hired longtime Sam Houston coach Jason Hooten to try to restore a program that was shut down in the middle of the season after one player was involved in a fatal shooting and another accused teammates of hazing. Aggies athletic director...
New Mexico village to have police agency again after 3 years
QUESTA, N.M. (AP) — Residents of a small northern New Mexico community will soon see police officers patrolling the streets in vehicles marked with the village's name for the first time in three years. The Questa Police Department is scheduled to reopen April 1 with four police...
New Mexico OKs its 1st wildlife bridges to limit collisions
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico will build its first wildlife highway overpasses for free-roaming cougars, black bears, bighorn sheep and other creatures large and small and will also set aside $100 million for conservation projects, under two bills signed Thursday by Gov. Michelle Lujan...
New Mexico tribe keeps title to portion of national preserve
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Native American tribe has been granted title to a portion of a national preserve in northern New Mexico following a yearslong court battle against the federal government, a ruling that could provide hope to other tribes seeking to regain rights to their traditional...
Workplace-safety sanction finalized in Alec Baldwin shooting
No one is objecting to a settlement agreement to resolve allegations of workplace safety violations in the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of a Western movie. After a 20-day vetting period with no objections, the agreement between New Mexico...
States cranking out even more tax cuts amid cash surpluses
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just six months after passing what was billed as the largest tax cut in Missouri history, the Republican-led state House voted Tuesday for an even bigger income tax cut that could return over $1 billion annually to individuals, corporations and retirees. ...
US regulators delay decision on nuclear fuel storage license
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. regulators say they need more time to wrap up a final safety report and make a decision on whether to license a multibillion-dollar complex meant to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation. The...
New Mexico gov to abusive caregivers: 'We're coming for you'
Any caregivers who mistreat and abuse developmentally disabled or otherwise vulnerable people will be held accountable, New Mexico’s governor and top health officials warned Monday. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, members of her cabinet and law enforcement officials gathered at the...
New Mexico Legislature passes sweeping tax-relief plan
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Legislature passed a $1.1 billion tax relief package Saturday at the close of its annual session as lawmakers tapped a financial windfall from oil production in efforts to break through entrenched cycles of poverty with tax refunds to working families with...
Albuquerque man behind fatal crash still missing year later
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's now been a year since a man convicted of street racing and causing a crash that killed an Albuquerque father of six never showed up for sentencing. Prosecutors told KRQE-TV on Friday that they are far from giving up on locating Francisco Reyes Merlos....
