By Emily Bevard | Feb 25, 2022
In Dec. 2021, New Mexico was added to the VoteRef database, an online voter registration database run by the Voter Reference Foundation.
By Emily Bevard | Feb 10, 2022
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver recently introduced Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), which would expand and protect New Mexico voting rights by increasing online voter registration, creating a permanent voluntary absentee ballot request list and offering protections to native voters.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 8, 2022
New Mexico officials and members of Congress have called on the federal government to address the alleged problems with the U.S. Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup operations, leading to the potential for stronger oversight on the West Isolation Pilot Plant.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 8, 2022
Santa Fe resident Angela Byres is recovering from a low oxygen tank supply following a stay at the hospital for COVID-19.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 6, 2022
PNM is set to extend the deadline for its COVID-19 Customer Relief Fund, helping eligible customers pay down or pay off their past due PNM electricity bills with a one-time credit.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 6, 2022
Albuquerque Public Schools has released a plan to implement enhanced COVID-safe practices, detailing steps a school should take if it has 3% or more of the school becoming infectious within 14 days.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 6, 2022
Bernalillo County is facing a lawsuit after a woman became involved in a crash in which she struck a cow on Shelly Drive in 2019.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 6, 2022
The Navajo Nation tribal council voted to send $2,000 to qualified tribal members and $600 for each child using some of the $2.1 billion in funds received from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 24, 2021
A search warrant was issued in the investigation of a shooting that resulted in the recent death of a 2-year-old boy in Santa Fe last week.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 24, 2021
The head of New Mexico’s child support enforcement agency has called for the state to stop intercepting child support payments directed to poor families, following a ProPublica investigation this fall stating the state claimed the funds as a repayment to the government for welfare received in the past.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 21, 2021
Albuquerque has entered the final stages of negotiation to purchase 60 acres of land around the Petroglyph National Monument, hoping to stave off any future developments bordering the area.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 18, 2021
Homelessness in Albuquerque has been on the rise over the last five years, leaving hundreds of residents out in the cold as cooler temperatures push through the city.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 9, 2021
Environmental consultant and lobbyist Tammy Fiebelkorn and small business owner Renee Grout won their respective runoff elections Tuesday, filling out the Albuquerque City Council where Democrats maintain a majority of seats, despite the balance of power shifting slightly to the right in 2022.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 2, 2021
Albuquerque residents who support District 9 City Council candidate Renee Grout cite her intent to combat the crime and homelessness they say is prevalent across the city.
By Emily Bevard | Nov 30, 2021
Lobo’s women’s volleyball players Kaitlynn Biassou and Uxue Guereca were recognized by Mountain West coaches as being among the best in the Mountain West Conference Wednesday and selected to play for the All-Conference Team.
By Emily Bevard | Nov 25, 2021
New Mexico may proceed in the process of recovering Medicaid payments from an Albuquerque nursing home that did not comply with the requirements for screening patients for developmental disabilities and mental illness, the New Mexico State Supreme Court ruled this week.
By Emily Bevard | Oct 24, 2021
Calls for change in the handling of child abuse cases have sparked families and prosecutors to push for tougher punishment.
By Emily Bevard | Oct 23, 2021
An Albuquerque city council member is pushing for a vaccine mandate in the city’s police and fire departments as unions remain dead set against the idea, according to a report by KRQE.
By Emily Bevard | Oct 22, 2021
The Albuquerque Police Department’s Organized Crime Unit has arrested six individuals connected to a shoplifting operation at Harbor Freight.
By Emily Bevard | Oct 22, 2021
The Roswell Independent School District will provide an incentive pay to teachers willing to teach both in-person and online, according to a recent report by KRQE.
