News from August 2021

By New Mexico Reports | Aug 10, 2021
Veronica Reed - June 20, 1941 ~ December 27, 2020 (age 79)

By New Mexico Reports | Aug 10, 2021
Carol Ann Torres - August 16, 1963 ~ August 4, 2021 (age 57)

By New Mexico Reports | Aug 10, 2021
Leo Ernest Torres - November 7, 1930 ~ July 19, 2021 (age 90)

By New Mexico Reports | Aug 10, 2021
Mary Lee Lucero - December 6th 1937 - July 25, 2021


By New Mexico Reports | Aug 10, 2021
Manuel Theodoro Ortega - June 19, 1981 ~ July 27, 2021 (age 40)

By New Mexico Reports | Aug 10, 2021
Florinda T. Cortez - May 9, 1935 ~ August 6, 2021 (age 86)
By Trina Thomas | Aug 9, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic hit New Mexico small business owners hard, with only 60% of the state's pre-pandemic businesses still open as of late June.

By John Suayan | Aug 9, 2021
With a 138% rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations, Albuquerque hospital officials expressed concern for the ongoing surge.

By Trina Thomas | Aug 8, 2021
A rural school board was suspended on Aug. 4 after they defied state health mandates by not enforcing a school mask requirement for the upcoming academic year, KOB4 reported.

By John Suayan | Aug 8, 2021
Albuquerque has experienced an uptick in homicides this year that's hurtling it toward a new yearly record.

By John Suayan | Aug 8, 2021
A labor shortage that has befallen New Mexico’s chile farms prompted the state government in Santa Fe to intervene.

By Trina Thomas | Aug 8, 2021
A school board located in a town with a population of less than 100 has been suspended on Aug. 4 after defying the New Mexico mask mandate in place for schools.

By Karen Kidd | Aug 7, 2021
Former University of New Mexico Basketball player Obij Aget and his wife, Ashlynn Brown, have traded sports ball for doughnuts in their downtown Albuquerque business, a local news station recently reported.

By Caleb Lombardo | Aug 7, 2021
This week, a COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts has led many around the country to question the effectiveness of the vaccine.

By Solange DeLisle | Aug 7, 2021
The City of Albuquerque hopes a monetary incentive will entice enough officers to join the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) to build up the force with seasoned members of law enforcement.

By Karen Kidd | Aug 6, 2021
New Mexicans who want a voice in how redistricting is done in the state every decade will get the chance this year.

By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich | Aug 6, 2021
Albuquerque’s new Amazon warehouse is looking to hire nearly 1,000 employees that will start off making $15.50 per hour.

By Karen Kidd | Aug 6, 2021
A former Albuquerque Public Schools teacher now indicted on charges he had sex with children prompted a local television news station to look into the "red flags" in the case.

By Karla Florez | Aug 6, 2021
Twelve Albuquerque Public Schools employees have been placed on paid leave as the state continues to investigate Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton’s involvement in a money-laundering, corruption investigation.