News from August 2021


By New Mexico Reports | Aug 23, 2021
James "Jimbo" Gurule Jr. - August 19, 2021

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 22, 2021
Republican lawmakers in New Mexico are demanding that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham call a special session of the legislature to deal with what they see as her split personality on the state’s crime rate.

By Trina Thomas | Aug 22, 2021
University of New Mexico Quarterback Terry Wilson is soaking it all in after being named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Watch List on Aug. 18.

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 22, 2021
The University of New Mexico College of Nursing has announced its outstanding graduates from this summer’s graduating class.

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 22, 2021
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller is hailing the arrival of upstart marketing firm LQ Digital and the new jobs it's set to bring to the city’s downtown business district.

By Zachary Richter | Aug 22, 2021
Amidst the rise of Covid-19 cases, the Houston Methodist Hospital had fired 150 workers who had refused to take an experimental Covid vaccine, and now the hospital has reached a 'breaking point.'Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had passed an order that all health care workers must get vaccinated by the 27th of August in response to the rising number of cases.

By Trina Thomas | Aug 22, 2021
The Albuquerque City Council voted 7-2 on Aug. 16 to place a $50 million multiuse soccer stadium bond for the New Mexico United on the ballot for Nov. 2.

By Solange DeLisle | Aug 22, 2021
Albuquerque home health care company Armada has a new owner as part of a $29 million deal, and more than 1,000 New Mexicans could be affected.

By Solange DeLisle | Aug 22, 2021
U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union is looking to help New Mexico public school teachers purchase education resources and activities for their classrooms through a grant program.

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 22, 2021
Highland High football coach Phil Lovato is hoping his Hornets will prove adept at learning on the job this season.

By Valerie Bonk | Aug 22, 2021
A local high school was placed on lockdown on Wednesday morning after there was police activity on the campus.

By Trina Thomas | Aug 22, 2021
One suspect has been named after four Albuquerque Police Department officers were injured while responding to a robbery call on Aug. 19.

By Solange DeLisle | Aug 22, 2021
The University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) has enacted. new COVID-19 visitor policy as concerns grow over the rising infection rate as a result of the Delta variant.

By Alexus Barnhart | Aug 21, 2021
On the morning of Aug. 19, three Albuquerque police officers were shot after responding to a robbery call near a Dutch Bros.

By Art Benavidez | Aug 21, 2021
Both chambers of the New Mexico Legislature passed a bill legalizing and regulating recreational cannabis use on May 31, and the Cannabis Regulation Act passed the state House by a 38-32 vote, the New Mexico Business Coalition reported.

By David Beasley | Aug 21, 2021
In response to the delta variant of COVID-19, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham—along with a coalition of elected officials on varying levels of government from around the state—released an open letter urging business owners to “help forestall another unnecessary surge.”

By Trina Thomas | Aug 21, 2021
After a shooting at Washington Middle School in Albuquerque, Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, (D-Bernalillo) is working to resuscitate a law that would make it an offense to leave guns unsecured.

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 21, 2021
The Torrance County Commission has adopted legislation aimed at protecting local municipal school district boards of education by instituting state statutes that put powers such as "developing educational policies for school districts and overseeing budgeting and procurement” squarely back in the boards hands without fear of interference from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED).

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 21, 2021
Cibola High School football coach Roderick Williams has a simple mandate for his Cougars this season.