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'The state will continue doing what it can': New Mexico to give aid to workers re-entering workforce

By John Kelly | Jul 16, 2021

The state of New Mexico plans return-to-work support payments for those who secure jobs over the next four weeks

State to hold clinics for student immunizations, COVID vaccinations

By Art Benavidez | Jul 15, 2021

To help protect students from the COVID-19 coronavirus before the start of the new academic year, New Mexico is holding immunization clinics from July 24 to Aug. 14.

'Santa Fe’s shattered obelisk' could be the undoing of a second term for Webber

By Karen Kidd | Jul 14, 2021

In the midst of his campaign for a second term, Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber is under fire over his part in the destruction of the 152-year-old obelisk in the city's plaza last October.

Airing 'dirty laundry' ends with NMCYFD firings, may imperil 'children in state custody'

By Bob Pepalis | Jul 14, 2021

The firing of two New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department employees who raised concerns about the agency’s practice of encrypting and destroying records may lead to an investigation and hamper representation of children in custody.

Former candidate blasts governor on vaccination clinics: 'Keep pushing, it's killing kids'

By Alexus Barnhart | Jul 13, 2021

Brett Kokinadis, a former 1st Congressional District candidate for the U.S. House, is mounting an anti-COVID vaccine campaign on social media directed at New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and President Joe Biden in the wake of the death of a 13-year-old Michigan boy and news reports of a new warning label from Johnson & Johnson.

Now fully reopen, Albuquerque's Enchanted Trails RV Park expects bump in business

By Karla Florez | Jul 13, 2021

Albuquerque residents enjoyed their first official holiday free of COVID-19-related restrictions since the pandemic hit as the state fully reopened for the Fourth of July weekend.