Navajo Nation confirms 115 new cases of COVID-19, total now to 813
744 Views   NAVAJO NATION (KRQE) – The Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center is reporting the following coronavirus numbers as of Monday, April 13: Positive COVID-19 Case: 813 Total Negative Results: 4,028 Deaths: 28
Extra $600 coming to eligible New Mexicans on unemployment
723 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Eligible New Mexicans receiving unemployment may start to see an extra $600 in benefits beginning the week of April 20.
Miyamura High School transforms into COVID-19 care facility in anticipation of case surge
704 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Army Corps of Engineers are transforming a Gallup high school’s gym into a treatment facility for COVID-19 patients. Sixty beds will occupy the gym at Miyamura High School in anticipation of a case surge in McKinley County.
Instructors adjust to teaching online
656 Views   With classes officially starting online only this week, instructors across the University of New Mexico have felt pressure to make a smooth transition from tracking in-person to teaching remotely.Â
State creating COVID-19-only facilities
722 Views   Residents moved out of nursing home Saturday to make room for patients The state has been talking about creating COVID-19-only nursing homes, and for the first time on Saturday, KOAT saw that plan put into action. But not everyone is happy about it.
1st FBI poster in Navajo language seeks info on homicide
654 Views   COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — The FBI has issued its first poster in a Native American language, seeking information in Navajo on the death of an elderly man six years ago on the New Mexico portion of the vast Navajo Nation reservation.
Las Cruces Distillery Makes Hand Sanitizer
796 Views   Dry Point Distillers is known for serving up fine spirits and cocktails to the Mesilla Valley and beyond. But during the COVID-19 crisis, the boutique distillery at 1680 Calle de Alvarez has switched gears and is serving up hand sanitizer.
Smoking weed and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of complications
882 Views   If you’re smoking weed to ease your stress during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say it’s time to think twice. Smoking marijuana, even occasionally, can increase your risk for more severe complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Republicans push back on coronavirus business restrictions
671 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Republican Party is urging New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to allow nonessential small businesses to reopen with some requirements for social distancing.
Albuquerque family back home after US Embassy helps fly hundreds out of South Africa
702 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque couple is back home after trying for weeks to get home from South Africa. Kevin Dooley and his wife Tricia run Idube Photo Safaris. They take people everywhere from Africa to India to Brazil, photographing nature and the tribes along the way. They left in mid-February for a two-month […]
