Texas governor tests positive for COVID-19, in ‘good health’
508 Views AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19. His office said Tuesday that Abbot is in good health and experiencing no symptoms. Spokesman Mark Miner says Abbott was is isolating in the governor’s mansion in Austin and receiving monoclonal antibody treatment. Abbott was vaccinated earlier this year.
As COVID cases rise in schools, several New Mexico schools forced to resume remote learning
542 Views Several New Mexico schools have had to move into a remote learning model for the next two weeks because of rising COVID numbers within the school. Belen High School, Los Lunas High School, Carlsbad High School and Carlsbad Intermediate School-PR Levya campus will all begin remote learning Monday.
Santa Fe County Fire Department to assist with Oregon fire
392 Views SANTA FE, NM – Santa Fe County Fire Department’s Black Canyon Wildland Fire Crew will be deployed to Prineville, OR to assist with the Elbow fire. The six-member crew will be on an 18-day assignment of assisting with the fire. The crew will be in Oregon with one fire truck and one support vehicle.
‘There is no plan C’: Amarillo health leaders host emergency conference amid COVID-19 surge, move Status Level to ‘Red’
526 Views Amarillo area health leaders warn of crisis levels during COVID-19 surge, hospitals at critical capacity. AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – Coming amid the “meteoric rise” in COVID-19 cases in the Amarillo area, local hospitals have announced an emergency press conference for 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.
PNM to resume disconnections Monday
787 Views PNM’s grace period for disconnections will end Monday. According to PNM, 44,000 customers have received power over the last year-and-a-half despite not paying for service.
Police lapel shows scene after man prompts Delta emergency landing in ABQ
437 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — KOAT obtained cell phone and lapel video, from the night a man forced a Delta Air Lines plane to make an emergency landing in Albuquerque. Watch the video above to see the suspect stopped and dropped by passengers and crew.
NM Daily COVID Cases Projected To Hit 1,000 By End Of August
293 Views New Mexico’s COVID-19 daily case count is expected to rise significantly over the next few weeks. Acting New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Dr. David Scrase says current modeling suggests around 1,000 COVID-19 cases will be reported daily by the end of the month, noting the strain on hospital capacity.
Hospital Physicians In Gallup Seek To Form Union
323 Views SANTA FE, N.M. — Physicians at Rehoboth McKinley Christian hospital in Gallup have taken the first major step toward unionizing to pursue collective bargaining on employment provisions.
Retired supreme court justice to take over troubled CYFD
466 Views Gov says she reached “mutual decision” on Blalock’s departure SANTA FE, N.M. — Children Youth and Families Secretary Brian Blalock was a no show at a news conference today when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that he was out of her administration. “He’s on vacation. That is why he’s not here,” Lujan Grisham said […]
NM health experts worry about increase of COVID-19 cases in children
347 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico health experts are noting a concerning trend. More children are being admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 — in some cases, even newborns.