Attorney General Shines Light On OMI Contracts

424 Views  Â Opinion Defines what is the Public’s Business In a significant opinion enforcing transparency and accountability, the office of the New Mexico Attorney General (AG) has resolved the issue of what constitutes the “public’s business,” as it pertains to the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA).

Largest wind farm in New Mexico to begin generating power

272 Views  Â ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Xcel Energy says work is done on the Sagamore Wind Project, and the turbines will go online at the end of the month. Covering 100,000 acres, the wind farm is the largest in New Mexico and the second largest on the utility’s eight-state system.

Gov. Lujan Grisham, state officials to provide COVID-19 update

273 Views  Â Watch news conference here at 3 p.m. SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and state officials will host a remote news conference at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17 to provide an update on COVID-19 in New Mexico. The state amended the current Public Health Order on Wednesday, increasing capacity inside essential retail […]

Navajo Nation receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine

258 Views  Â ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first batch of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines arrived on the Navajo Nation Monday.  The vaccines were sent to the Indian Medical Center in Gallup to be distributed to other key health care centers across the Navajo Nation. Hospitals and other facilities on the Nation will receive the vaccines when they’re ready to […]

New Mexico health secretary provides COVID-19 vaccine update

289 Views  Â Watch full news conference SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Secretary-Designate of the New Mexico Department of Health Dr. Tracie Collins participated in a remote news conference on Tuesday to provide an update on the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort. Dr. Collins emphasized that while it is a major step to have received the vaccine in New […]

COVID could have impact on MLG’s reelection bid

573 Views  Â SANTA FE, N.M. — For weeks many believed that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was headed to Washington to serve on Joe Biden’s cabinet. So now that she has announced she is staying in New Mexico, what are the odds she can win another term. We asked our political expert and history for the answers.

New Mexico Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

224 Views  Â The New Mexico Health Secretary-designate spoke with reporters on Tuesday about the rollout of the first approved COVID-19 vaccine. New Mexico will get more than 17,500 doses as part of the first phase of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine distribution.

What to expect when COVID-19 vaccines arrive in New Mexico

290 Views  Â ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico is anticipating its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in the state Monday. Those doses will be stored in ultra-low temperature freezers at six facilities across the state before going to hospitals.