Acoma governor: Closing of vital services at ACL hospital ‘devastating’ to area
680 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Leaders of the Pueblo of Acoma are declaring a state of emergency after they said Indian Health Service has shut down critical health care services at their only hospital. The Acoma-Canoncito-Laguna Hospital, also known as ACL Hospital, is the only healthcare facility available for residents who people who live in that area.
Texas surpasses 20,000 virus deaths, second highest in US
681 Views AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has surpassed 20,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths as COVID-19 continues to surge in the United States. Researchers with Johns Hopkins University say the death count, reached Monday, is the second highest in the country, behind New York. Texas has the 22nd highest death count per capita at 69.7 deaths […]
Details emerge from federal raid on Navajo-area farms
734 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. attorney’s office says it destroyed a quarter-million plants during marijuana eradication efforts at 21 farms in the Shiprock area of the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.
New Mexico begins lockdown as state looks to curb spread
853 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is starting its lockdown as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and hospital administrators look to curb COVID-19 infections.
Longtime KOAT anchor Johnny Morris dies
1,064 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A longtime member of the Action 7 News family, Johnny Morris, has passed away. Many welcomed Johnny into their homes when he began at KOAT in the 1970s. In 1979 he teamed up with Mary Lynn Roper on the news desk becoming New Mexico’s first male and female co-anchor team. He […]
Hannah Colton, KUNM News Director And Reporter, Dies At 29
591 Views “The KUNM community is heartbroken to say that News Director Hannah Colton died earlier this week at age 29. She has been a brilliant news leader during the pandemic, guiding the team and editing stories about the virus, the calls to stop racist policing and the 2020 election.
Pandemic upends preparations for legislative session
648 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – State lawmakers sparred on Thursday over whether to delay a legislative session that traditionally starts in mid-January, potentially deferring Democratic initiatives on cannabis, abortion rights, and education funding.
Hospitals using hundreds of travel nurses to help with COVID-19
610 Views Out-of-state workers being contracted to help with increased hospitalizations ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — COVID-19 has hospitals around the state approaching or already above capacity. Hundreds of out-of-state workers are now helping handle that increase. KOAT spoke with the largest hospitals in the state.
Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce President: Businesses Cannot Wait Until Next Year For More Aid
624 Views Over the course of the pandemic, more than 150 businesses have reached out to the Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce in need of COVID related assistance. For Chamber of Commerce President Debbi Moore, it’s a heartbreaking sign of the times.
New Mexico governor reshuffles office as she advises Biden
588 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An attorney who successfully defended the governor’s emergency health orders from legal challenges has been promoted to chief of staff by Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
