Texas governor tests positive for COVID-19, in ‘good health’

484 Views  Â 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.

Santa Fe County Fire Department to assist with Oregon fire

364 Views  Â 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.

PNM to resume disconnections Monday

755 Views  Â 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.

NM Daily COVID Cases Projected To Hit 1,000 By End Of August

265 Views  Â 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

295 Views  Â 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

431 Views  Â 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 […]