Schools around New Mexico reject extended learning
301 Views SANTA FE, N.M. — Public schools across New Mexico have rejected state funding to increase learning time after parents and teachers pressured school boards to turn the funding down.
Women Left Their Jobs To Be Caregivers. A Business Coalition Wants Companies To Help
497 Views The coronavirus pandemic has been especially tough on women, who are still bearing the brunt of the demands of child care and housework. About 400,000 more women than men have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic. The percentage of women in the paid labor force has not recovered from the steep drop in the spring […]
White Sands tests cargo plan for ‘creating a more lethal force’
474 Views NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The U.S. Air Force has been experimenting and developing new ways to turn transport planes into temporary bombers, according to a news release.
Remembering Black Wall Street and the Tulsa race massacre
486 Views TULSA, OK (CBS Newspath) – It’s an American story of prosperity, unthinkable loss, and resurgence. 100 years ago, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District was a beacon of wealth and development for African Americans, but it was wiped away by racial violence in a matter of hours. “You have more than 30 restaurants. You have […]
Unemployment system woes persist one year into pandemic
500 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More people are coming forward with their issues over unemployment benefits in New Mexico. For some New Mexicans, they said they believe they’re receiving too little, while others said they’re being forced to pay back some of the benefits they’ve received.
Virgin Galactic makes history in New Mexico
611 Views History was made Saturday in New Mexico, as the Land of Enchantment became the third U.S. state to launch humans into space. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity sent two pilots and NASA technology supported experiments in space Saturday morning.
International firm to buy power from New Mexico wind farms
427 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A California-based renewable energy company that is building a collection of wind farms in New Mexico says an international firm has signed a 15-year deal to purchase power from the development.
Ohio man steals over $90k worth of soybeans, flees to NM
478 Views NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A man charged with stealing over $90,000 worth of grain from a previous employer in Ohio was arrested in New Mexico last year and extradited back to the midwest. Justin Giauque, 35, was detained in the Valencia County jail on October 30, 2020.
Corruption trial begins for former Las Vegas Mayor Tonita Gurule-Giron
459 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Lawyers delivered their opening arguments Tuesday in the corruption trial of former Las Vegas mayor Tonita Gurule-Giron. Gurule-Giron faces six criminal charges which include bid rigging, offering and receiving bribes, and general abuse of power while in office.
State epidemiologist: Masking up led to decline in respiratory illnesses like the flu and pneumonia
519 Views “It is clear virtually all the respiratory pathogens, the organisms that cause common cold or other forms of pneumonia, including influenza, have been much reduced,” Dr. Chad Smelser, the deputy state epidemiologist with NMDOH, said. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The deputy state epidemiologist for the New Mexico Department of Health said masking up and following […]
