Heinrich Wants Biden To Review Decision To Locate U.S. Space Command In Alabama
1,390 Views U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Air Force’s announcement today to base the new U.S. Space Command headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama:
Harding County goes green, Union County moves to yellow
819 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Harding County and Union County improved in the state’s Red To Green Framework for reopenings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
State Republican chair blames protestors for deadly Capitol riot
1,279 Views Democrats, Republicans still at odds over who is to blame KOAT spoke with state Republican Party chair Steve Pearce and state Democratic Party chair Marg Elliston about the storming of the U.S. Capitol and who they believe is to blame. “I think President Trump was the cause of the riot. I think he egged […]
Jicarilla Apache Game and Fish Officer Charged with Animal Cruelty
1,413 Views An off-duty Jicarilla Apache game and fish officer has been charged with extreme animal cruelty after he decapitated a kitten in his family’s bathroom sink. 40-year-old Joseph Weaver was arrested by Bloomfield police after police were called to his home in the 1100 block of Mountain View for a welfare check. Weaver’s wife […]
Gov. Lujan Grisham releases $7.3B budget proposal
961 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has recommended a $7.3 billion budget for New Mexico’s next fiscal year. The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration released the proposed budget early Monday morning.
New Mexico aims to surpass 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations in 6 months
826 Views NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is in its second phase of distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. And as the state’s top doctor explained, if supply can keep up, health officials are hoping to distribute up to 8,000 vaccines per day.
NMSP prepare for protests at Roundhouse
1,257 Views SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico leaders want to make sure that what happened at the U.S. Capitol last week doesn’t happen here. “It is certainly something in Santa Fe we don’t want to see,” said Mayor Alan Webber. But state police and Santa Fe city leaders are planning for it.
Las Cruces COVID-19 vaccine distribution begins
797 Views New Mexico State University hosted its first full-scale New Mexico Department of Health COVID-19 vaccination event on Jan. 8, providing space, volunteer personnel and logistical support for the distribution of more than 600 doses of the vaccine to eligible members of the community. Two additional events are scheduled for later this month.
Will NM legislators abolish qualified immunity?
1,220 Views In the majority of police brutality cases, officers are not criminally prosecuted, and reform advocates contend that is in part because of something called “qualified immunity.” Eliminating qualified immunity emerged as a key demand during the protests that have swept the nation demanding justice for victims of police violence. The judicial doctrine is […]
Los Alamos Boy Scout dies in camping incident
870 Views A member of Boy Scout Troop 22 has died after a camping incident Saturday near the New Mexico-Colorado state line. According to a Conejos County, Colorado Sheriff’s spokesman, 17-year-old Josh Miko of Los Alamos was camping with other troop members at Red Lake Trail Head when the snow cave he was working on collapsed […]
