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- Mora moves to ‘green’ as San Miguel remains in the ‘yellow’Mora County moved to the “green” level of the state’s color-coded COVID-19 mapping system Wednesday, while San Miguel County will stay at the “yellow” level. Mora’s move from yellow to… Read more »
- Coming soon: pothole relief, city phone appThe City of Las Vegas has made some big updates in the last month. One you will certainly be seeing around town soon is the new pothole fixer that arrived… Read more »
- Suspect in murder of ‘Skip’ to remain jailed until trialThe man charged in the stabbing death of 71-year-old William “Skip” Smith Jr. in the summer of 2019 will remain in jail until the case goes to trial, according to… Read more »
- Digital tablets aiding online instruction at LunaInstructors and students at Luna are both benefitting from the use of Kindle Fire digital writing tablets paid for through grant funding from the Regional Development Corporation and Los Alamos… Read more »
- NMHU senior wins National Institutes of Health FellowshipBy Margaret McKinney Read more »
- Speaker Egolf calls on State Ethics Commissions to dismiss complaint filed against himEgolf's attorneys call the complaint frivolous and unsubstantiated. Read more »
- New Mexicans frustrated over COVID vaccine notification confusionKolozsy said when she entered her confirmation code and special event number, there were no available appointments. Read more »
- New Mexico to resume horse racing as virus restrictions easeThe commission that oversees horse racing in New Mexico announced Monday that live racing is set to resume in April now that public health restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic… Read more »
- Hit-and-run suspect faces judgeA 30-year-old Albuquerque man is behind bars after police said he hit and killed a pedestrian with his vehicle near Central and Dallas over the weekend. Read more »
- Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief billDemocrats' hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as the Senate prepared to debate its own version of… Read more »
- Single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to arrive in New Mexico this weekNew Mexico Department of Health officials expect to receive 17,200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Wednesday, officials tell KOAT. Read more »
- UFO over NM skies getting international attentionFeds, UFO researchers weigh in Read more »
- Volunteers build ramp for disabled veteran who hadn't left his home in 2 yearsA retired Coast Guardsman who uses a wheelchair had been stuck inside his home for more than two years. He had been unable to get his old wheelchair over his… Read more »
- 11-year-old girl discovers parents dead in bed. They had recently been diagnosed with COVID-19A Missouri couple diagnosed with COVID-19 were recently found dead in bed by their 11-year-old daughter. Read more »
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