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New Mexico Governor Declares State of Emergency in County Afflicted by Crime
Insurance Journal
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August 15, 2025
The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan...
3 new measles cases pushes New Mexico’s total count of infections to 100
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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August 15, 2025
A nurse gives a measles shot on May 23, 2024. Julia Goldberg/Source NM × State health officials reported three new measles cases in Santa Fe County on Thursday, pushing New Mexico’s infection count to 100 since the outbreak in west Texas spilled...
FRI: EPA approves more nuclear waste storage at New Mexico WIPP site, + More
KUNM - New Mexico
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August 15, 2025
EPA approves more nuclear waste storage at New Mexico WIPP site - Cathy Cook, Albuquerque Journal The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new...
First-ever Big 12 football student media poll unveiled
The Baylor Lariat - Texas
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August 15, 2025
By Jackson Posey | Sports Editor For the first time in Big 12 history, student media is taking things into its own hands. Conference commissioner Brett Yormark decided to end the Big 12’s annual media preseason poll after the ranking’s disastrous...
Governor highlights tax relief as New Mexico marks Social Security’s 90th anniversary
Enchantment State News - New Mexico
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August 14, 2025
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham marked the 90th anniversary of Social Security, highlighting its impact on lifting millions out of poverty and providing security for retirees and disabled workers. She emphasized that Social Security is earned...
138 Northern New Mexico Students Receive More Than $1 Million In Scholarships
Los Alamos Reporter - New Mexico
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August 15, 2025
LANL Gold Scholarship recipients Amelia Martinez, Hanbi Park and Uxue Sansinea. Photos Courtesy LANL LANL NEWS RELEASE The independent nonprofit LANL Foundation has announced this year’s recipients of four-year undergraduate degree scholarships....
New Mexico Children's Code: The current laws and the roadblocks to change
KOAT 7 - New Mexico
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August 15, 2025
On March 21, 2025, a mass shooting at Young Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, left three people dead and injured 15 others.Three teenagers and a 20-year-old have been charged in connection to the shooting."Before Young Park, there was several other...
Some of New Mexico's biggest issues are solved from both sides of the aisle | Opinion
Las Cruses Sun News - New Mexico
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This was a banner week in the state for progress on sticky issues. The 2025 New Mexico Redistricting Task Force began meetings on August 4, and the State of New Mexico Child Advocate Selection Committee met on Aug. 5. Both efforts are crucial to...
New Mexico declares state of emergency in Rio Arriba amid rising crime
Straight Arrow News
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August 14, 2025
New Mexico is facing another state of emergency, this time in response to a rise in violent crime rather than a natural disaster. On Wednesday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a executive order requesting federal assistance to support...
Juvenile Injustice: The cause, solutions and roadblocks to fighting juvenile crime in New Mexico
KOAT 7 - New Mexico
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August 15, 2025
Leaders across the state say kids killing other kids has become an epidemic in New Mexico. Data obtained by Target 7 shows that New Mexico is one of the deadliest states for juveniles in the country. While juvenile crime is down overall, murders...
State Of Emergency Declared Due To New Mexico Crime Rates
95.5 KLAQ - Texas
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August 14, 2025
The crime rates in one, very small, area of New Mexico have gotten so bad the Governor has declared a "state of emergency" for the second time. New Mexico's Governor has declared a state of emergency for a small community with a population of only...
New Mexico Governor Declares State Of Emergency Due To Rampant Crime
Independent Journal Review
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August 14, 2025
Just two days after President Donald Trump took direct control of Washington, D.C.’s police force in an effort to bring down violent crime in the capital, New Mexico’s governor declared a state of emergency over what she described as an escalating...
New Mexico governor declares crime ‘emergency’ in Española, authorizes National Guard to assist Order similar to one governor issued in April for Albuquerque
KANW - New Mexico
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August 14, 2025
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an emergency declaration for the small city of Española and the surrounding area Wednesday, saying local police are overwhelmed with rising crime and drug overdose deaths. In an executive order, the governor...
Housing juvenile offenders in New Mexico: A lack of facilities and staff
KOAT 7 - New Mexico
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August 15, 2025
Housing juvenile offenders has been a growing problem in New Mexico."That's the failure that we're seeing, and those are the repeat juveniles that we see over and over again. Everybody talks about the Kia Boys. This is what happens all the time....
NMED, NMDOH Study Shows Military ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Blood Of Curry County New Mexico Residents
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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August 14, 2025
STATE News: SANTA FE — A first-of-its-kind blood testing study in New Mexico found that 99.7% participants living or working near Cannon Air Force Base had one or more per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” in their...
Juvenile gun violence in New Mexico: A mother's journey through grief
KOAT 7 - New Mexico
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August 15, 2025
Simple things can take people back to a simpler time, whether it’s an item or a smell that brings back those memories.For Nicole Chavez, the wrestling gym at Manzano High School is more than just a place where athletes compete and practice; it’s a...
New Mexico governor declares state of emergency to combat surge of criminal activity
Deseret News - Utah
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August 14, 2025
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New Mexico governor declares state of emergency in crime-riddled county after Trump’s DC crackdown
The Gazette - Colorado
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in a New Mexico county riddled with violent crime and drug trafficking, two days after President Donald Trump activated the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and...
New Mexico governor declares crime ‘emergency’ in Española, authorizes National Guard to assist
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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August 14, 2025
A Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office vehicle sits in front of a “no loitering” sign in Española last April. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday announced an emergency declaration aimed at dealing with rising crime in the small northern New...
Albuquerque couple indicted on charges related to harboring illegal aliens through rental properties
Enchantment State News - New Mexico
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August 14, 2025
Ryan Ellison, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico | Department of JusticeRyan Ellison, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico | Department of Justice An Albuquerque couple, Nan Zhang and Sanjay Khurana, have been indicted on charges...