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Graphic showing traffic stopped along Highway 70 near White Sands Missile Range during a road closure, with mountains and desert landscape in the background.
Roads

White Sands Missile Range schedules Thursday roadblock on U.S. 70

White Sands Missile Range has scheduled a one-hour U.S. 70 roadblock for Thursday morning, May 14.

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Close-up image of flashing blue and red police lights on top of a law enforcement vehicle.
Crime

Man accused of strangling niece while she held toddler at Las Cruces hospice

A man faces felony charges after police say he strangled his niece while she held a toddler during an altercation at Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces.

Damien Willis
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez delivers remarks on the House floor beside a memorial display honoring Deputy Sheriff Antonio Aleman
Rep. Gabe Vasquez

Vasquez honors fallen Doña Ana County deputy during National Police Week speech

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez honored fallen Doña Ana County Deputy Sheriff Antonio Aleman during a House floor speech marking National Police Week.

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Headshot photo of Margarita Gonzalez provided through records associated with the Texas Board of Nursing
Crime

AG charges Las Cruces ‘imposter nurse’ accused of endangering patients, using stolen identities

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced 34 charges against a Las Cruces-area woman accused of posing as a nurse, using stolen identities and endangering patients.

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Red and blue police lights illuminate the scene of a nighttime law enforcement response in Las Cruces
Crime

Las Cruces woman accused of stabbing father during argument over moving boxes, finances

A Las Cruces woman faces felony charges after police say she stabbed her father during an argument over moving boxes and finances, leaving him with serious injuries.

Damien Willis
Former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull speaks during an Albuquerque Journal town hall event about the Republican race for New Mexico governor.
Elections

NM GOP governor candidate Gregg Hull touts experience leading, growing Rio Rancho

Former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull says his experience leading one of New Mexico’s fastest-growing cities makes him the best choice in the Republican race for governor.

Joshua Bowling
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez stands outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Gabe Vasquez

Vasquez pushes to add mobile home protections to bipartisan housing bill

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez is urging congressional leaders to include protections for mobile home residents in a bipartisan housing package aimed at addressing housing affordability and corporate ownership practices.

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NMSU animation professor Derek Chase speaks with junior animation student Joshua Petit inside a studio at New Mexico State University’s Creative Media Institute.
NMSU

NMSU animation program moves up in national, regional rankings

NMSU’s animation program moved up in national and regional rankings this year, marking the 15th straight year the Creative Media Institute landed among the nation’s Top 20 programs.

Minerva Baumann
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham smiles in an official portrait photograph.
State

Lujan Grisham begins trade mission to Japan focused on energy, technology

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham arrived in Japan on Monday for a trade mission focused on energy, technology and economic partnerships between New Mexico and Japanese companies and officials.

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