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    Coronavirus Updates
    Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin P. Parrish puts on a white gown to help distribute food, water, and other supplies to Navajo families on May 27, 2020 in Huerfano on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico.
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    Navajo Nation Enters New Lockdown As Coronavirus Cases Rise

    Nov 16, 2020
    The nation closes nonessential businesses, halts tourism and moves schools online as it battles rising infections.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    An emergency alert regarding the coronavirus pandemic is displayed on a cellphone Friday in Rio Rancho, N.M. The alert was sent out to New Mexicans across the state urging them to stay home amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and record-high hospitalizations.
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    Meat Manufacturer Sues New Mexico After Plant Ordered To Close Due To COVID-19 Cases

    Nov 10, 2020
    Stampede Meat argues the closure violates President Trump's April 28 executive order, which aims to keep meat packing plants open during the pandemic.
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    Politics
    Dr. Chris Hoover (left) and Dr. Connie Liu (right) walk through their home with their children Taro, 3, and Hiro, 4 months, in Gallup, N.M. On a short reporting trip across the Southwest, NPR met very different families and asked them the same simple que
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    It's Been A Hard Year. 5 Families On How 2020 Will Shape Their Vote For President

    Aug 26, 2020
    The spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made 2020 a year like none other. NPR wanted to know how these events might shape political choices.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    Channing Concho, left, and American Horse photograph themselves in front of a memorial after a sculpture of Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate was removed on June 16, 2020 in Albuquerque.
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    Statues Of Conquistador Juan De Oñate Come Down As New Mexico Wrestles With History

    Jul 13, 2020
    Who was Juan de Oñate? Critics object to statues of the Spanish conquistador, the first European to colonize New Mexico and a despot who inflicted misery on Native Americans.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    A sculpture of Juan de Oñate's settlers arriving in New Mexico is pictured as city workers remove a sculpture of the Spanish conquistador on June 16 in Albuquerque.
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    New Mexico Leaders To Militia: If You Want To Help Community, Stop Showing Up Armed

    Jul 07, 2020
    Armed militias have become a feature at anti-quarantine protests, racial justice marches and monument removals. But after a shooting in Albuquerque, locals say militias are disturbing the peace.
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    National
    Kendra Gonzales coaches Linda Haverty on how to add a photo of a friend to her contacts list on her phone.
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    Youth Teaching Tech To Seniors Fosters Generational Connections

    Jan 20, 2020
    Senior citizens who don't keep up with technology are at risk of social isolation. A New Mexico nonprofit pairs tech-savvy youth with seniors, and both generations benefit from the human connection.
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    Education
    New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a plan on Wednesday to provide free tuition in all of the state's 29 public colleges and universities. The proposal still needs the approval of the state legislature.
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    New Mexico Unveils Plan To Give Students Free College Tuition Regardless Of Income

    Sep 18, 2019
    Calling the plan "the moonshot for higher education," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the plan could help 55,000 students attend college each year at a cost of up to $35 million.
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    New Mexico State Income From Gambling Declines Over Time

    Jul 19, 2019

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An analysis of tribal casino revenues and taxes from racetrack gambling in New Mexico suggests the local industry may be static or contracting.

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    Search For Missing Navajo Woman Nears One-Month Mark

    Jun 29, 2019

    FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A missing Navajo woman's relatives are nearing the one-month mark in their search for the grandmother and military veteran who police say was last seen at her home in New Mexico.

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    Construction is nearly complete in New Mexico on a section of border wall built with private funds, raised by a non-profit called We Build The Wall.
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    Privately Funded Border Wall Near Completion In New Mexico

    May 31, 2019

    We Build the Wall, a non-profit organization funding construction of a section of border wall near Sunland Park, N.M., said Thursday that they had 10 other sites picked out for more wall construction.

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    Family members pay their final respects to 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin during a memorial service in Guatemala, on Dec. 24, 2018. Jakelin died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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    Autopsy For 7-Year-Old Migrant Who Died In U.S. Custody Shows She Died Of Sepsis

    Mar 30, 2019
    Jakelin Caal Maquin was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the infection led to the failure of multiple organs, according to the report.
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    A ramshackle compound in the desert area of Amalia, N.M. Five former residents were indicted on terror and gun charges.
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    Feds Indict 5 New Mexico Compound Residents On Terror And Gun Charges

    Mar 14, 2019
    The search for a missing child led to a raid of a rural compound and the grisly discovery of 11 emaciated children. Their relatives were training to attack U.S. personnel, federal authorities say.
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    Pumpjacks like this one dot the desert of southeast New Mexico, as oil and gas companies rush to develop one of the largest oil reserves in the world.
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    In Midst Of An Oil Boom, New Mexico Sets Bold New Climate Goals

    Mar 13, 2019
    New Mexico lawmakers passed a bill this week mandating state utilities use 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Meanwhile, oil production in the southeast corner of the state is breaking records.
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    Leah Steimel (center) says she would consider buying insurance through a Medicaid-style plan that the New Mexico Legislature is considering. Her family includes (from left) her husband, Wellington Guzman; their daughter, Amelia; and sons Daniel and Jonat
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    New Mexico Eyes A 'Medicaid Buy-In' Plan To Insure More Residents

    Feb 25, 2019
    While some officials urge expansion of the Medicare system, several states are mulling a different way to ensure residents have affordable coverage: help them buy into a Medicaid-like plan.
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    National
    New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said on Tuesday that President Trump's "border fear-mongering" had misused National Guard troops in her state. The governor is seen here in a photo from Monday.
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    N.M. Governor Pulls National Guard From Border, Citing A 'Charade' At Federal Level

    Feb 06, 2019
    "I reject the federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the Southern border," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said.
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    National
    Migrants, one carrying a child, who plan to turn themselves over to U.S. border agents, walk up the embankment after climbing over a U.S. border wall from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, last week. On Tuesday, members of the Hispanic Caucus called for improve
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    Hispanic Caucus Calls For Investigation Into Migrant Child's Death

    Dec 18, 2018
    After touring the two border facilities where Jakelin Caal was detained before she died, the congressional delegation called for better medical facilities and trained personnel at ports of entry.
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    Education

    School District Apologizes For Teacher Who Allegedly Cut Native American Child's Hair

    Dec 06, 2018
    Students say she cut part of one Native American classmate's braids and called another by a racial slur. It happened on Halloween and the teacher was in costume as a 19th century voodoo queen.
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    Law
    Gavin Clarkson of Las Cruces, N.M., speaks at the Albuquerque bureau of The Associated Press earlier this year. On Nov. 20, a Washington, D.C., court clerk failed to recognize New Mexico as a state and said Clarkson's driver's license was not a valid ID
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    New Mexico Resident's ID Temporarily Rejected as 'Foreign' By D.C. Clerk

    Nov 30, 2018
    A spokeswoman for the Washington courts system apologized for a failure to recognize New Mexico as a state.
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    Pence Uses Border Security To Rally Voters In Southwest

    Oct 27, 2018

    ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence drew cheers Friday while stressing border security as he campaigned for Republican candidates in New Mexico and Arizona.

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    Colorful chiles hang in The Legend Brand booth last month at the annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Colorado.
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    The Chile Pepper Rivalry Heats Up Between New Mexico's Hatch And Colorado's Pueblo

    Oct 03, 2018
    The Hatch chile has long been Goliath of peppers in the Southwest, but farmers in Colorado are trying to roast the competition by brazenly touting their lesser-known but mighty contender: the Pueblo.
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    National
    The Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico mysteriously shut down for 11 days in September, citing a security issue. Authorities were investigating a janitor for distribution of pornography.
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    Shutdown Of New Mexico Observatory Was Part Of Investigation Into Child Pornography

    Sep 20, 2018
    The observatory suddenly closed, with little explanation, for 11 days in September, fueling rumors its shutdown was due to aliens, UFOs, or government surveillance.
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    National
    The Dunn Solar Telescope in Sunspot, N.M. The site was closed for over a week after a security threat.
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    After Mysterious Closure, Solar Observatory In New Mexico Reopens

    Sep 17, 2018
    A telescope in Sunspot, N.M., will have additional security for now, after "an unusual number of visitors" showed up at the site. Conspiracy theories had proliferated about its sudden closing.
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    Law
    In this Aug. 13, photo, Jany Leveille sits in court during a hearing, in Taos, N.M. Leveille, her partner Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, and three other adults were denied bail by a federal judge who said the New Mexico compound residents posed a threat to the commun
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    Federal Judge Denies New Mexico Compound Residents Bail

    Sep 13, 2018
    In an hours-long arraignment hearing on Wednesday Magistrate Judge Kirtan Khalsa told the five defendants there was "clear and convincing evidence that you are a danger to the community."
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    National
    First responders work the scene of a collision between a Greyhound passenger bus and a semi-truck Thursday on Interstate 40 near the town of Thoreau, N.M., near the Arizona border. Multiple people were killed and others were seriously injured.
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    Greyhound Bus, Semi-Truck Crash Head-On In New Mexico; At Least 4 Killed

    Aug 30, 2018
    Initial reports suggest the trailer was headed east on I-40 when one of its tires blew out, causing the driver to lose control and sending the truck careening across the median into oncoming traffic.
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    Racetrack With 'Moving Grandstand' Proposed In New Mexico

    Aug 23, 2018

    CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A Las Vegas casino executive is proposing a new racetrack and casino in eastern New Mexico with a "moving grandstand" that will allow an audience to travel alongside running horses.

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