ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Efforts to open more of New Mexico’s economy are on hold because of an uptick in cases in recent days, a trend that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday called troubling and blamed on lax social behaviors. The governor said during a briefing that a false sense of security has developed among Americans in general and …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have forced officials to cancel this year’s New Mexico State Fair, making it the latest casualty Friday in a string of other big-ticket events that have been indefinitely postponed or scrapped altogether. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham raised concerns Thursday about a recent uptick in COVID-19 infections in the state, indicating …
Lea County cumulative total added three positive tests for COVID-19 on Thursday. The county now has 89 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since the state began tracking test results. Of those 89 cases, the state says 24 have been designated as totally recovered. In Lea County as of Thursday, there has been tests on 4,159 people, with 89 …
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday halted elective surgeries in Texas’ biggest counties and said the state would “pause” its aggressive re-opening as it deals with a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations that has made it one of the nation’s virus hotspots. The suspension of elective surgeries is designed to protect hospital space in the Dallas, …
Lea County cumulative total added seven positive tests for COVID-19 on Wednesday. This is after the county added four new positive cases on Tuesday and eight positive tests on Monday. The county now has 86 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since the state began tracking test results. Of those 86 cases, the state says 23 have been designated …
PHOENIX (AP) — It wasn’t quite one of his signature big-stadium rallies. But President Donald Trump drew something closer to the jam-packed audience of political supporters he’s been craving as hundreds of young conservatives filled a Phoenix megachurch Tuesday to hear his call for them to get behind his reelection effort. The crowded Dream City Church for the gathering of …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful earthquake centered near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco on Tuesday killed at least five people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets. Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said one person was killed in a building collapse in Huatulco, Oaxaca. Otherwise he said reports were of minor damage …
Lea County cumulative total added four positive tests for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The county now has 79 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since the state began tracking test results. Of those 79 cases, the state says 22 have been designated as totally recovered. In Lea County as of Tuesday, there has been tests on 4,125 people, with 79 …
Dorothy Runnels is described as a great force who devoted her life to New Mexicans. “I love being a New Mexican and I love being an American,” Dorothy said in a News-Sun article in April 2015. A life in politics next to her husband, former U.S. Representative Harold Runnels, Dorothy became a political force for decades. That love for America, …
