RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Xochitl Torres Small and Republican challenger Yvette Herrell have finally gone head-to-head in a televised debate in southern New Mexico’s closely watched U.S. House race after failing to debate during their 2018 contest. During Sunday’s KOAT-TV/Albuquerque Journal-sponsored debate, Torres Small stressed “bipartisanship” and challenging her own party while Herrell tried to link the …
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A prominent lobbying group to the firearms industry has endorsed Republican candidate Mark Ronchetti for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. Ronchetti announced the National Rifle Association’s endorsement on Thursday in a tweet. The former television meteorologist is running against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján to succeed Sen. Tom Udall, who is retiring. Ronchetti campaign …
SANTA FE (AP) — New Mexico state taxation authorities on Wednesday urged grocery stores to stop unnecessarily collecting sales taxes on food that is delivered during the coronavirus pandemic. New Mexico remains under a stay-at-home order that discourages unnecessary outings and public gatherings. At the same time, online shoppers have discovered gross receipts tax charges on sales of home-delivered groceries …
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech fired women’s basketball coach Marlene Stollings on Thursday, a day after a scathing newspaper report alleging a culture of abuse in her program. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt announced the firing in a one-sentence statement while adding that he planned to address the decision Friday. Players made claims of abuse over the past two years …
Lea County cumulative total added 11 positive tests for COVID-19 on Friday. The county now has a cumulative total of 333 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 7,484 tests. There have been no deaths due to COVID-19 in Lea County. Nor-Lea reported on Thursday it had no patients in its hospital who are positive for COVID-19. Of …
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A new campaign manager for Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small is facing attacks from Republicans for once working for a gun control group funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Las Cruces Democrat recently announced that she had hired Emma Caccamo to win reelection in what is expected to be a close …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is going to have to dig out of a deep financial hole as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, as gross receipts crater and a significant number of workers have been forced to seek jobless benefits, said one of the state’s top lawmakers. Sen. John Arthur Smith, chairman of the Legislative Finance Committee, is …
Lea County cumulative total added five positive tests for COVID-19 on Monday, 11 positive tests on Sunday and seven positive tests on Saturday, for a total of 23 over the last three days. The county now has a cumulative total of 285 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 6,827 tests. Of those 285 cases, the state says …
Lea County cumulative total added 25 positive tests for COVID-19 on Saturday, the single biggest jump in cases for the county since the state began tracking numbers. The county now has a cumulative total of 172 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those 172 cases, the state says 37 have been designated as totally recovered. In Lea County …
Lea County cumulative total added 5 positive tests for COVID-19 on Friday. The county now has a cumulative total of 147 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those 147 cases, the state says 31 have been designated as totally recovered.In Lea County as of Friday, there has been tests 5,234 tests administered. It should be noted the number …
