SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico officials have announced that COVID-19 testing is now available for all workers in the state. The New Mexico Department of Health said Monday testing would be open to any worker seeking a test, symptomatic or not — with an emphasis on the service industries as well as government employees and utility and construction …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico officials have announced that COVID-19 testing is now available for all workers in the state. The New Mexico Department of Health said Monday testing would be open to any worker seeking a test, symptomatic or not — with an emphasis on the service industries as well as government employees and utility and construction …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 181 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 19 new cases in Bernalillo County 1 new case in Chaves County 3 new cases in Cibola County 1 new case in Curry County 8 new cases in Doña Ana County 1 …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday removed jail as a punishment for violating his coronavirus restrictions following outcry by conservatives over a Dallas salon owner who was locked up for refusing to keep her business closed. In a swift relaxing of his own rules, Abbott said his new order should free Shelley Luther, who was …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas kept charging ahead with reopening Tuesday as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott gave hair salons permission to return to business alongside restaurants and retailers, and defended the pace of rebooting one of the nation’s biggest states as experts warn that going too fast could result in new outbreaks. In letting barbershops and hair salons open starting …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A rural county sheriff in New Mexico has deputized about 20 church members at an in-person church service, working around Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Sierra County Sheriff Glenn Hamilton said it’s about recruiting help and preparing for the worst but he also noted that …

NEW YORK (AP) — Texas regulators are relaxing rules about where companies can store oil underground, raising concern among environmentalists about potential groundwater contamination and other dangers. The members of the Railroad Commission of Texas voted Tuesday to allow companies to store oil underground in places other than salt caverns, which are considered better at preventing leaks than other geological …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced 107 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 21 new cases in Bernalillo County 4 new cases in Cibola County 1 new case in Curry County 3 new cases in Doña Ana County 43 new cases in McKinley County 5 …

By Patrick Svitek Texas Tribune The office of Attorney General Ken Paxton is making clear to county judges that Gov. Greg Abbott’s new executive order reopening Texas businesses does not include places like barbershops, hair salons and gyms. When Abbott announced the order Monday, he specifically said he was not yet ready to open those kinds of establishments. But a …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 104 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 21 new cases in Bernalillo County 1 new case in Chaves County 11 new cases in Cibola County 3 new cases in Doña Ana County 37 new cases in McKinley County 4 …