SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Monday announced 44 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 16 new cases in Bernalillo County 2 new cases in Chaves County 1 new case in Doña Ana County 3 new cases in McKinley County 1 new case in Rio Arriba County …

Got questions on the stay at home orders and closed businesses? Can you go out? How many people? What is can be open? Here are some answers from the governor’s office: On March 23, 2020, N.M. Department of Health Secretary Kathy Kunkel announced a new public health emergency order effective at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, closing all businesses and nonprofit …

New Mexico state health officials on Monday announced 18 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: Four new cases in Bernalillo County: A female in her 30s. A male in his 70s. A male in his 30s. A female in her 50s. Four new cases in Chaves County: A female in …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced eight additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: ​A female in Bernalillo County in her teens Two males in Bernalillo County in their 40s A male in Doña Ana County in his 20s A male in McKinley County in his …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced eight additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: ​A female in Bernalillo County in her teens Two males in Bernalillo County in their 40s A male in Doña Ana County in his 20s A male in McKinley County in his …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered schools closed statewide Thursday until at least until April 3 and a ban on dine-in eating and gathering in groups of more than 10 as the state ramps up efforts to battle the coronavirus. Until the announcement, Abbott had left most of those decisions to local governments. Abbott’s order also will …

HOUSTON (AP) — Halliburton will institute a mandatory furlough for 3,500 employees in Houston beginning next week amid falling oil prices. The furlough will begin Monday and will last up to 60 days, company spokeswoman Emily Mir said Wednesday. During the furlough, affected employees will work one week on followed by one week off, the Houston-based company said. Employees will …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Houston and Dallas closed bars and clubs, standardized tests for more than 3 million public schoolchildren were canceled and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday told the public to brace for a surge in coronavirus cases as the outbreak continued to dramatically reshape life in Texas. “We are at a pivot point in the trajectory of …

SANTA FE – New Mexico Health Secretary Kathy Kunkel issued an order Thursday temporarily prohibiting mass gatherings in New Mexico in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The public health order defines mass gatherings as events that bring together 100 or more people in a single room or connected space like auditoriums, stadiums, arenas, conference centers and theaters. The order is …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people in New Mexico have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state’s first known cases of infection, prompting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to declare a public health emergency on Wednesday and advise that all large public events be postponed to limit the spread of the virus. She said a husband and wife in their …