SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Wednesday announced 153 additional positive tests for COVID-19 including two new cases in Lea County. One of those cases is a female in her 20’s residing in Hobbs that was identified through one of Nor-Lea’s testing locations. NMDOH has started their contact tracing investigations. Per the state Department of Health, the …

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 …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Saturday announced two new cases for Lea County. Both of those cases were identified through one of Nor-Lea’s testing locations. One of those cases is linked to a male in his 30’s residing in Hobbs. The other case is linked to a child (0-10) also residing in Hobbs. NMDOH has started their …

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 …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Wednesday announced 239 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 27 new cases in Bernalillo County 1 new case in Cibola County 1 new case in Doña Ana County 1 new case in Guadalupe County 1 new case in Luna County 133 …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced 153 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 44 new cases in Bernalillo County 5 new cases in Cibola County 1 new case in Curry County 3 new cases in Doña Ana County 43 new cases in McKinley County 1 …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Monday announced 101 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 8 new cases in Bernalillo County 10 new cases in Doña Ana County 58 new cases in McKinley County 4 new cases in Sandoval County 21 new cases in San Juan County …

GRANTS, N.M. (AP) — The mayor of a small New Mexico city and several dozen supporters rallied Monday as he encouraged business owners in his community to defy the governor’s lockdown order that shuttered nonessential shops to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Grants Mayor Martin “Modey” Hicks vowed in defiance last week to allow all small businesses to reopen. …

With Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s orders to close “non-essential” businesses, enforcement of those orders falls to the New Mexico State Police (NMSP). And, several local businesses have received visits from NMSP officers telling them “complaints” have been filed and the business needs to close because of state orders. “They told me they had several reports that we were open to …

Twenty counties in New Mexico have had less than a dozen total confirmed coronavirus cases each, many of those counties in southeastern New Mexico. Meanwhile, four counties have had more than 300 cases each. Local legislators deem the state’s administration unfairly paints the whole state with the same brush when shutting down all “non-essential” businesses. Elected legislators representing southeastern New …