August 26, 2020 Supreme Court denies killer Lezmond Mitchell’s stay request; execution set for Wednesday The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a stay-of-execution request filed in the case of death-row inmate Lezmond Mitchell, who is scheduled to die Wednesday for his role in the horrific slayings of a woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter in 2001.
August 20, 2020 New Mexico city banning police chokeholds in $6.5M wrongful death settlement A New Mexico city will pay $6.5 million to the family of a Mexican-American man who died when he was put in a chokehold.
August 19, 2020 New Mexico governor says US faces 2 existential crises: Trump and climate change New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appeared in a virtual video set in New Mexico Wednesday night for the Democratic National Convention, to address how climate change is a priority for presidential candidate Joe Biden.
August 19, 2020 Operation Legend's federal charges by the numbers Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday announced that Operation Legend has netted more than 200 federal charges since its launch in July 2020, in addition to separate homicide charges in some cases.
August 18, 2020 DNC speakers: What to know about Michelle Lujan Grisham A slew of prominent female Democrats will speak Wednesday, the third day of the Democratic National Convention, including New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
August 17, 2020 CDC: New Mexico has highest rate for alcohol-related deaths According to a recently published report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Mexico continues to have the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the country.
August 10, 2020 New Mexico man dies of plague: state officials A New Mexico man has died of septicemic plague, officials with the New Mexico Department of Health announced on Friday.
August 7, 2020 Ex-Denver cop helps find fugitive who shot him in 1971 Former Denver Police Department Officer Daril Cinquanta never forgot the day he was shot in the stomach by Luis Archuleta in a neighborhood on the northside of the city.
August 4, 2020 New Mexico governor nixes door-knocking, but not protests — then clarifies New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said that she will not use coronavirus concerns to prevent people from protesting, but spoke out against political candidates campaigning door to door because it would be a "terrible idea" during the pandemic.
July 29, 2020 New Mexico US Attorney defends additional federal agents in Albuquerque One of New Mexico’s top law enforcement officials is standing behind the government’s decision to send more federal agents into Albuquerque to address violent crime.
