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New Mexico State Police officer, suspect killed in separate shootings along I-10 Bethany Freudenthal, Lucas Peerman and Leah Romero, Las Cruces Sun-News New Mexico State police ID Darian Jarrott as officer killed in I-10 shooting Last update: 10:40 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 LAS CRUCES - A suspect shot and killed a New Mexico State Police officer in Luna County before being shot and killed on Interstate 10 in Las Cruces on Thursday. NMSP officer Darian Jarrott, assisting Homeland S...

Officer shot dead near Deming leads to I-10 chase ending in Las Cruces shootout; suspect dead, LCPD officer wounded ( Editors note: Caution the video above shot by ABC-7 viewer Austin Contreras shows the ending of the chase and shootout in Las Cruces that left a suspected cop killer dead and several officers injured. It is graphic and some may find it disturbing.) DEMING, New Mexico -- A New Mexico State Police officer was gunned down on Interstate 10 on Thursday and authorities chased the a...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Morgan Lee New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has reportedly rewarded her staff $10,000 raises as residents struggle during the coronavirus pandemic. The news comes as New Mexico has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, according to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Grishams spokesperson Nora Sackett defended the pay increases, arguing that their work is critical, particularly during the current health crisis. KOB 4 reports: Ac...

The New Mexico Senate is moving ahead with its plans despite reports of COVID-19 cases at the Roundhouse.

Credit www.nmlegis.gov In November 2020, the New Mexico Republican Senate caucus gathered to elect officers. Its members chose Navy veteran, small-businessman and attorney Greg Baca to its top leadership post. Baca first came on the New Mexico political scene when he ousted former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez in 2016. KSFR News Director Tom Trowbridge spoke recently with the new Senate Minority Leader: Listen

By Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican | January 24, 2021 Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican Sen. Greg Baca works on a client case file as his law office in Los Lunas on Firday afternoon. Baca, a former Navy veteran, is the new Senate minority leader. The ocean. Greg Baca had never seen anything like it. A product of desert terrain — he was born in Belen in 1971 — Baca looked out over the watery expanse of the Atlantic from the deck of the USS Nimitz and saw a whole new world around him. “I...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Freshman Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, D-Silver City, signs paperwork on the Senate floor Tuesday as Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, looks on. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – They arrived without their friends and family, taking the oath insi...

The 2021 legislative session will be conducted a lot different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The threat of spreading the novel coronavirus has forced lawmakers to spend much of the 60-day session online. Members of both the New Mexico House of Representatives and Senate said this year’s session, which began on Tuesday, Jan. 19, is being conducted both online and in-person at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. The mostly-remote session will limit personal interaction among legislators, ...

Questions Linger on New Mexico’s Virtual Legislative Session As New Mexico state lawmakers convened for 2021s 60-day session on Tuesday, the Capitol remained almost entirely closed to the public in favor of webcasts and other virtual ways of meeting. by Algernon DAmmassa, Las Cruces Sun-News / January 21, 2021 The New Mexico House of Representatives chambers. Shutterstock/Nagel Photography (TNS) — Among Ne...

SANTA FE -- Even though she had the votes lined up, Mimi Stewart held off on moving into the Senate president pro tems office on the first floor of the…