Either be fully vaccinated or submit to regular testingSANTA FE – In light of the continued spread of COVID-19 and enhanced viral risk driven by vaccine hesitancy and resistance, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order July 29 requiring all state employees to either be fully vaccinated or otherwise submit to regular COVID-19 testing.Under the order, state employees who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 shall be required to demonstrate a negative COVID-19 test at least once every two weeks.State employees who are not fully vaccinated, under the order, must wear a facemask when indoors during the course and scope of their employment – with minor exceptions for...

The FBI is looking for Josiah Alan Smith, 27, of Smith Lake, New Mexico, who is wanted on a federal murder charge.

Smith is accused of a fatal shooting on the Navajo Nation earlier this year. According to a press release, no specific details of the crime can be provided at this time due to the ongoing investigation.

Smith's physical description:



Height: 5'11'Weight: 180 poundsEye color: BrownHair color: BlackRace: Native American

A federal arrest warrant was issued in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico in Albuquerque June 11, after Smith was charged with murder and crimes committed in Indian Country. The Navajo Nation Department of Public Safety is...

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Thoreau, June 3

A man falsely accused another man of driving drunk and nearly hitting him.

On June 3, around 4:41 pm, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. was dispatched to 1 Larkspur Pl. in Thoreau because a man who was later identified as Marcus Lynch, 46, of Thoreau, was reporting he had almost been hit by a black SUV.

When Davis arrived at the scene, the SUV was gone. Lynch said the SUV had gone by his house a few times and that the driver owed him $80. He explained that he confronted the driver at his house at 7 Larkspur St.

He stated that the driver flipped him off, sped up, and almost hit him. He had jumped out of the way. The driver came back...

Angelita Charley

March 1, 2020, 1:59 am

DWI

While patrolling State Road 602, New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Maese said a white Jeep failed to yield, turning onto West Aztec Avenue causing him to slam on his brakes. After performing a traffic stop and approaching the vehicle, Maese said he could smell alcohol coming from the vehicle.

The driver, Angelita Charley, 51, of Church Rock, N.M., was slow with her actions, had slurred speech and appeared confused, according to police reports. Maese said Charley failed the field sobriety tests and failed to take further tests. Charley was arrested for aggravated DWI, failure to yield, and no driver’s license.



Lionel Chavez

Feb...