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You are the owner of this article.Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin has again stirred an outcry over his fiery political rhetoric — this time for saying certain Democratic governors should be executed for treason.Griffin, who founded the group Cowboys for Trump, also told on Tuesday that anti-lockdown protesters might be justified in using violence.During the interview, published Wednesday, Griffin said top Democrats, such as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, are traitors who deserve the death penalty. Both governors have imposed restrictions to curb the...…You are the owner of this article.Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin has again stirred an outcry over his fiery political rhetoric — this time for saying certain Democratic governors should be executed for treason.Griffin, who founded the group Cowboys for Trump, also told on Tuesday that anti-lockdown protesters might be justified in using violence.During the interview, published Wednesday, Griffin said top Democrats, such as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, are traitors who deserve the death penalty. Both governors have imposed restrictions to curb the...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Seth Aldridge was at the tail end of a 12-hour night shift when he got the call at 6 a.m.The voice on the other end said he had just lost his job as an oil field pumper for Occidental Petroleum in the Permian Basin.“It was a shock to get the call, for sure,” said Aldridge, a 34-year-old resident of Lea County. “You see it coming, but you never really think … or you hope it’s not you that gets that ax.”The ax is falling throughout energy-rich southeastern New Mexico as crude prices have plummeted amid the COVID-19...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Seth Aldridge was at the tail end of a 12-hour night shift when he got the call at 6 a.m.The voice on the other end said he had just lost his job as an oil field pumper for Occidental Petroleum in the Permian Basin.“It was a shock to get the call, for sure,” said Aldridge, a 34-year-old resident of Lea County. “You see it coming, but you never really think … or you hope it’s not you that gets that ax.”The ax is falling throughout energy-rich southeastern New Mexico as crude prices have plummeted amid the COVID-19...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy about Kamala Harris’ eligibility to be vice president, fueling an online misinformation campaign that parallels the one he used to power his rise into politics.Asked about the matter at the White House, Trump told reporters he had “heard” rumors that Harris, a Black woman and U.S.-born citizen whose parents were immigrants, does not meet the requirement to serve in the White House. The president said he considered the rumors “very serious.”The...…You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy about Kamala Harris’ eligibility to be vice president, fueling an online misinformation campaign that parallels the one he used to power his rise into politics.Asked about the matter at the White House, Trump told reporters he had “heard” rumors that Harris, a Black woman and U.S.-born citizen whose parents were immigrants, does not meet the requirement to serve in the White House. The president said he considered the rumors “very serious.”The...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementVirgin Galactic hopes to launch New Mexico’s first human spaceflight from Spaceport America on Dec. 11 after pausing its plans because of the coronavirus pandemic.Virgin had previously aimed to launch a rocket-powered test flight between Nov. 19 and Nov. 23 but postponed it in response to a stricter state health order that called for nonessential businesses to shut down until Nov. 30.A new three-tiered system the state put into place Wednesday allows most businesses to operate in a limited capacity.“With...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementVirgin Galactic hopes to launch New Mexico’s first human spaceflight from Spaceport America on Dec. 11 after pausing its plans because of the coronavirus pandemic.Virgin had previously aimed to launch a rocket-powered test flight between Nov. 19 and Nov. 23 but postponed it in response to a stricter state health order that called for nonessential businesses to shut down until Nov. 30.A new three-tiered system the state put into place Wednesday allows most businesses to operate in a limited capacity.“With...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementMarissa Aurora of Madrid makes a sign for a drive-by demonstration Friday, as about 50 people went to protest outside the governor's mansion and demand state police release information on the death of Rodney Applewhite, who was killed by an officer a week before Thanksgiving near Law Lunas.As demonstrators outside the governor's mansion called Friday for more information in Rodney Applewhite's death, state police issued a second news release about the shooting.Selinda Guerrero of Albuquerque, with...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementMarissa Aurora of Madrid makes a sign for a drive-by demonstration Friday, as about 50 people went to protest outside the governor's mansion and demand state police release information on the death of Rodney Applewhite, who was killed by an officer a week before Thanksgiving near Law Lunas.As demonstrators outside the governor's mansion called Friday for more information in Rodney Applewhite's death, state police issued a second news release about the shooting.Selinda Guerrero of Albuquerque, with...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.The state confirmed Tuesday it had to discard 75 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine because of potential overheating during delivery to a Clayton hospital.It was unclear how troublesome the loss of the vaccine would be for the state, given the limited volume of 17,550 doses New Mexico has received this week for front-line medical workers. Each person vaccinated requires two doses.A spokesman for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office said the 75 doses were en route from the state Department of Health’s warehouse in...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.The state confirmed Tuesday it had to discard 75 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine because of potential overheating during delivery to a Clayton hospital.It was unclear how troublesome the loss of the vaccine would be for the state, given the limited volume of 17,550 doses New Mexico has received this week for front-line medical workers. Each person vaccinated requires two doses.A spokesman for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office said the 75 doses were en route from the state Department of Health’s warehouse in...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett has asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to let businesses that are closed because of the COVID-19 threat reopen to 20 percent of their capacity by the end of the month.Duckett called the situation an "economic emergency," saying the continued closures are impacting businesses, employees, their family members and the economic health of the Farmington area."My hope is that the governor would be able to see that there are some small, safe steps that could be taken to reopen...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett has asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to let businesses that are closed because of the COVID-19 threat reopen to 20 percent of their capacity by the end of the month.Duckett called the situation an "economic emergency," saying the continued closures are impacting businesses, employees, their family members and the economic health of the Farmington area."My hope is that the governor would be able to see that there are some small, safe steps that could be taken to reopen...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementWe’re focusing today on corvids, not COVID.The Corvidae family of birds (more commonly called corvids) is a bold bunch. This big, raucous family includes jays, crows, ravens, magpies and Clark’s nutcrackers. Some corvids, like crows and ravens, are all black. Many others, like our Steller’s jay and Woodhouse’s scrub-jays, have predominantly blue plumage. The magpie looks like no other with its large size, long tail and distinctive black and white markings.The intelligent corvids make their presence known with loud and distinctive calls,...…You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementWe’re focusing today on corvids, not COVID.The Corvidae family of birds (more commonly called corvids) is a bold bunch. This big, raucous family includes jays, crows, ravens, magpies and Clark’s nutcrackers. Some corvids, like crows and ravens, are all black. Many others, like our Steller’s jay and Woodhouse’s scrub-jays, have predominantly blue plumage. The magpie looks like no other with its large size, long tail and distinctive black and white markings.The intelligent corvids make their presence known with loud and distinctive calls,...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementWe write this letter to express our support for the actions Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has taken to fight COVID-19 in the great state of New Mexico and to declare our commitment to staying the course until this deadly disease is fully defeated.We write in full knowledge of the tremendous financial burden and social disruption caused by mandatory closings and social distancing orders and in equally full knowledge that these actions have saved lives by limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus.Nothing has changed. The virus is still...…You have permission to edit this article.AdvertisementWe write this letter to express our support for the actions Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has taken to fight COVID-19 in the great state of New Mexico and to declare our commitment to staying the course until this deadly disease is fully defeated.We write in full knowledge of the tremendous financial burden and social disruption caused by mandatory closings and social distancing orders and in equally full knowledge that these actions have saved lives by limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus.Nothing has changed. The virus is still...WW…