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Progress continues on Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project

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Providing clean water to Navajo communities

DZIL NA OODILII, N.M. – A new water treatment plant will facilitate the delivery of clean water to rural Navajo communities and the Jicarilla Apache Nation. along the Cutter Lateral, which is one of two major water pipelines being developed as a result of the San Juan River Water Rights Settlement between the Navajo Nation and the State of New Mexico.

The other major pipeline, the San Juan Lateral, is also under construction along U.S. Highway 491.

“We owe a lot of gratitude to our past Navajo leaders who helped negotiate and finalize the San Juan River Water Rights Settlement, which provided the funds and water allocations to...

State updates list of high-risk states under quarantine order

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SANTA FE – New Mexico has updated its list of high-risk states based on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive order requiring quarantine for out-of-state visitors. Residents arriving from these states must also quarantine to minimize the risk of spread from out-of-state travel.

Washington has been added to the list of high-risk states as of Oct. 21.

The negative test quarantine exemption is no longer in effect. Anyone arriving in New Mexico from a high-risk state is required to quarantine for a period of 14 days or for the duration of their stay in the state, whichever is shorter, regardless of any negative COVID-19 test.

As of Oct. 21, the list of high-risk states is as follows...

Nursing home secrecy compounded pain of COVID-19 death

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Roslyn K. Pulitzer drew her final breath holding the ungloved hand of Kay Lockridge, her partner of 36 years, on the morning of Thursday, April 30, at the University of New Mexico Hospital’s intensive care unit in Albuquerque.

“Roz knew I was there, although she couldn’t talk because of her breathing apparatus and mask,” Lockridge said. “She winked at me and squeezed my hand.”

Pulitzer was the first Santa Fe resident to die of COVID-19, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. She had turned 90 years old the previous Saturday but Lockridge couldn’t celebrate with her in person because Pulitzer was in quarantine for COVID-19 at the Advanced Healthcare Center of...

25 new positive cases across New Mexico’s public schools

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18 staff members, seven students tested positive.

SANTA FE — The Public Education Department on Oct. 22 announced 25 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Rapid response has been initiated, and all pertinent information has been verified with the schools and school districts. The following new cases have been reported:

Two cases in McKinley County. The infected individuals are staff members who were last on campus Oct. 16 and Oct. 19.

Five cases in Bernalillo County. Four of the infected individuals are staff members who were last on school property Oct. 16. The other infected individual is a student who was last on campus Oct. 13.

One case in Curry County. The...

NM teacher vacancy numbers drop 23% in two years

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More educators staying on the job

SANTA FE - New Mexico’s teacher vacancy numbers have dropped for the second straight year as more teachers choose to stay in the classroom now that the education ecosystem has changed to one of respect and support.

New Mexico had 571 teacher vacancies as of Sept. 25 compared to 644 at the same time last year and 740 in September 2018, according to the 2020 New Mexico Educator Vacancy Report published Oct. 13 by the Southwest Outreach Academic Research Evaluation & Policy Center at New Mexico State University.

That is an improvement of 11 percent since last year and 23 percent since the 2018 study.

The study also found that enrollment in and...

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