McKinley County Sheriff’s Office reported that they responded to 15 accidents over the Thanksgiving weekend.

“Two of those crashes were drivers of vehicles who rolled their vehicles over, and three other drivers were involved in serious crashes and were taken to the hospital,” Lt. Pat Salazar stated in a press release. “Their conditions are unknown at this time.”

A total of 128 citations were issued during this storm for different violations, the press release also states.

“The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office urges motorists to slow down during inclement weather conditions,” Salazar concluded.

AG focuses on protecting a family’s home investment

ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas announced a new initiative Dec. 1 aimed at educating and protecting New Mexico consumers: Operation Holiday Home Protection.

During the month of December, the Office of the Attorney General will be focusing its consumer protection efforts towards keeping New Mexicans in their homes. While this is one of the many areas of consumer protection the Office of the Attorney General focuses on year-round, throughout the month of December the office will be conducting specialized education for New Mexicans on a number of consumer issues ranging from buying a home, avoiding foreclosure...

Maggie Toulouse Oliver will take over the Secretary of State’s office on Dec. 9, according to a release from Brad Winter, the current Secretary of State.

She will be sworn into office on that day.

Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, won election to the position this November over Republican Nora Espinoza.

Winter became Secretary of State after Gov. Susana Martinez appointed him last December after the resignation of Dianna Duran. Duran resigned shortly before pleading guilty to multiple crimes, including felonies, related to misuse of her campaign funds.

The resignation triggered an election this year, when the Secretary of State elections usually take place in non-presidential election...

PHOENIX –  In late November, Sylvia Begay, 50, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 28 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, and ordered to pay more than $2.1 million in restitution.  Additionally, Virgil Begay, 53, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 21 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, and ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution. The Begays had previously pleaded guilty to health care fraud.

The Begays generated millions of dollars in fraudulent payments to themselves by falsely billing Arizona’s...