SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 216 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 49 new cases in Bernalillo County 18 new cases in Chaves County 13 new cases in Cibola County 21 new cases in...
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Media Contacts:
Office of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Michael Coleman, Communications Director, Michael.Coleman@exec.nm.gov
Leah March, Communications Advisor, Leah.March@exec.nm.gov
Governor announces Council for Racial Justice
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced the membership of the Governor’s Council for Racial Justice, an advisory group tasked with counseling the administration and monitoring state institutions, holding them accountable for taking action to end...
State renews emergency public health order
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state health officials on Thursday announced the state of New Mexico will extend its emergency public health order and keep intact existing public health restrictions and guidelines while the state continues to combat the...
Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 20,388; three additional deaths
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Thursday announced 255 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 63 new cases in Bernalillo County 17 new cases in Chaves County 12 new cases in Cibola County 6 new cases...
Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 20,136; six additional deaths
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Wednesday announced 352 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 87 new cases in Bernalillo County 14 new cases in Chaves County 11 new cases in Cibola County 16 new cases...
State applies for federal restaurant assistance through EBT program
N.M. seeking to help restaurants increase revenue during pandemic SANTA FE –The New Mexico Human Services Department has applied for federal approval to implement the Restaurant Meals Plan (RMP) as a means of continuing state assistance to businesses that have been...
Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 19,791; seven additional deaths
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced 301 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 80 new cases in Bernalillo County 21 new cases in Chaves County 4 new cases in Cibola County 15 new cases in...
Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 19,502; five additional deaths
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Monday announced 467 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 62 new cases in Bernalillo County 2 new cases in Chaves County 8 new cases in Cibola County 1 new case in...
Gov. Lujan Grisham blasts Senate GOP for effort to slash benefits for workers hurt by COVID-19 pandemic
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday issued the following statement upon reports of the Republican plan to cut direct unemployment aid to workers by two-thirds in their latest proposal for a COVID-19 relief package: “More than 175,000 New Mexicans have...
Gov. Lujan Grisham approves $178 million of CARES Act funding for small businesses, tribal and local governments
$150 million for local governments and small business, $28 million for tribal governments SANTA FE – The office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday announced that applications have gone out for $178 million of CARES Act funding for tribal and local governments....