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New Mexico is creating a new advisory council that will be charged with implementing a state plan for responding to cases of missing or slain Native Americans, with top state officials vowing Tuesday that the work will lead to more people being found and families gaining closure. And, The results of this month’s local elections are official. New Mexico’s State Canvass Board unanimously certified them Tuesday.

The results of this month’s local elections are official. New Mexico’s State Canvass Board unanimously certified them Tuesday.

Bernalillo County’s Tiny Home Village in Albuquerque’s International District is accepting applications this week. The transitional housing program is open to people 18 years and up who are unhoused or “precariously housed” and able to live on their own.

The federal government is pumping $5 million dollars into two watershed projects meant to protect drinking water for several urban areas – including Albuquerque.

U.S. residents can receive four free kits to test for SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus which causes the COVID-19 disease. Plus the New Mexico Supreme Court has publicly censured a state judge in Las Cruces with for providing advice to prosecutors during a 2021 trial of a man accused of pointing an assault rifle at the judge's daughter.

Mayor Tim Keller has vetoed a decision by the Albuquerque City Council to repeal and replace the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board.

Public Education Secretary Arsenio Romero said in light of continued poor performance at far too many New Mexico public schools, new accountability measures should be put in place to ensure they are fully using state dollars and implementing evidence-based learning.

The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department has a new permanent leader. Meanwhile, the Albuquerque Police Department closed parts of the Big I due to a person standing on one of the ramps.

The U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country, health officials say.

New Mexico's ethics board has issued an advisory opinion on contracts entered into on a contingency basis in the wake of a report about how much the state attorney general's office paid outside lawyers.