State official credits vaccines with lower COVID cases
A state public health official is crediting the increasing number of New Mexico residents being vaccinated each day with the lower COVID-19 case numbers...
COVID-19 reports increase Wednesday
After several days this week of low numbers of new COVID-19 cases, the reports both statewide and locally saw an increase on Wednesday, according...
RISD board votes for hybrid learning
Start date depends on completion of school inspections, other details
It could take about two weeks to put all the moving pieces in place, but...
County reports 3 COVID-19 cases Tuesday
Chaves County reported only three new cases of COVID-19 in Tuesday’s update from the New Mexico Department of Health, and the state received more...
Slight decrease in COVID hospitalizations seen
Local COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped for the final full reporting week of January to about 178, 132 in adult beds and approximately 46 for adult...
County reports 6 new COVID-19 cases Monday
Fewer than 10 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chaves County in Monday’s daily update from the New Mexico Department of Health, the...
Local vaccination rate increasing
Just over 10% of the population of Chaves County has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Friday afternoon, according to...
27 new COVID-19 cases reported locally
Chaves County added 27 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, while the state reported 752 additional cases and 17 deaths, according to a New Mexico Department...
State reports more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases Friday
New cases of COVID-19 in New Mexico topped 1,000 for the first time in almost two weeks, but Chaves County’s amount of new cases...
Emergency shelter in planning stages
Plans for a community emergency shelter are coming together and the director of the organization behind it hopes to have it available for use...
Two COVID-19 deaths reported Thursday in Chaves County
Chaves County had two deaths related to COVID-19 among the 28 reported Thursday by the New Mexico Department of Health.
The deceased were a man...
Local COVID-19 metrics improve, but county still in Red
Six more counties crossed the threshold into the Yellow Level in New Mexico’s COVID-19 risk assessment system Wednesday, according to the New Mexico Department...
RISD prepares for shift to hybrid learning model
The mood around the Roswell Independent School District became somewhat frantic Tuesday, according to Superintendent Mike Gottlieb, with word that all schools in the...
Local COVID hospitalizations rise a bit
Use of local hospital beds for confirmed COVID-19 patients increased by a total of 28 for the seven-day period of Jan. 15 to Jan....
Two COVID-19 deaths reported in Chaves County
Two local deaths were reported Tuesday among the 14 statewide related to COVID-19, but new case counts continued to be low, according to the...
NM health officials discuss downward trend in virus cases
New Mexico has reported fewer than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day since Jan. 19, and state health officials say they believe the...
Commissioners ask for COVID ‘accountability’
Chaves County commissioners are asking to speak with New Mexico Department of Health officials involved with COVID-19 data collection, analyses and decision-making, saying that...
State reports 3 local COVID deaths
Chaves County had three deaths related to COVID-19, according to information released Saturday afternoon by the New Mexico Department of Health. The county also...
No deaths, 28 new COVID-19 cases reported in Chaves County
Chaves County reported 22 new cases of COVID-19 and no related deaths in Friday’s update from the New Mexico Department of Health.
Twenty-eight counties and...
Officials: School vaccine clinics in New Mexico on hold
ALBUQUERQUE — Vaccination clinics scheduled for hundreds of public school employees throughout Albuquerque and surrounding communities won’t happen after all, prompting criticism from one...
County reports 59 new COVID-19 cases
The state of New Mexico reported just under 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 including 59 in Chaves County in Thursday’s update from the New...
County reports 31 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths
The week’s trend of lower numbers of new COVID-19 cases continues, with the state reporting 884 new cases including 31 in Chaves County, according...
State, county continue to report low COVID-19 numbers
New Mexico reported less than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the third day in a row, and Chaves County continued lower numbers of...
Local COVID hospitalizations decreased last week
The two acute care hospitals in Roswell had 123 adult in-patient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients from Jan. 8 to Jan. 14, a decrease...
Low numbers of COVID-19 cases reported since Saturday
New Mexico and Chaves County reported low numbers of new cases of COVID-19 since Saturday. One local death related to COVID-19 was reported among...
2 COVID deaths, 50 cases in area
Two more women in Chaves County and another 34 people in New Mexico have died as a result of COVID-19 or with COVID complications,...
Four locals among 38 COVID-19 deaths in state Friday
Four Chaves County residents were among the 38 deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the daily update Friday from the New Mexico Department of Health.
The...
State announces COVID-19 vaccination dashboard
Governor says plans for return to classroom learning in early stages
COVID-19 vaccinations and outpatient medical treatments are indicating the end of the coronavirus crisis...
Two Chaves County women among state’s 29 COVID deaths
Two more deaths related to COVID-19 and 73 new cases in Chaves County were reported Thursday in the New Mexico Department of Health’s daily...
County improves but still in Red Level
Chaves County is still in the Red Level but recent lower numbers of new cases improved its gating criteria metrics in Wednesday’s update of...