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Friday, September 14, 2012  Members of New Mexico's congressional delegation are pushing for the extension of a program that works to preserve Native American languages.

Friday, November 11, 2011  Amarillo Police are searching for a woman who is wanted on a charge of interfering with child custody.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  It's another example of the Panhandle Spirit. This time, a community and a local university come together to help aid some of their own, whose home was destroyed in an apartment fire earlier this week.

Friday, May 13, 2011  Amador Lujan Lomeli, 34, has pleaded guilty to murder of Henry Hernandez, 54.

Sunday, October 17, 2010  The Republican nominee in the sprawling 3rd Congressional District, Mullins is challenging first-term incumbent Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., for the House seat representing northern New Mexico and parts of the eastern plains

Wednesday, July 21, 2010  Congressman Lujan held a call-in town hall meeting with constituents, where the questions ranged from wall street reform to solar panels, to even immigration reform.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010  Two incumbent state representatives - one a Democrat, one a Republican - were ousted in bids for re-election in Tuesday's primary.

Thursday, May 20, 2010  The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to name the Interior Department building in Washington, D.C., for the late Stewart Udall, who once headed the agency.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010  U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan is joining the effort to preserve a large swath of public land in northern New Mexico.

Thursday, May 13, 2010  Northwest New Mexico is expected to be well represented on the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Monday, March 22, 2010  The overhaul of the health care system is being called the biggest partisan bill to ever get passed in Congress, and republicans are already looking at the future.

Monday, March 22, 2010  Sunday night the democratic controlled congress approved historic legislation extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans.

Friday, March 19, 2010  A Santa Fe man was electrocuted when the boom on a truck he was operating touched an overhead power line.

Friday, February 26, 2010  Gov. Bill Richardson says the special legislative session for hammering out a state budget proposal will begin Monday as planned.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010  Over 1-thousand people in New Mexico got a chance to speak out about issues with New Mexico House Rep. Ben R. Lujan in a teleconference town hall meeting on Tuesday.