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  • BROTHERS KILLED-REWARD

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The deaths of two Ohio brothers have left five boys spending their first Father's Day without their dad and the man they called "Uncle Phils." Authorities and their family say Philip and Matthew Reagan were headed to California in March when their journey got cut short in northern Arizona. Their vehicle got stuck in the mud, and the brothers were fatally shot likely while walking to seek help. The FBI has no suspects and now is offering a reward for information that could lead to an arrest. The brothers from near Cleveland are remembered as funny, charitable and hard workers.

  • SPECIAL SESSION-NEW MEXICO

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Legislature has approved a bill to ensure adequate voting locations in Native American communities that have been hit hard by the coronavirus. The state House on Saturday approved the bill that gives Indigenous nations and pueblos final say before a local polling place can be closed or consolidated. The voting initiative also aims to make absentee balloting more reliable by extending mailing deadlines and using postal bar codes to track ballots. Some polls were closed for the state's June 2 primary election because tribal communities shut borders to visitors. The bill needs Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's signature to become law.

  • VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW MEXICO

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials on Saturday reported 172 additional COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths. The increases raised the state's total number of cases to 10,430 and the death toll to 466 . Sixty-four of the new cases, or about a third of the total, involved state or federal inmates at the Otero County Prison Facility in southern New Mexico, while 30 new cases were reported in McKinley County in northwestern New Mexico McKinley County residents accounted for both new deaths. 

  • COURT OF APPEALS APPOINTMENT

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed a lawyer in private practice in Santa Fe to fill a vacancy on the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Lujan Grisham's appointment of Jane Yohalem to succeed recently retired Judge Linda Vanzi was announced Saturday by the governor's office. The announcement said Yohalem specializes in appeals and complex civil litigation and has 44 years of experience in appellate law. Vanzi retired effective May 29.

  • SPECIAL SESSION-NEW MEXICO

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state House of Representatives has approved a budget solvency plan that fills a gaping general fund deficit by harnessing federal recovery funds, tapping half of New Mexico's financial reserves and pulling back planned spending increases. Approved by the House on Friday, the bill would reduce general fund spending for the fiscal year that begins July 1 to about $7 billion from $7.6 billion, while still increasing spending on public education. New Mexico legislators also pushed forward Friday with temporary election reforms and an initiative to require body cameras by all law enforcement officers. A proclamation celebrated Juneteenth without making it an official state holiday.

  • VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW MEXICO

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of New Mexico's top health officials said about one-quarter of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state involve people who had no symptoms. Human Services Secretary David Scrase said that percentage represents a huge number when talking about a pandemic. Scrase said Friday that New Mexico has been able to keep its cases from skyrocketing like Arizona, Texas and other states because it has kept in place the stay-at-home order and established other counter measures aimed at limiting spread. New Mexico has 10,260 cases and officials say the rate of spread is on a downward trend.