Mary Hudetz, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018, fle photo Democratic New Mexico state Sen. John Pinto talks about his career as a lawmaker on American Indian Day in the Legislature on in Santa Fe, N.M. Pinto joined the Senate in 1977 and is 92 years old. He was a Marine who trained as a Navajo code talker during World War II. His singing of the "Potato Song" is an annual Senate ritual. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

WWII Code Talker and longtime lawmaker dies at 94

by Morgan Lee Associated Press, and Mary Hudetz Associated PressMay 24, 2019

SANTA FE, N.M. — John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II who became one of the nation’s longest serving Native American elected officials as a New Mexico state senator, has died. He was 94.Senate colleague Michael Padilla confirmed Pinto’s…

CORRECTS BYLINE TO MORGAN LEE INSTEAD OF LEE MORGAN - Taos County Planning Department officials Rachel Romero, left, and Eric Montoya survey property conditions at a disheveled living compound at Amalia, N.M., on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. A New Mexico sheriff said searchers have found the remains of a boy at the makeshift compound that was raided in search of a missing Georgia child. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Prosecutor: Man Trained Kids for School Shooting

by Morgan Lee Associated Press, and Mary Hudetz Associated PressAugust 8, 2018

Damien Hyatt, 23, left, and his brother, Eron Hyatt, 21, right, walk through an office park in Albuquerque in 93-degree heat on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, while playing "Pokemon Go." Law enforcement agencies nationwide has issued warnings that users playing the "augmented reality" game while roaming through the physical world searching for virtual Pokemon creatures to catch should watch where they are going and avoid going on private property. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

‘Pokemon Go’ App Sparks Trespassing Concerns

by Beatriz Costa-Lima Associated Press, and Mary Hudetz Associated PressJuly 14, 2016