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A Santa Fe County rodent has been diagnosed with plague – the first confirmed wild animal plague case in the county in 2026.
A fox in McKinley County tested positive for rabies – the eighth animal rabies case in the state in 2026.
State public health offices and administrative offices will be closed Friday, July 3, in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.