New Mexico

Court official: New Mexico’s bail reforms are working

Bernalillo County District Attorney-elect Raul Torrez talks during a news conference in Albuquerque. Torrez, the district attorney in New Mexico’s…

November 26, 2019

Navajo Nation ends energy company’s general indemnity agreement

Leaders cite financial concerns over liability

November 15, 2019

Conservation

Fire-ravaged forests get help from pine cone collectors

Seeds collected to plant in scorched areas

November 10, 2019

Farmington

Farmington building connections to its riverside trails

Among the Waters trail expected to be completed spring 2020

November 8, 2019

Local News

New Mexico GOP sues to halt absentee voting in Las Cruces

New Mexico Republican House Minority Leader James G. Townsend, left, and Republican Party of New Mexico chairman Steve Pearce, right,…

November 5, 2019

Local News

New Mexico’s top court examines ‘warrior-gene’ defense

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court debated Monday whether a murder defendant should have been allowed to introduce…

November 5, 2019

Cortez

N.M. indicators show improved overdose prevention work

State saw a 25% decrease in new opioid prescriptions

November 3, 2019

Farmington

San Juan College to host Native American Heritage Month events

Native American Center to host events

November 1, 2019

Family members of Navajo uranium miners find remnants of old home sites

Gilbert Badoni stands at the mining camp across the mesa from where Union Carbide processed uranium and vanadium near Slick…

November 1, 2019

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

U.S. House passes bill to protect Chaco Canyon from new oil and gas leasing

Act would create 10-mile drilling buffer around park in N.M.

November 1, 2019

Video: Albuquerque transit officers beat man trying to record them

ALBUQUERQUE – Two Albuquerque transit security officers have been on paid leave after video footage showed them beating a man…

October 28, 2019

Passenger killed in New Mexico crash identified as Colorado man

The Associated Press SANTA FE â€“ A passenger killed in a Sept. 26 plane crash in northern New Mexico has…

October 22, 2019

University of New Mexico dean proposes free medical school

ALBUQUERQUE â€” A University of New Mexico dean has announced plans to ask the state to fund full-ride scholarships to…

October 22, 2019

‘The Casagrandes’ extols Mexican American life via animation

Networks are taking chances on Latino-themed shows

October 21, 2019

New Mexico moving to crack down on unpaid wage claims

From left to right, New Mexico Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and District Attorney Raul Torrez…

September 23, 2019

Trump vows to win most-Hispanic state in 2020 at rally

People stand in line outside the Santa Ana Star Center arena awaiting the start of President Donald Trump’s rally in…

September 17, 2019

Report: New Mexico oil boom to continue

Pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., in 2015. State economists on Friday revised upward forecasts for state government…

September 3, 2019

New Mexico’s new energy law prompts legal challenge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico’s new landmark energy law is facing its first legal challenge as a coalition of environmental…

August 26, 2019

State, nonprofits brainstorm overcoming 2020 census hurdles

ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. – New Mexico officials are pulling out the stops to encourage 2020 census participation, from promotional recordings…

August 26, 2019

Durango man sailing Navajo Lake goes missing

Search operations scaled down a week after boat found unoccupied

August 13, 2019

Local News

A road trip through New Mexico’s atomic past

As nuclear tourism booms in the Land of Enchantment, histories of violence are packaged, sold and consumed

May 28, 2019

New Mexico lawmakers focus on equity in the outdoors

A fund would help low-income youths play in their public lands

March 7, 2019

New Mexico sheriffs’ protest of gun laws follows other states

Governor indicates sheriffs have no standing to refuse enforcement

March 3, 2019

Business

New Mexico nets record revenues from oil production

Pump jacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. Oil production in New Mexico has surged, resulting in record revenues…

February 15, 2019