New Mexico

2 Permian Basin oil and gas producers get violation notices

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued similar notices for the violations. During April inspections in southeast New Mexico, the…

November 5, 2019

Local News

Without aid of books and pictures, kids use movement to interpret stories

Storyteller incorporates Diné language and American Sign Language

November 4, 2019

Regional News

New Mexico delegation takes aim at West’s water scarcity

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall is blaming climate change for growing water scarcity. The New Mexico Democrat worries that snowpack in…

November 4, 2019

Regional News

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

At issue is whether a district court acted properly in excluding evidence of a so-called warrior gene variant linked to…

November 4, 2019

Regional 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 4, 2019

Local News

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

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

October 31, 2019

Local News

Dia de los Muertos display honors loved ones in Farmington

Display helps share Hispanic culture with community

October 30, 2019

Business

Arts upstart Meow Wolf delivers jobs after public investment

Vince Kadlubek, co-founder and board member of the offbeat arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf, speaks at a Democratic political…

October 23, 2019

Local News

School resource officer resigns after tussle with 11-year-old girl

Farmington Police Department releases lapel footage of incident

October 21, 2019

Regional News

New Mexico man in baby shooting case to get new attorney

The Gallup Independent reports two attorneys formerly involved in the Tyrell Bitsilly’s baby shooting case have switched jobs, creating a…

October 13, 2019

Local News

Invasive Russian olive a nuisance for Colorado, New Mexico

‘We can be good neighbors by working on our parts’

October 13, 2019

High School Sports

Unruly fans threaten New Mexico high school soccer games

The New Mexico Activities Association recently announced that soccer games are being canceled and the sport is losing officials over…

October 7, 2019

Food

Senators press Trump administration on India pecan tariff

U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, both Democrats, recently signed on to a bipartisan letter from 12 senators urging…

September 30, 2019

Business

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 18, 2019

Business

Mining proposal in Santa Fe National Forest draws opposition

Residents near the village of Pecos are vowing to take on mining companies seeking to search for copper, zinc and…

August 21, 2019

Regional News

New Mexico legalizing marijuana job numbers may be ‘decent’

A bipartisan group appointed by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to study legalizing recreational marijuana in the state is…

August 14, 2019

Local News

Durango man sailing on Navajo Lake goes missing

operations scaled down a week after boat found unoccupied

August 13, 2019

Food

Carver Brewing’s chile contest finds a winner

has won the battle, if not the war, over Hatch

August 6, 2019

Food

Carver Brewing Co. brings home the Pueblo-Hatch chile war

Durango brewpub will pit Colorado, New Mexico chiles head to head

July 30, 2019

Food

New Mexico, Colorado get fired up over hot peppers

Fresh green chile awaits being roasted at Los Chile Bros, a stand outside Big Lots in 2017 in Santa Fe.…

July 15, 2019

Southwest Life

New Mexico ghost town saloon uses civility to draw crowd

The No Scum Allowed Saloon in the White Oaks, New Mexico, pulls in people from around the state and sometimes…

July 11, 2019

Business

Facebook invests in renewables with Texas solar project

The Boston-based renewable energy developer Longroad Energy announced in May that Facebook is building a massive new solar farm in…

June 13, 2019

Regional News

Strong Rio Grande tourism in New Mexico expected

A healthy snow patch this winter is feeding the Rio Grande with much-needed water after long dry spells stemming from…

May 12, 2019

Business

New Mexico to market ‘green bonds’ for energy conservation

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham testifies at a field hearing of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral…

May 3, 2019

Regional News

University of New Mexico revamps film program amid demand

The entrance to ABQ Studios in Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico has revamped its film and digital arts program…

April 21, 2019

Regional News

Report: Uranium plumes for Bluewater Mill site ‘stable’

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission concluded the plumes in the San Andres-Glorieta and Ancestral Rio San Jose alluvial aquifer appear…

April 14, 2019

Regional News

Teacher salaries, school funding boosted in New Mexico

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, seated, signs legislation to raise teacher salaries and increase annual spending on public schools…

April 4, 2019

Regional News

Sex-abuse trial of fugitive priest tests federal reach

The trial of 80-year-old priest Arthur Perrault resumes Wednesday before a jury and federal judge at a courtroom in Santa…

April 3, 2019

Regional News

New Mexico scraps Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday signed legislation that creates Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the second Monday in October and…

April 2, 2019

Outdoors

New Mexico seeks bigger slice of outdoor recreation economy

At a state park in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation that creates a…

April 2, 2019