New Mexico

Regional News

Drunken driving deaths at 36-year low in New Mexico

In all, there were 122 DWI deaths in 2015, down from 166 the year before. Gov. Martinez released the latest…

March 23, 2016

Local News

New Mexico officials say rivers still tainted from Gold King Mine spill

sends $1.5M bill to EPA

March 15, 2016

Regional News

Open records: N.M. lawmakers rarely use work email

The Legislature’s four top leaders provided their appointment calendars and hundreds of emails from the first week in February in…

March 10, 2016

Regional News

N.M. Gov. Martinez endorses Marco Rubio

‘A compelling leader who can unite the country around conservative principles’

March 3, 2016

Regional News

N.M. endorses spending cuts, targeted pay increases

The Republican governor said she used her line-item veto authority very sparingly after the Legislature shaved overall state spending and…

February 29, 2016

Regional News

New Mexico moves to cut budget amid oil bust

A Senate Finance Committee unveiled budget amendments that would shave spending across state agencies this fiscal year, and cut funding…

February 14, 2016

Regional News

N.M. official blasts EPA over Gold King spill

‘When storm events occurred, the sediment was remobilized’

February 10, 2016

Regional News

New Mexico state revenues plunge on low energy prices

Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, chair of the New Mexico Senate Legislative Finance Committee, said the fall in oil prices…

January 27, 2016

Regional News

Some call New Mexico governor Susana Martinez‘anti-immigrant’ over ID law

The nation’s only Latina governor also has denounced GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump for his remarks on Mexican immigrants, visited…

January 25, 2016

Regional News

Report: New Mexico charter schools cost more, perform same

The evaluation by staff at New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee warned that charter schools are diluting the amount of funds…

January 18, 2016

Regional News

New Mexico first to issue plans to sue EPA, Colorado over Gold King Mine spill

Gold King Mine’s adit, which is about 10 feet wide and 15 feet, is where a blowout occurred on Aug.…

January 14, 2016

Regional News

Antique maps weather both good times and bad

has navigated Santa Fe art world for 30 years

January 5, 2016

Regional News

Judge to weigh venue change in Albuquerque police trial

Former Albuquerque detective Keith Sandy, left, and Albuquerque police officer Dominique Perez, right, talk to defense lawyer Sam Bregman, center,…

January 5, 2016

Regional News

N.M. governor emphasizes policing, teachers in budget

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez speaks at a news conference in Albuquerque. In the wake of a string of high-profile…

January 4, 2016

Regional News

Albuquerque homicides up 53 percent in 2015

calls for tough sentencing for repeat offenders

January 4, 2016

Regional News

New Mexico official: Illegal to keep names of marijuana producers secret

Balderas’ office on Monday made public a letter he sent to the state Department of Health in response to proposed…

January 4, 2016

Regional News

N.M. finishes year with record wet weather

‘Miracle May’ began bountiful year for precipitation

December 30, 2015

Regional News

New Mexico works to unbury

record snowstorm, officials warn of freezing temperatures

December 29, 2015

Business

New Mexico lawmakers may try again on Uber, Lyft bill

Uber driver Rebecca Reynolds stands in front of her 2008 Honda Accord parked in the Santa Fe Plaza. Reynolds will…

December 29, 2015

Business

In northern N.M., Los Alamos faces an uncertain future

Possible change in nuke lab contract could affect taxes, jobs and economic security

December 29, 2015

Regional News

Recording suggests N.M. governor drunk at holiday party

N.M. Gov. Susana Martinez’s office on Tuesday reiterated that she has said she had a drink and a half on…

December 22, 2015

Local News

Water monitoring plans may bring Four Corners together

Mexico, La Plata County discuss partnerships

December 16, 2015

Regional News

New Mexico foresees limits on infrastructure spending

New Mexico lawmakers have begun wading through some $1.8 billion in funding requests for public works projects submitted by state…

December 13, 2015

Local News

New operator for Navajo Mine

Fuels Company will take over Farmington operation

December 10, 2015

Regional News

U.S. monitor: No deal yet on Albuquerque use-of-force policy

Independent monitor James Ginger, who is overseeing federally ordered changes to the Albuquerque Police Department, on Thursday said the department…

December 3, 2015

Regional News

Endangered bat, cactuses subjects of new federal lawsuit

In court papers filed last week in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and the Texas…

November 25, 2015

Regional News

San Juan College helps struggling students

The tentatively titled Center for Working Families program was established as part of a series of grants from the W.K.…

November 24, 2015

Regional News

N.M. health exchange defends efforts to reach uninsured

Officials estimate more than 230,000 people in the state remain uninsured. While nearly half of them are low-income and eligible…

November 18, 2015

Regional News

GOP eyes Utah driver’s license model for New Mexico

Immigrant advocates rally at the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe to protest a proposal aimed at repealing the…

November 3, 2015

Regional News

Albuquerque lays slain officer to rest

The funeral for Officer Daniel Webster drew thousands of officers and others from across the Southwest as New Mexico’s largest…

November 3, 2015