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Vice President Harris to officiate New Mexico governor’s May wedding

Then-New Mexico Governor-elect Michelle Lujan-Grisham delivers her acceptance speech alongside her fiancé Manny Cordova in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Nov.…

April 19, 2022

Santa Fe’s transparency regulations withstand final appeal

SANTA FE – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Santa Fe campaign disclosure requirements…

April 18, 2022

5,000 under evacuation orders as New Mexico wildfire rages

Eric Vaughn surveys the wind damage to his roof at the Unique Boutique in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Wednesday April…

April 16, 2022

New Mexico village seeks prayers as deadly wildfire rages

The remains of a home left after a wildfire spread through the Village of Ruidoso, N.M. on Wednesday, April 13,…

April 15, 2022

Wind whips destructive wildfires in New Mexico

A firefighting air tanker drops fire retardant across the mountains near the Village of Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday, April 13,…

April 13, 2022

New Mexico fires gain ground amid dry, windy conditions

Horses graze in a field while a fire rages in the bosque in Belen, N.M., on Monday April 11, 2022.…

April 12, 2022

New Mexico governor’s mother, Sonja Lujan, dies at age 82

Michelle Lujan Grisham holds the wheelchair of her mother, Sonja Lujan, as they speak with voters after casting their ballots…

April 11, 2022

Ted Turner land in New Mexico conserved in U.S. military deal

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Habitat for about a million bats will be protected from human impacts through a deal between…

April 11, 2022

Judge acquits New Mexico man of misdemeanors in Capitol riot trial

Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge…

April 6, 2022

New Mexico regulators to review coal plant financing dispute

Water flows into an evaporation pond Oct. 28, 2019, at the south side of the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station…

March 30, 2022

Recreational marijuana sales to begin Friday in New Mexico

A store worker poses for a photo with his shirt at the Ultra Health medical cannabis dispensary on Tuesday, June…

March 28, 2022

Bureau of Land Management extends comment period on Chaco proposal

Chaco Canyon was the center of a culture that flourished from the 800s to the 1100s. Land managers have scheduled…

March 28, 2022

Warily, tribes prepare for cannabis ventures in New Mexico

The town of Bayfield adjusted its 2013 marijuana ban to allow cultivation facilities closer to town starting Sunday. (Associated Press…

March 25, 2022

White House releases report on Native American voting rights

Lummi Nation tribal member Karen Scott drops her completed ballot into a ballot drop box on Oct. 19, 2020, on…

March 24, 2022

Methane survey from small plane finds more pollution, waste

Pumpjacks work in a field in 2015 near Lovington, N.M. A pollution survey using sensors on small airplanes to detect…

March 23, 2022

Political lobbyists denounce harassment by state senator

Light fades outside the New Mexico State Capitol on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Santa Fe, N.M., as the Legislature…

March 23, 2022

Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6

Otero County, New Mexico Commissioner Couy Griffin gestures as he speaks outside the federal court after receiving a verdict in…

March 22, 2022

Energy grants for U.S. tribes aimed at aiding vast power needs

The Kayenta Solar Facility is seen along the Arizona-Utah border on the Navajo Nation in 2017. A new $1.2 million…

March 21, 2022

Cowboy politician 2nd person to go on trial in Jan. 6 riot

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, founder of Cowboys for Trump, poses at his ranch May 12, 2021, in Tularosa, N.M.…

March 17, 2022

House panel launches probe of New Mexico 2020 election audit

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., presides during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Oct. 7,…

March 17, 2022

Haaland: Report about Indigenous boarding schools expected soon

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said Wednesday the Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report about…

March 16, 2022

Students from New Mexico university among 9 dead in Texas crash

Emergency responders work the scene of a fatal crash late Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in Andrews County, Texas. A vehicle…

March 16, 2022

VA proposal to close rural health clinics spurs opposition

Sen. Martin Heinrich speaks at the grand opening ceremony for a community-based outpatient clinic managed by the U.S. Department of…

March 14, 2022

Election audit prompts pushback from New Mexico auditor

New Mexico State Auditor Brian Colon speaks with reporters in 2019 in Albuquerque. Colon is the latest top Democratic official…

March 14, 2022