New Mexico

Groups: Retaliation after migrants report detention center

Migrants held by U.S. authorities at the Torrance County Detention Facility in rural Estancia, N.M., seen here in 2000, have…

September 29, 2022

New Mexico’s only Celtic festival runs in Aztec this weekend

Fifty to 60 vendors are expected to participate in the Aztec Highland Games & Celtic Festival Saturday and Sunday in…

September 27, 2022

New Mexico legislators weigh changes to harassment policies

A maintenance worker power-washes the state seal at an entrance of the capitol building on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in…

September 26, 2022

U.S. has to do more to help with wildfire recovery, Pelosi says while in Albuquerque

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds up a T-shirt that was given to her as a gift after a roundtable…

September 26, 2022

New Mexico allows funds for prosecutions in ‘Rust’ shooting

This aerial photo shows the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, the set of “Rust,” where a cinematographer was fatally…

September 26, 2022

New Mexico candidate ends gun giveaway tied to $100 donations

Audrey Trujillo, the Republican nominee for secretary of state in New Mexico, courts voters at a campaign rally in Rio…

September 23, 2022

Electric demand to outpace capacity for New Mexico utilities

A work truck leaves the San Juan Generating Station near Waterflow, N.M., on Tuesday. The coal-fired power plant's last operating…

September 22, 2022

New Mexico braces for exodus from Medicaid insurance

New Mexico Human Services Secretary Dr. David Scrase discusses the process for potentially triaging health care amid the coronavirus pandemic…

September 21, 2022

Climate-fueled wildfires worsen danger for struggling fish

Fish biologists release Rio Grande cutthroat trout into a new creek after rescuing them from a fire Sept. 15 near…

September 21, 2022

New Mexico previously bused migrants during Trump years

Migrants walk along concertina wire toward Border Patrol officers after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S.…

September 20, 2022

Cowboys for Trump co-founder appeals ban from public office

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters as he arrives at federal court in Washington on June 17. A…

September 20, 2022

Dwindling Colorado River Basin key to New Mexico agriculture

Workers harvest and bag green chile on Glen Duggins’ farm in Lemitar, N.M., on Aug. 27, 2020. Duggins, who grows…

September 19, 2022

The mother of Farmington’s nature center retires after 23 years

‘There was a whole area of wetlands that needed developing’

September 18, 2022

Northern N.M. ranch wants to use wildfire to educate children, people with disabilities

Yurts are surrounded by trees at Collins Lake Ranch on Monday. The ranch is a full-time home for people with…

September 16, 2022

Official: New Mexico horse racing still in the ‘dark ages’

Horses leave the starting gate at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Casino in Ruidoso, N.M., in 2010. A top horse racing…

September 16, 2022

Increasing pressures on Colorado River water in New Mexico

Researchers at the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center in Farmington work with alfalfa on July 22, 2020. Colorado…

September 14, 2022

Moth outbreak stresses trees in New Mexico forests

ALBUQUERQUE – An insect outbreak is believed to be causing conifer stands in some central New Mexico forests to lose…

September 14, 2022

A new mosquito is stalking New Mexico. Is the state ready?

Climate change creates a hospitable environment as United Nations warns of potential for disease spread

September 12, 2022

Found: Alligator, drugs, guns, money. But where’s the tiger?

This undated image released by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish shows a missing tiger in Alburquerque. The animal…

September 12, 2022

U.S. to award $35M in grants to tribes for 988 crisis line

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Most people in Santa Clara Pueblo in northern New Mexico know each other. So when a tribal…

September 9, 2022

U.S. executive branch acknowledges N.M. Downwinders for the first time

brief meeting with Biden’s health secretary was ‘profound,’ group says

September 8, 2022

New Mexico banishes Trump ally from office for insurrection

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters as he arrives at federal court in Washington on June 17. A…

September 7, 2022

Chaco park to host equinox sunrise event and astronomy festival

Tradition followed by astronomy discussions, viewings

September 5, 2022

As Forest Service wraps up pause on burns, a scientist fears what comes next

Scientist fears agency might over-correct for the errant prescribed burn

September 5, 2022