New Mexico

Santa Fe woman accused of embezzling nearly $600K from firm

SANTA FE – A Santa Fe woman has been accused of embezzling nearly $600,000 from a landscape architecture firm where…

September 5, 2022

New Mexico judiciary endorses elimination of some court fees

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s judiciary has endorsed the elimination of court fees for traffic violations and some misdemeanor criminal…

September 4, 2022

New Mexico teams rally for hospitalized football player

Organ Mountain football players celebrate their win during a game Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, at the Field of Dreams in…

September 4, 2022

New assessments show New Mexico students still struggling

Education officials tout ‘strategies’ to get back on track

September 2, 2022

Red flag laws get little use as shootings, gun deaths soar

Pattern plays out in New Mexico and Colorado

September 2, 2022

New Mexico Supreme Court details ruling on stream access

Boaters navigate the shallow Rio Grande as it flows through Rio Rancho, N.M., Aug. 31. New Mexico and other southwestern…

September 1, 2022

Settlement deadline looms in Supreme Court case over Rio Grande water

claims New Mexico shorted its share of the water by pumping groundwater

August 31, 2022

New Mexico governor pledges $10M for new abortion clinic

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has tested negative for the coronavirus after a custodian at the governor’s mansion was…

August 31, 2022

Researchers: Pretrial detention plans wouldn’t reduce crime

ALBUQUERQUE – Legislative proposals intended to make it easier to keep certain criminal defendants in jail while awaiting trial would…

August 31, 2022

New Mexico governor issues pardons to 6 people

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday pardoned six people for convictions ranging from fraud and larceny to burglary…

August 29, 2022

Lawmakers ask about self-sufficiency of New Mexico spaceport

Virgin Galactic ground crew guide the company’s carrier plane into the hangar at Spaceport America after a test flight over…

August 29, 2022

NAACP supports removal of Cowboys for Trump cofounder

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin represents himsilf in a law suit to have him removed from office because of his…

August 29, 2022

Albuquerque woman accused of embezzling $175K from employer

SANTA FE – An Albuquerque woman is accused of embezzling more than $175,000 from her former employer over a six-year…

August 29, 2022

Afghan refugee enters not guilty plea in Muslim slayings

Syedonset ALBUQUERQUE – A lawyer for an Afghan refugee accused in the Albuquerque slayings of three Muslim men entered a…

August 26, 2022

New Mexico governor tests positive for COVID-19

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an executive order aimed at ensuring safe harbor to people seeking abortions or…

August 25, 2022

New Mexico won’t deny law licenses over immigration status

A nominating commission interviews Supreme Court candidate Shannon Bacon, right, an Albuquerque-based district judge, at the Supreme Court in Santa…

August 23, 2022

Record-setting wildfire in New Mexico declared contained

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire, in Las Vegas,…

August 23, 2022

Afghan refugee faces murder charge in third Muslim killing

Syedonset ALBUQUERQUE – An Afghan refugee charged in the slayings of two Muslim men is facing new charges in connection…

August 22, 2022

N.M. city, victim of government burn, now faces water shortage

Burned trees are visible on Aug. 8 in Gallinas, N.M. Earlier this year the area endured the devastation of the…

August 22, 2022

5 New Mexico jails less than half staffed; 1 moving inmates

ALBUQUERQUE – Five of New Mexico’s 26 county jails and detention centers are suffering from staff shortages that have pushed…

August 22, 2022

Employees at Santa Fe Starbucks store to pursue unionizing

Workers at a Santa Fe Starbucks are taking steps to unionize. (Associated Press file)onset SANTA FE – Workers at a…

August 19, 2022

Oil, gas revenues to drive New Mexico’s next budget windfall

Pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. New Mexico in April reached a record level of oil production with…

August 18, 2022

Albuquerque shuts down Coronado Park, leaving some to find new place to sleep

Closure comes as the city also cracks down on sidewalks and ditches but before new housing programs are in place

August 18, 2022

Governor praises health care workers as she further lifts COVID-19 protections

Explosion of cases at schools ‘inevitable’ as districts move away from masking, advocate says

August 18, 2022