New Mexico

Southern New Mexico city to install safe haven ‘baby box’

HOBBS, N.M. – Hobbs city commissioners took a step toward saving the lives of unwanted newborns at a recent meeting…

July 25, 2022

2 dead, 1 missing in flooding in northern New Mexico

A sunset is seen through plumes wildfire smoke in Las Vegas, N.M., on May 7. Two people died and another…

July 23, 2022

With Rio Grande reduced to a trickle, river managers brace for more drying

Sand and gravel bars in the Rio Grande expand in the river’s reach through central New Mexico as monsoon clouds…

July 21, 2022

Fatally injured New Mexico helicopter crew member called 911

This image from video provided by KOAT, shows scene where four people were killed in a crash of a Bernalillo…

July 20, 2022

Crowd protests relocation of abortion clinic to New Mexico

Anti-abortion advocates listen to various speakers during the Emergency Pro-Life Rally for New Mexico in Las Cruces, N.M., on Tuesday.…

July 20, 2022

New Mexico tax changes benefit lower-income residents

A pump jack as seen March 30, 2022, in Tatum, N.M. The state’s direct financial reliance on the energy industry…

July 20, 2022

Upper Basin states lay out plan to help the Colorado River, but say Lower Basin needs to chip in more

Letter: ‘Efforts to protect critical reservoir elevations must include significant actions focused downstream of Lake Powell’

July 19, 2022

Copter crashes, kills 4 during severe New Mexico fire season

was returning from firefighting mission

July 18, 2022

Interior head Haaland breaks leg in hiking accident

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the budget request for fiscal…

July 18, 2022

Two new faces in New Mexico oil and gas

Merrion and Sean Dugan take over family businesses during disruptions of pandemic and war

July 16, 2022

Southern New Mexico county says abortion clinics not welcome

Otero County, N.M., Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters at federal court in Washington on June. 17. The county commission…

July 15, 2022

State gives ‘outstanding’ designation to northern N.M. waters, enhancing pollution rules

activities that can cause water degradation must go through strict state authorization process

July 13, 2022

Doctors urge access to psychedelic therapies in New Mexico

People walk under the state Capitol rotunda during the annual legislative session on Feb. 2 in Santa Fe. A legislative…

July 13, 2022

Regulators recommend license for spent nuclear fuel storage in southern New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – There are no environmental reasons that would prevent a New Jersey-based company from building a multibillion-dollar facility in…

July 13, 2022

Rule for managing endangered Mexican wolves spurs lawsuit

A Mexican gray wolf is seen in Eurkea, Mo., on May 20, 2019. U.S. wildlife managers are being sued over…

July 13, 2022

U.S. awards $3B contract to manage nuclear waste repository

A worker drives a cart through a tunnel inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant No. 2, 150 feet below the…

July 13, 2022

New Mexico county blasts U.S. over historic prescribed fire

A forest along NM518 in Mora County, N.M, is scorched by the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire on May 23. (Eddie…

July 12, 2022

Top official during massive New Mexico blaze gets new post

A forest along NM518 in Mora County, N.M, is scorched by the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire on May 23. (Eddie…

July 11, 2022

New Mexico school trust feels pressure; voters weigh changes

Spanish teacher Titi Martin-Borregon teaches fourth grade Spanish/English dual language class students at the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque,…

July 7, 2022

UNM professor recruiting Native American teachers to work in their hometowns

A school bus travels along a dirt road outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. Glenabah Martinez is looking for recent…

July 6, 2022

Western states could settle feud over beleaguered Rio Grande

The Rio Grande flows just north of Albuquerque on April 10. The fight between Texas and New Mexico over management…

July 6, 2022

Large Texas abortion provider will relocate to New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the largest abortion providers in Texas is planning to move its operations to New Mexico and…

July 6, 2022

Attorneys for Trump in New Mexico confront new scrutiny

In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, John Eastman, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump,…

July 1, 2022

1 of 2 remaining units closes at San Juan Generating Station

Customer rates fuel debate around New Mexico power plant

June 30, 2022