New Mexico

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

New Mexico approves free college tuition for all residents; Utes included

includes eligibility for Ute Mountain Ute, Southern Ute and Navajo tribes; 29 colleges participate

March 21, 2022

Capitol riot trial opens for Cowboys for Trump founder

Griffin says he is being prosecuted for his political views

March 21, 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

Tico Time addresses neighborhood noise concerns ahead of upcoming festival season

says music decibel levels will be monitored and main stage will be finished by 10:30 p.m.

March 15, 2022

Tico Time owner faces San Juan commissioners Tuesday about controversial festival

Neighbors complained about noise, trespassing and nudity last year

March 14, 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

New Mexico terror trial in limbo years after compound raid

A makeshift living compound in Amalia, N.M., is seen Aug. 10, 2018. A U.S. District Court on Thursday evaluated the…

March 14, 2022

New Mexico governor sets sights on building hydrogen economy

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham prepares to sign an executive order related to prioritizing hydrogen development following a roundtable…

March 11, 2022

New Mexico gets rid of the ‘tampon tax’

Earlier version of the bill included removing taxes from diapers

March 11, 2022

New Mexico regulators consider more oil and gas rules

Officials says regulations would be most comprehensive in the U.S.

March 10, 2022

Albuquerque council votes to rein in crisis powers of mayor

ALBUQUERQUE – The Albuquerque City Council has narrowly voted to reverse its 2020 action at the start of the pandemic…

March 10, 2022

U.S. looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management

Arch Canyon is seen within Bears Ears National Monument in Utah in 2017. National Park Service Director Chuck Sams says…

March 10, 2022

Governor signs $1B spending boost, vetoes pay for judges

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham talks with an audience at a retirement center in Santa Fe on Tuesday. Lujan…

March 9, 2022

San Juan County to host detention officer hiring fair

The San Juan County Adult Detention Center is hosting a detention officer hiring fair March 9 from 10 a.m. to…

March 7, 2022

New Mexico court: Grand juries can’t challenge COVID orders

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs one of a suite of education bills that will increase teacher salaries and benefits on…

March 7, 2022

Navajo energy company invests in carbon capture effort

The San Juan Generating Station outside of Farmington seen across the plant’s cooling pond in 2012. (Courtesy of Public Service…

March 7, 2022

New Mexico Democrats pick top contenders for June 7 primary

Family members of missing and slain Native Americans circle around New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, center, as she prepares…

March 4, 2022

Sen. Ben Ray Luján returns to Congress after stroke

LujanPatrick Semansky WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico returned to Congress on Thursday for the first…

March 4, 2022