Susan Montoya Bryan
Position: The Associated Press

Recovering from wildfire, New Mexico bill passes first test

Measure would clear the way for zero-interest loans

New Mexico's largest electric provider seeks rate hike

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric provider is seeking its first rate hike in years as it looks to recoup $2.6 billion in investments that executives say are needed to modernize the...

New Mexico sues tobacco companies over settlement payments

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is suing more than a dozen tobacco companies, accusing them of conspiracy and breach of contract. Attorney General Hector Balderas announced the legal challenge Tues...

U.S. sued over lack of protection plan for rare grouse

ALBUQUERQUE – An environmental group is suing U.S. wildlife managers, saying they have failed to protect a rare grouse found in parts of the Midwest that include one of the country’s most pr...

Tribal leaders pepper New Mexico candidates with questions

Voting access, sovereignty and water rights are concerns

Annual hot air balloon festival draws global audience to US

ALBUQUERQUE – Hundreds of hot air balloons were scheduled to lift off Saturday morning, marking the start of an annual fiesta that has drawn pilots and spectators from across the globe to Ne...

Inspections of chile imports heat up at New Mexico border

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s green chile season is in full swing as the aroma of fresh roasted peppers permeates the air, but growers and exporters in Mexico are just as busy and that’s causin...

New assessments show New Mexico students still struggling

Education officials tout ‘strategies’ to get back on track

New Mexico Supreme Court details ruling on stream access

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday detailed its legal reasoning for a decision earlier this year that answered a long simmering question over whether the public had a rig...

Medical investigator rules Baldwin set shooting an accident

ALBUQUERQUE – The fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, according to a determination made by New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Invest...

Son of suspect in Muslim slayings to remain in custody

ALBUQUERQUE – The son of an Afghan refugee suspected in the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in New Mexico will remain in custody pending trial on a charge that he allegedly provided a fal...

U.S. doles out relief dollars to build N.M. employment pipelines

State has highest unemployment rate in the nation