ROSWELL, N.M. – A manhunt for a Texas homicide suspect ended Tuesday in rural southeastern New Mexico when ranchers detained the man at gunpoint and handed him over to sheriff’s…
Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin presides at a public meeting in May in Alamogordo in a shirt with a “C4T“ logo that stands for Cowboys for Trump. Time is running…
SANTA FE – Recriminations about face-mask mandates are creating new tension between Democratic candidates in the election campaign for mayor in Santa Fe. In a flyer distributed by mail Friday,…
Man accused of hitting a credit union in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque’s public transit system won’t charge fares for riding buses during a 12-month experiment starting Jan. 1. City Council voted Monday night to approve the pilot program after…
Victim advocate Irene Melendez holding the leash of Judge, a 3-year-old yellow Lab, while speaking to a security guard at the First Judicial District courthouse in Santa Fe. Judge is…
SANTA FE – State health officials say they have identified five cases of West Nile virus infections across New Mexico and that wet weather may be a factor. The Department…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Sept. 8. President Joe Biden’s administration has approved a permanent 25% increase in food…
ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is on the downslope of the pandemic as the number of new infections has started to decline, state health officials said Wednesday during a virtual briefing.…
Tesla owners, Tesla employees and local political leaders gather at the service bay doors during an event on Sept. 9 to celebrate a partnership between Tesla and the Nambé Pueblo…
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s highest court has ruled that state law doesn’t require vehicle tail lights all be working perfectly, only that they work well enough for their intended…
Election officials are deploying ballot drop boxes across New Mexico for people who chose to cast absentee ballots without walking indoors during the upcoming Nov. 2 local election for public…
Retired Col. Brian Baca, right, tells New Mexico National Guard soldiers and airmen the story of an American flag made from scraps of material in a Japanese prisoner of war…
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s pandemic death roll rose by 20 on Friday, the largest reported single-day increase in months. The state on Friday also reported 885 additional confirmed cases…
Tribes seek greater self-determination in future elections
Volunteers can train, keep equipment at site west of Farmington
SANTA FE – State officials responsible for early childhood education in New Mexico say that prekindergarten teachers deserve the same salaries as teachers of older students, and they’re willing to…
Incoming Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus addresses students on the first day of their fall semester Aug. 11 at Highland High School in Albuquerque. State education officials are offering to pay…
ALBUQUERQUE – Advocates for the oil and gas industry and the environment are at odds over the latest draft of proposed regulations to tamp down on smog-causing pollution. A New…
AZTEC – In celebration of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 25, Aztec Ruins National Monument will offer a tour of Aztec North and the north mesa. Jeff Wharton,…
LOS LUNAS, N.M. – A pair of shootouts between a suspect and law enforcement officers left the suspect dead and two sheriff’s deputies injured, prompting the head of the New…
Mimi, 8, greets her mother Dawn Lourenco after getting off a school bus on Friday in Albuquerque. Lourenco’s two other children were forced to learn remotely because of outbreaks in…
A notice advises motorists not to pick up hitchhikers near the Santa Fe County Jail and the Penitentiary of New Mexico along Highway 14.Gabriela Campos/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP…
ALBUQUERQUE – Bernalillo County and the city of Albuquerque have long shared a large government building in downtown Albuquerque, but no more. The city is about to finalize its purchase…
Site would be the first fully inclusive and adapted playground in San Juan County
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Holloman Air Force Base is among several military installations that will take in Afghan refugees, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. The base near Alamogordo joins…
Heat-trapping gas blamed for 30-50% of rising global temperatures
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 57 new COVID-19 cases – 20 more than the previous day – plus one more death. The latest numbers pushed…
ALBUQUERQUE – Top health officials warned Wednesday that New Mexico is about a week away from rationing health care as COVID-19 infections continue to climb. State Health and Human Services…
ALBUQUERQUE – An environmental activist has been sworn in to fill a New Mexico House vacancy created by now-former Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton’s resignation amid a corruption investigation. The Bernolillo…
