Top-tier management team assigned to New Mexico wildfire

OTERO, N.M. – A top-tier management team and additional air tankers and ground crews have been assigned to a wildfire burning in the Sacramento Mountains of south-central New Mexico. ...

Employee of defense contractor faces charges in Capitol riot

ALBUQUERQUE – A Santa Fe man who works for a defense contractor faces criminal charges for his acknowledged presence inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Authorities sa...

New Mexico expands child-wellness campus in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – The state of New Mexico is expecting multimillion-dollar annual savings on lease costs with the relocation of 160 child-wellness officials to a newly renovated campus in southe...

New Mexico labor agency defends tax rates for unemployment

SANTA FE – New Mexico labor officials are responding with reassurances to an onslaught of complaints about increased tax rates on businesses to support unemployment insurance. In addition, t...

New Mexico utility seeks to recover spike in gas costs

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gas Co. has filed an application with state regulators to recover costs associated with dramatic spikes in natural gas prices that were prompted by a deep...

U.S. sets aside habitat critical for survival of rare songbird

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. wildlife managers have set aside vast areas across several states as habitat critical to the survival of a rare songbird that migrates each year from Central and South Ame...

Court denies former priest’s appeal in New Mexico abuse case

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a former Roman Catholic priest’s convictions and 30-year prison sentence in a New Mexico case centered on sexual abuse of an altar b...

New Mexico high schoolers will return after ‘secret prom’

SANTA FE – High school students who attended “secret proms” in a southern New Mexico school district won’t face disciplinary actions, and their schools will resume in-person classes sooner t...

Judge rules for news organizations in public records lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – A judge has ordered the Albuquerque school district to pay more than $400,000 to the District Judge Nancy Franchini also ruled Monday that the two news organizations are enti...

First lady Jill Biden to visit Albuquerque health clinic

ALBUQUERQUE – First lady Jill Biden plans to visit an Albuquerque health care facility as part of a three-day, two-state visit to the Southwest this week. The White House announce...

New Mexico governor signs bill to require paid sick leave

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Thursday requiring that employers throughout the state provide paid sick leave to workers. Signed Thursday, th...

‘Secret prom’ puts Las Cruces school back on remote learning

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A Las Cruces high school returned to remote learning on Friday as the school district in New Mexico’s second most populous city investigates a recent off-campus “secret pr...