Associated Press New Mexico

Increasing pressures on Colorado River water in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Colorado River tributaries in New Mexico bring water to the alfalfa fields in the Four Corners and the forested hills of the Gila wilderness in the southwestern part of th...

DATE: Sep 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Moth outbreak stresses trees in New Mexico forests

ALBUQUERQUE – An insect outbreak is believed to be causing conifer stands in some central New Mexico forests to lose their needles, further stressing trees amid an ongoing drought. Officials...

DATE: Sep 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Found: Alligator, drugs, guns, money. But where’s the tiger?

ALBUQUERQUE – An alligator, drugs, guns and money were seized during a raid at two homes in Albuquerque last month, but New Mexico wildlife officials said Saturday they are still searching f...

DATE: Sep 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. to award $35M in grants to tribes for 988 crisis line

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Most people in Santa Clara Pueblo in northern New Mexico know each other. So when a tribal member needs mental health services or help for substance abuse, calling a triba...

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. executive branch acknowledges N.M. Downwinders for the first time

The brief meeting with Biden’s health secretary was ‘profound,’ group says

DATE: Sep 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico banishes Trump ally from office for insurrection

SANTA FE – A New Mexico state district court judge on Tuesday disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in the in...

DATE: Sep 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Santa Fe woman accused of embezzling nearly $600K from firm

SANTA FE – A Santa Fe woman has been accused of embezzling nearly $600,000 from a landscape architecture firm where she once worked. A Sept. 19 arraignment has been scheduled for 43-year-old...

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico judiciary endorses elimination of some court fees

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s judiciary has endorsed the elimination of court fees for traffic violations and some misdemeanor criminal cases that can have a disproportionate effect on the poor, a...

DATE: Sep 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico teams rally for hospitalized football player

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – For 22 seconds, none of the 104 players thought about football. The high school students’ thoughts and prayers were elsewhere – with Abraham Romero in the intensive c...

DATE: Sep 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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...

DATE: Sep 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor pledges $10M for new abortion clinic

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday signed a new executive order that pledges $10 million to build a clinic that would provide abortions and other pregnancy care. “The goal her...

DATE: Aug 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Researchers: Pretrial detention plans wouldn’t reduce crime

ALBUQUERQUE – Legislative proposals intended to make it easier to keep certain criminal defendants in jail while awaiting trial would have done little to reduce crime, according to a study b...