Sunland City Manager Jaime Aguilera says state investigators who temporarily shut down City Hall this week were looking for video from surveillance cameras pointed at the parking lot.
Gov. Susana Martinez's decision to replace a member of the state Game Commission with an Albuquerque attorney has upset southern New Mexico sportsmen.
Police say a nine-year-old boy was very drunk when he was found passed out and barely conscious on a Carlsbad, N.M., playground. KRQE reports the boy had a blood alcohol level of 0.24 -- three times the legal level of...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reclassified as endangered two fish found in New Mexico and Arizona.
Police say a nine-year-old boy was very drunk when he was found passed out and barely conscious on a New Mexico playground.
Garden City commissioners approved resolutions offering symbolic and financial support to an Amtrak route through southwest Kansas.
Police say a nine-year-old boy was very drunk when he was found passed out and barely conscious on a New Mexico playground.
Curry County residents face severe restrictions on open fires after county commissioners voted to implement a fire danger emergency resolution.
The Eddy County Commission has voted to give the sheriff's department a new office complex. Still to be answered is the cost, how big a complex and where the complex would be built. The sheriff's department is...
Homeland Security officials say the federal agency is planning to increase its presence fighting drug cartels in New Mexico's Four Corners region.
State police investigators armed with a search warrant temporarily moved into Sunland Park City Hall Tuesday afternoon.
A Santa Clara police officer has been arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual penetration of a minor for alleged incidents involving a 13-year-old boy.
The state health department has fired a contract worker in Roswell over a graphic sex pamphlet that nearly made into the hands of teenagers.
New Mexico's natural resources trustee, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Freeport-McMoRan and several subsidiaries have reached a $5.5 million settlement over the release of hazardous substance from mine facilities in...
Sen. Jeff Bingaman is set to host his annual Student Leadership Institute at New Mexico State University.
Gov. Susana Martinez plans to sign legislation that supporters say can help New Mexicans find hospitals that offer the most up-to-date care for stroke patients.
A former state police officer has been acquitted of leaving the scene of a crash that left a pedestrian dead in downtown Santa Fe.
Los Alamos National Laboratory Tuesday unveiled plans to shed as many as 800 workers, or nearly 10 percent of its regular, permanent workforce.
A state district judge is proposing two options for revamping political districts of the state House of Representatives to comply with directives from New Mexico's highest court.
The reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves to a mountain range just south of the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort to re-establish the endangered species is off to a rocky start.
Gov. Susana Martinez's administration is proposing to overhaul the Medicaid program but there will be no changes in who's eligible to receive medical services and no cuts in rates paid to health care providers.
The Jemez (HAY'-mehs) Pueblo and its partner are hoping their third attempt at applying for an off-reservation casino with the Interior Department is a go.
The lawyer credited with giving Albuquerque real estate executive and admitted Ponzi schemer Doug Vaughan the idea for raising cash through promissory notes has reached a settlement in the case.
A Raton man has pleaded guilty to stealing benefits intended for his mother.
Basic infrastructure costs on the Navajo Nation could top $850 million according to an Indian Community Development Block Grant program estimate.
A jury has returned a guilty verdict in a Carlsbad hit-and-run case stemming from the 2010 Halloween night death of a Carlsbad mother.
Gov. Susana Martinez has signed into law legislation that could require public officials convicted of corruption-related crimes to give back to the state their salaries and forfeit their accrued state pension benefits.
Authorities say a man has been cited in connection with a brush fire north of Anthony.
The Albuquerque Fire Department says it responded to four small brush fires just west of the Rio Grande Nature Center and crews worked quickly to contain all of the blazes.
A former New Mexico state police officer has been acquitted of vehicular homicide.
A New Mexico legislator says he won't seek re-election.
Authorities are trying to locate an Australian man for information about a woman who may have been a victim of a convicted sex torturer and suspected serial killer.
State officials say a lack of moisture likely means there won't be a repeat of the devastating wildfires of last year, but residents are still urged to take precautions before wildfire season arrives.
An Albuquerque teenage boy is recovering after police say he was car surfing and fell off an SUV. It happened Sunday night on the west side of the city.
The state transportation department reports difficult driving conditions on Interstate 25 Monday from Tecolote to Glorieta. It's snowing lightly and visibility is poor because of blowing snow. Crews have plowed the...
Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation is hosting its second annual balloon festival this weekend.
Las Cruces school bus drivers say they plan to picket Monday over wage issues. Officials from Texas-based Student Transportation Specialists of New Mexico will meet with union representatives to discuss a new contract. The...
Northern New Mexico roads are described as icy and snow packed and drivers are urged to use caution.
Officials at Sandia National Laboratories say decontamination foam developed more than a decade ago by lab scientists is now being used to clean up methamphetamine labs.
The Torrance County sheriff is looking for the owner of a 6-month-old brown filly that likely fell out from the back of a trailer.
New Mexico residents who live along flight paths of supersonic fighter jets from the Holloman Air Force Base are complaining about noise loud enough to set off car alarms.
Motorists on New Mexico roads will be seeing something new overhead - estimated times of commutes.
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is not being warmly received by at least one group of Mormons. That's the fast-growing group of Latino Mormons.
A skier is dead after he collided with another skier at Sandia Peak Ski Resort.
A 23-year-old college student from New Mexico is scheduled to go to trial for allegedly stealing a small pumpkin worth two dollars.
A mother of three has become one of the first women elected to the tribal council of the San Ildefonso Pueblo.
The head of Espanola police has called for an internal probe after an officer suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol was allowed to go home without taking a field sobriety test.
A lever-action rifle finished in 24-karat gold and shiny nickel is on display as New Mexico's official commemorative firearm at this year's Sunrise Lions Club Gun Show in Las Cruces.
Santa Fe voters will be asked whether the city can borrow $5 million to build a fire station and make improvements to police headquarters when they go to the polls next month.
Residents in northern New Mexico are bracing for a dose of winter and blustery winds as a storm system in Nevada moves into the state.
Albuquerque sanitation officials say a city garbage collection center inadvertently accepted materials containing asbestos in violation of department policy.
New Mexico State Sen. Clint Harden has announced that he will retire from the Legislature at the end of his term.
A federal judge says a lawsuit challenging reporting requirements imposed on Southwest gun dealers by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will stay in New Mexico.
Strip club owners in Albuquerque would have to be licensed and their performers could no longer touch their customers under a proposal being drafted by several city council members.
The deadly office shooting in California involving a federal immigrations supervisor and a special agent is the latest mark against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency created after the 2001 terror attacks.
A group of environmentalists is challenging the federal government's renewal of an operating permit for a northern Arizona coal mine.
Officials at the Mesilla Valley Animal Services Center say they are struggling with an unusually high number of puppies.
A man who was fired as manager of the Kayenta Township in Arizona is suing for wrongful termination.
A northern Arizona man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for cutting the throat of his girlfriend last year.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants state regulators to clarify some requirements in the operating permit for the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in northwest New Mexico.
Investigators say DNA has linked a Colorado inmate suspected of being the "Ether Man" serial rapist to a string of sexual assaults that roiled the University of Oklahoma campus from 1985 to 2005.
An Albuquerque woman who signed away her Chihuahua to be euthanized four months ago after it was viciously attacked by another dog has discovered that her dog is alive.
A federal judge has sentenced a Zuni man to 5.25 years in prison for his voluntary manslaughter conviction. The FBI says 21-year-old Cameron Kalestewa was sentenced Thursday in Santa Fe.
The Bureau of Land Management in New Mexico has a new state director.
A Bernalillo County grand jury has cleared three Albuquerque police officers who shot and killed a suspected carjacker last year.
A federal jury has awarded more than $3 million in damages to three former inmates raped by a prison guard at a New Mexico prison for women.
The mayor of Clovis says the community needs more rental housing to accommodate Cannon Air Force Base while helping jump start the economy of eastern New Mexico.
A judge has sentenced an Aztec man to 20 years in prison for his conviction on four counts of sexual molestation.
U.S. Marshals Service along with Albuquerque and State Police arrested two men and their grandmother in connection with a shooting incident at an Albuquerque Walmart.
Birdwatchers in eastern New Mexico are set to take part in the 15th international annual "Great Backyard Bird Count."
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded more than $1 million to American Indian communities in New Mexico to develop clean energy projects.
Nevada football coach Chris Ault has agreed to a two-year extension that will bring his salary to $535,000 by 2015. That's about half the average salary in the Mountain West Conference where he'll begin his 28th...
Three federal judges from New Mexico have been named to consider a lawsuit over new districts for the state House of Representatives.
A former Portales police captain has pleaded no contest to tampering with traffic citations last year.
House Speaker Ben Lujan brought his gavel down on the end of an era Thursday as he closed out his last regular session after nearly 38 years in the Legislature.
Las Cruces police say two adults have been arrested after their children tested positive for methamphetamine.
A man convicted of murdering a New Mexico tourist whose nude body was found on a Waikiki beach has been sentenced to life in prison.
Get out your boots and hats. A film casting company is recruiting possible extras in Colorado for a Disney remake of the classic movie "The Lone Ranger."
Navajo President Ben Shelly is set to sign a new law aimed at protecting vulnerable adults from discrimination, abuse, and neglect.
Officials at Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute say they are close to reaching an agreement with the Air Force and other federal agencies that will give the nonprofit sole ownership of its research building and 135...
New Mexico's state historian says newly discovered documents show that the state's historic Palace of the Governors may have been built later than originally believed.
A Clovis man who New Mexico health officials were trying to locate because of a serious medical condition has turned himself in.
The third defendant in the killing of a man at a southern New Mexico rest-stop has entered a no contest plea and was sentenced this week for second-degree murder.
Two men who branded a swastika on the arm of a Navajo man with mental disabilities are facing nine years in state prison. The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/A1uJp7 ) reports 28-year-old Paul Beebe and 26-year-old Jesse...
Bernalillo County is partnering with the state Department of Health and University of New Mexico Hospital to clear the way for new services to help pregnant women with drug and alcohol problems.
Time is running out on the Legislature's 30-day session.
Fifteen percent of New Mexico kindergartners and 21 percent of the state's third graders are obese.
A woman already accused of abducting her 11-year-old daughter from her Fort Worth home and taking her away to New Mexico is now accused of threatening to kill the girl.
A state district judge has stalled administrative efforts by New Mexico regulators to revamp rules that govern how oil and gas developers handle drilling waste.
New Mexico is becoming the latest state to free itself from an unpopular federal system of rating public schools.
Lawmakers are racing to complete their work as the finish line approaches for New Mexico's 30-day legislative session.
A young giraffe at the Clovis zoo has grown 2 inches and is said to be doing fine. Hillcrest Park Zoo assistant director Mark Yannotti tells the Clovis News Journal (http://bit.ly/wqjiJ4 ) staffers are working around the...
Claims that the president, vice president, secretary and other Shiprock Chapter staff mismanaged more than $1 million in chapter funds is under investigation by the Navajo Department of Justice.
A former New Mexico priest faces deportation back to the Philippines after being released from prison on a conviction of child molestation.
Farmington council members are crafting a nuisance ordinance involving pigeons. Some residents complain that neighbors are feeding pigeons and what the birds leave in return is not pleasant or healthy.
Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies arrested two women on Valentine's Day for refusing to move from the entrance to the marriage license area of the county clerk's office in downtown Albuquerque.
Wild dogs are forcing New Mexico ranchers to take drastic action. One Valencia County rancher tells KOB-TV (http://bit.ly/wSDuep ) they've been forced to kill more than 300 dogs in the past 18 months in an effort to save...
Experts at New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute have identified the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion as the new hottest pepper on the planet.
More than 100 ancient artworks from Mexico, Central America and the Andes are on display at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Gov. Susana Martinez has signed legislation that clears the way for oversized loads of hay to be transported on state roads.
A photographer for a wild horse protection group who says her First Amendment rights were violated when she was denied access to mustang roundups in Nevada has scored a victory in the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Two candidates have dropped out of the race for New Mexico's open U.S. Senate seat, but candidates on both sides of the aisle will still face competitive primaries in June.
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez isn't giving up on her proposal to stop New Mexico from granting licenses to illegal immigrants but her top House ally says the issue is dead for this year's legislative session.
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez remains optimistic that lawmakers will approve a centerpiece of her school improvement plan before time runs out in the legislative session.
The Navajo Code Talkers Association is under new leadership.
The office of German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere (toh-MAHS' day-mah-SEHR') says he'll meet with American counterpart Leon Panetta during a five-day trip to the U.S. and Canada in which he also will greet...
Lawmakers have given final approval to a nearly $6 billion budget plan but Republican Gov. Susana Martinez says she'll consider vetoing the proposal if the Legislature fails to agree on tax cut proposals.
The U.S. Labor Department has ordered the German Air Force Tactical Training Center based at Holloman Air Force Base to pay eight workers nearly $34,000 in back wages after investigators found violations of the overtime...
Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl will introduce legislation Tuesday to resolve the claims of two northern Arizona tribes to water from the Little Colorado River.
A New Mexico woman is facing aggravated battery after authorities say she stabbed her sister over a dispute about family loyalty.
A student at New Mexico State University has been cited by state police for allegedly prompting a campus incident that involved pepper spray.
The U.S. Forest Service has filed suit against the state and Otero County over management of certain forest lands. In 2001, the state passed a bill allowing counties to manage national forest lands under certain...
A body has been found in a ravine along the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences. KOAT-TV (http://bit.ly/x6ATcv ) reports a State Police dive team was called in to help retrieve the body Monday.
Trial is set to begin in Santa Fe for a former state police officer who was a passenger in a car that struck and killed a man in downtown Santa Fe in Nov. 2008.
New Mexico's largest city is set to begin a Silver Alert program aimed at keeping track of missing patients with Alzheimer's or dementia.
New Mexico officials say they are preparing for gay couples across the state who may try to obtain marriage licenses on Valentine's Day.
The Senate has approved a budget proposal for a 4 percent increase in state spending next year and the financial blueprint leaves room for possible tax cuts.
The Senate has approved a proposal to impose new restrictions on granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
Albuquerque political activist Andres Valdez says he's dropping out of the race for U.S. Senate.
A Maui man charged with sex assault has been arrested on a New Mexico reservation.
Republicans are asking a federal court to take over the job of drawing new districts for the state House of Representatives.
The Senate has approved a proposal to lower New Mexico's corporate income tax rate but change the tax treatment of large corporations with income from operations nationwide.
A proposal is heading to Gov. Susana Martinez to toughen penalties for elected officials convicted of public corruption.
The story of Geronimo easily overshadows that of other Apaches who were trying to protect their people and way of life from encroachment.
The House has approved a proposal to remove New Mexico's income tax from military retirement payments.
A northwest New Mexico man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree murder. The U.S. Attorney in Albuquerque says 36-year-old Darnell Begay was sentenced Monday. Begay and his 35-year-old cousin Tyrus...
The Legislature has given final approval to a measure creating additional judgeships in New Mexico.
President Barack Obama's new budget proposal puts plans for a controversial, $6 billion dollar nuclear lab at Los Alamos on hold.
A nuclear fuel manager with the Japanese nuclear plant struck by an earthquake sparking one of the world's worst nuclear disasters is scheduled to speak in Carlsbad.
State lawmakers are hoping that by allowing a few more bighorn rams to be hunted the state can raise at least $800,000 to help the species grow stronger.
A plan to build a multimillion retreat complex next to the historic El Santuario de Chimayo in northern New Mexico is drawing opposition from some nearby residents.
Two people are dead and a third person is being treated at an Albuquerque hospital following a house fire in Farmington.
Road conditions in northern New Mexico Monday are snow packed and icy.
Northern New Mexico Hispanic ranchers, once shunned and largely ignored, are flexing their political muscles now that more people know about the legacy of Spanish land grants.
Wild horse protection advocates are accusing the federal Bureau of Land Management of stacking a public advisory board with friends of cattle ranchers at the expense mustangs. And they say they are worried the panel is...
The National Weather Service says a winter weather system is bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain to New Mexico's mountains and eastern plains.
A private Catholic high school is Santa Fe is considering random drug testing for its students as a way to deter drug use.
State and federal officials say feral pigs are ravaging eastern New Mexico's range and farmland.
The House has approved a proposal to help shore up the finances of a pension program for public school employees and higher education workers.
The House has approved a bill backed by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez to provide a tax break for businesses that hire veterans who recently left the military.
Federal authorities say they've stepped up efforts in recent years to stem the flow of illicit cash pouring across the southwestern border.
Officials in Lea County are questioning whether Gov. Susana Martinez was wrong when she ordered them to hold an election for sheriff this year.
Police in Santa Fe say an evacuation they initially blamed on chemicals seeping from a clandestine methamphetamine lab was not drug related after all.
The man arrested on suspicion of murdering his ex-wife 25 years ago in New Mexico was a popular train station musician in San Francisco.
The name George I. Sanchez has been celebrated for years among Mexican Americans in Texas and California.
New Mexicans buying a plug-in electric car could receive a state tax credit under legislation that's cleared the House.
The Senate has confirmed Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's nominee to lead New Mexico's economic development agency.
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's office is criticizing a New Mexico Supreme Court ruling overturning a redistricting plan for the state House as a "partisan decision."
The Senate has approved a measure to allow the city of Gallup to levy a tax to help finance a federally authorized pipeline project to bring water to the community and part of the Navajo Nation.
New York and 10 other states have filed a lawsuit designed to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue new regulations on soot pollution.
The state Supreme Court has overturned a plan for new districts for the state House of Representatives and ordered a judge to draw a new map.
Federal officials say a pilot program designed to make it quicker for pedestrians to enter the U.S. from Mexico has reduced wait times by 26 percent at a West Texas crossing.
New Mexico officials are considering an application from a New York-based company to drill for billions of gallons of water in a remote stretch of the state to meet demands in the Rio Grande Valley.
Federal officials say a pilot program designed to make it quicker for pedestrians to enter the U.S. from Mexico has reduced wait times by 26 percent at a West Texas crossing.
Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have earned a place on New Mexico's June 5 primary election ballot.
Former San Diego Union-Tribune publisher Ed Moss has been named president and chief executive officer of The Denver Post.
Before they go home, Gov. Susana Martinez wants lawmakers to take one more crack at passing legislation to protect spacecraft manufacturers from legal liability.
Cuba Independent Schools is facing a state probe for licensure and financial issues and the district's superintendent has announced he is resigning.
No injuries are reported after an early morning apartment fire in east Albuquerque. The fire department says all of the residents of the apartment complex located near Juan Tabo and Central Avenue made it out safely.
Jury selection for a death penalty trial is on pace to set a New Mexico record.
Authorities say vandals hit the Aztec Ruins in northwest New Mexico causing several thousand dollars in damage to the ancient site.
Las Cruces police say two men and one woman have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting Saturday at a smoke shop.
New Mexico forestry officials are looking at the skies and hoping for more rain but at the same time they're preparing for what may be a terrible wildfire season.
New Mexico's congressional delegation is sponsoring legislation to increase research and education efforts related to Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM), a relatively unknown illness that is more common among New...
Elected county officials, including sheriffs and commissioners, could receive pay increases of up to 15 percent next year under a proposal that has passed the House.
An Arizona state senator leading the charge to overturn that state's much debated immigration law and an Alabama activist fighting his state's new anti-immigration law are scheduled to speak at a forum in Santa Fe.
A necropsy on an endangered Mexican gray wolf that died in December shows the animal was shot to death.
The towering Shiprock pinnacle is perfectly framed by a window in Wilson De Vore's modular classroom tucked behind Northwest High School.
A proposal by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez to eliminate time limits for prosecuting homicides has stalled in a Senate committee and is likely dead for the session.
An Arizona jail inmate who recently fled from work detail in the Phoenix metropolitan area has been caught in New Mexico.
The House has approved a proposal to require legislators to contribute more into their pension plan, but the sponsor of the measure says the Legislature needs to scale back its retirement program.
The superintendent of New Mexico's largest school district says he's disappointed but not surprised that New Mexico didn't get a No Child Left Behind waiver.
A state district court has turned down a request by labor unions to remove Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's appointee to a board that enforces New Mexico's collective bargaining law for government employees.
Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez has blocked all measures to streamline New Mexico's utility regulatory agency and establish minimum qualifications for elected members.
Gov. Susana Martinez bills herself as the transparency governor, promoting her mandate that all state employee salaries be posted publicly, touting her support for a bill that would require agencies and elected bodies to...
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