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In August of 1846 General Stephen Kearney stood on the roof of a low adobe structure on the plaza of Las Vegas, NM.

Meanwhile, the Whites Peak fire burning north of Las Vegas has burned 11,000 acres but officials say the fire has not grown much.

Square in the middle of three years of intense drought conditions, New Mexico is dealing with an escalating water problem that has now caused one town, Magdalena, to run out of water, forcing city officials to scramble for solutions to bring relief to local residents and businesses.

Five government, insurance and health care officials are in the running to manage New Mexico's newly independent insurance regulatory agency.

Northeastern New Mexico has been described as a "housing desert" where homes typically sell at a snail's pace or sometimes not at all and new construction is rare to nonexistent.

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Five government, insurance and health care officials are in the running to manage New Mexico's newly independent insurance regulatory agency.

Bonanza High Grad and University of Star third baseman Kris Bryant was selected 2nd over-all in Thursdays Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago Cubs.

Have you ever seen a sign outside a restaurant, caf or bar that made you decide that you just HAD to eat there? It takes a clever mind and a gifted artist to be able to come up with such brilliant signs, but here and there, the signs are so good they even manage to make it off the street and onto the internet where they can live forever.

The water table has dropped almost 20 feet since January due to the persistent drought that has plagued nearly all of New Mexico for the last three years.

This photo released courtesy Zach Bryan shows a massive plume of smoke rises from the Thompson Ridge Fire burning in the Jemez Mountains north of Rio Rancho, N.M., on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

Las Vegas police investigators are at the scene of Wednesday afternoon's shooting, trying to piece together the events surrounding the apparent suicide.

If you've spent five minutes in a Las Vegas casino, you know what I'm talking about.

Two New Mexico banks ranked among the top 100 banks in the Southwest in terms of profit margins in the first quarter, according to a Texas-based financial consulting firm.

The Tres Lagunas Fire has spread to more than 8,000 acres. Officials say it is only 7 percent contained.

More than 900 firefighters were racing against increasing winds and dropping humidity levels Monday as they fought to contain two wildfires raging in the northern New Mexico mountains.

A fire that burned at least five structures and threatened about 1,000 others exploded in size overnight, burning dangerously close to two foothill communities north of Los Angeles.

Fire crews in New Mexico fought two growing wild blazes Saturday that have driven people from their homes and scorched thousands of acres, while a shift in the wind prompted evacuation calls for more than 1,000 homes in California.

Fire crews in New Mexico on Saturday fought two growing wild blazes that have scorched thousands of acres, spurred evacuation calls for dozens of homes and poured smoke into the touristy state capital.

As firefighters gained ground Friday on a wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles, another blaze flared up in the West.