Raton News

It's not surprising. From the beginning, he was one of the governor's most dubious appointees a businessman and campaign contributor who ponied up $16,000. The governor promised that business people would have "a friend and an ally" in Dennis, a self-made man who founded and grew DKD Electric Co.

In the month of April, the New Mexico State Land Office earned $45.4 million in revenue for the beneficiaries of the state land trust.

State representatives will be visiting Roswell, Artesia, Farmington, Raton, Silver City and Las Cruces in May and June to promote a program supporting small businesses.

Lincoln County officials are stepping up the effort to inform residents and visitors about the very real wildfire potential around the northern Sacramento Mountains.

Jennifer Samp CBS 7 News jsamp@cbs7.com April 25, 2013 The news hit the City of Kermit hard.

An unidentified entity interested in a site near Clovis might apply for the state's sixth and sole remaining racino gambling license.

The New Mexico Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a Court of Appeals decision and reinstate racing and gambling licenses for a planned racetrack casino in Raton.

An ongoing earthquake swarm in New Mexico and Colorado, which includes Colorado's largest earthquake since 1967, is due to underground wastewater injection, researchers said Friday at the Seismological Society of America's annual meeting in Salt Lake City.