New Mexico News

New Mexicans wanting to donate money to victims of the Oklahoma City tornado are being warned by the American Red Cross to be on the lookout for con artists posing as charities.

New Mexico's 15 state-run museums and historic sites will be free this summer for active duty members of the military and their families.

Law enforcement officials from all over southern New Mexico, including the DoA a Ana County Sheriff's Department, Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility, United States Probation and Parole Office, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico State Police, Las Cruces Police Department, New Mexico State University Police and agents with the U.S. Border ... (more)

CBS News recently reported a Gallup poll asking Americans what they believe to be the most important problems we face today.

The duplicitous, tabloid life led by former U.S. senator Pete Domenici changed New Mexico politics in ways that only this month have come into full view.

New Mexicans who have federal student loan debt may see their interest rates double unless Congress acts by July 1. But many expect that, similar to last year, Congress will take action just before the deadline, staving off the sharp increases for students who have taken out subsidized Stafford loans, which are federally subsidized and guaranteed ... (more)

New Mexicans qualifying for extended unemployment benefits starting next month will have their payments reduced by 25 percent because of federal spending cutbacks, state officials announced Wednesday.

Coat the chops with the spice mixture, place them in a zipper-top plastic bag, and refrigerate.

Gone are the days when New Mexico and Washington were the only states to issue driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally.

Today, Governor Susana Martinez announced that the State of New Mexico is prepared and ready to assist the State of Oklahoma in the ongoing relief and recovery projects following the deadly tornadoes that hit the area on Monday.

A Santa Fe landlord's murder trial is underway in a case stemming from the shooting of a tenant and her daughter's boyfriend during a January 2012 rent dispute.

New Mexicans have never been asked to vote on gay marriage, but if they were asked today the results would be pretty close.

Although Mayor Tommy Roberts, City Manager Rob Mayes, Councilwoman Gayla McCulloch and Councilman Dan Darnell supported the wage decision, Councilman Jason Sandel and Councilwoman Mary Fischer said the decision puts the city and its employees in worse shape for years to come.

Commercial real estate leaders gathered in Albuquerque Monday to hear three panelists discuss the educational and economic picture in New Mexico and how it can be improved.

A New Mexico judge appears poised to rule that the state can continue to pay for private school students' textbooks.

In particular, the specialty beer for the Las Cruces restaurant just got wider distribution as the Las Cruces City Council unanimously approved the issuance of a small brewer's liquor license at Monday's council meeting, at City Hall.

Several generations of the Moses family gather with the WNMU President's award, a replica artifact of a Mimbres water gourd, created by Silver City artists Pierre Nichols, a student of the Mimbres Culture, which native to Southwest New Mexico, and presented to the family by university president Dr.

Latest to the question of whether a person is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a particular demographic is Ted Cruz -- the conservative Texas senator who happens to be of Hispanic descent.

The Red Cross may deploy volunteers to the area as early as tomorrow morning. For those looking for family members Regional CEO, Rahim Balsara said there is help on the web.

New Mexico's health insurance companies are going to have to come up with more money to cover about 1,500 critically ill people because the federal government has reneged on a guarantee to pay for their care, according to Jason Sandel, a board member of the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool.