New Mexico News

New Mexico's film industry gets a glowing report card from the head of the State Film Office the agency in charge of helping the industry grow and develop.

According to a new report released Wednesday by wallethub.com , New Mexico is among the top five states with uninsured Americans.

When you think of wine-producing states, which states come to mind? California, Oregon, New York, Washington State? Do you ever think of New Mexico? Probably not, but our group of wine reviewers thinks you should.

Santa Fe's partial closure of its downtown plaza to traffic is taking longer to implement than planned.

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation said that in the last fiscal year they gave more than $18.5 million in cash and in-kind contributions to charitable organizations in New Mexico.

New Mexico has been awarded $507,107 through the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund for state-certified outdoor recreation and conservation projects.

It's July in New Mexico, where the monsoon season begins, and the average temperature is 92 degrees.

SANTA FE >> The New Mexico Department of Human Services and lawyers for low-income people are at odds on whether the state is complying with a judge's order to quickly process applications for food and medical benefits.

Sam and Abby Solomon go for a swim at Hotel Encanto on Tuesday. The Solomons, from Oregon, stopped in Las Cruces on their monthlong road trip.

Mark and Teresa Chittock from Clovis visited gourd artist Betty Day in Ruidoso Downs Sunday morning, the last day of the 19th Annual Lincoln County Studio Tour Art Loop.

The lawsuit filed recently in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque says Michael Faziani, 57, was thrown in a Sierra County solitary confinement jail cell for days after getting arrested on misdemeanor charges for a minor accident in a McDonald's parking pot.

The lawsuit filed recently in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque says Michael Faziani, 57, was thrown in a Sierra County solitary confinement jail cell for days after getting arrested on misdemeanor charges for a minor accident in a McDonald's parking pot.

Labor unions have contributed $180,000 to a Democratic-leaning political committee that can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to influence legislative and other state races in New Mexico.

New Mexico's rural hospitals should soon be getting $210 million in indigent care money, an injection of cash that will save some of them from having to shut down.

The Alzheimer's Association, New Mexico Chapter third annual Southern Regional Caregiver Conference will take place July 19 at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave., in Las Cruces.

A recent study shows New Mexico has some of the slowest internet service in the country.

In Roswell on Monday, Gov. Susana Martinez announced that spending by visitors to New Mexico increased by 7 percent in 2013, totaling around $300 million in new revenue for communities across the state.

A wildfire that charred about 5.6 square miles in northern New Mexico's Jemez Mountains is nearly fully contained, thanks in part to an assist from Mother Nature.

The Daily Times Chris Reed looks at text books on Wednesday during an information meeting for New Mexico Connections Academy at the Courtyard by Marriott in Farmington.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a recent study that New Mexico experienced more deaths per capita that were attributable to alcohol.