New Mexico News

It's become an all too familiar tale: A naA ve, amoral Westerner travels to Stalinist North Korea and returns with breathless tales of what a wacky, weird, and wild time he had there! No, we're not just talking about former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson.

Two and a-half years is hardly sufficient time for any governor to transform a state with a history of consistently coming in at the bottom of national ratings that measure the well-being of its people.

The Washington State bridge collapse has New Mexicans wondering about bridge safety in their state.

Lovelace Health Plan and two other insurers on Friday lost their appeals to be part of New Mexico's $4 billion Medicaid program beginning Jan.

A lawsuit filed by a victim of a suspected Santa Fe child molester claims police and other authorities repeatedly ignored his and other boy's allegations and that a New Mexico lawmaker used her political influence to protect the suspect.

The 1906 Antiquities Act, which grants the president unilateral authority to protect broad swaths of land as monuments, has long stirred controversy in the West, where we don't like the feds overstepping.

While watching the news one evening, Arnold Orquiz was taken back to hear how many children in the state of New Mexico go hungry each and every day.

The New Mexico True campaign is part of the tourism department's push to put New Mexico on the map for travelers across the U.S. Efforts to coordinate with local tourism agencies across the state, such as Farmington's Convention and Visitors Bureau, are already underway.

The jury in the double-murder trial of a Santa Fe landlord delivered a guilty verdict Thursday, according to our newspartners at the Santa Fe New Mexican .

Lea County, in the heart of southeastern New Mexico's bustling oil patch, was the fastest-growing county in the state last year, while two-third of the counties lost population, according to the Census Bureau.

A problem with a computer form's alphabetical listing caused dozens of New Mexico school districts and charter schools to get too much state funding, while others didn't get enough.

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.