New Mexico News

Dec. 06--When listening to Ready! Get! Go! by The Dot Wiggin Band, it might be helpful to realize that it all started with a palm reading.

A slow-moving but ferocious winter storm crawled its way across the USA Thursday, bringing a nasty mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow all the way from Texas to the Great Lakes and promising a dismal weekend for much of eastern half of the country through the weekend.

Current-Argus Kevin Baggerly, right, and Taisha Perea wrap props meant to appear as presents on stage inside the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center in Artesia.

PRISON TONIGHT ... MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS PROJECTED TO BE RELEASED. HE'D BEEN SERVING A 67-MONTH SENTENCE FOR HIS ROLE IN A CONSTRUCTION SCANDAL AT THE METRO COURTHOUSE.

The southeast part of the state is getting hit hard with winter weather. Roswell, in particular, got an inch of snow Thursday and freezing temperatures in the area is making this storm worse than others.

Colleen Martinez shovels snow off her driveway in Santa Fe, N.M., Tuesday, Dec, 5, 2013.

Sun-News file photo. Manuel Lozoya, owner of Masa y Mas, shows off a pot of his award-winning tamales before last year's fiesta.

It's been steadily snowing in Albuquerque all morning as the majority of New Mexico feels the effects of the snow and dropping temperatures.

The moderate snowfall overnight struck Interstate 25 near Raton in northern New Mexico, resulting in a warning to motorists from the state Department of Transportation.

New Mexico's civilian labor force - those people working or looking for jobs - shrank by 18,594 during the past 12 months, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday.

This new Mexican restaurant on West Queen West from folks with ties to Milagro and L.A.B. is high on ethical and healthful products.

Governor Susana Martinez Proposes Nearly $2.5 Million Expansion in Nurse Practitioner and Family Practice Residency Slots, Discusses New $600,000... to confront unprecedented changes in health care and connect New Mexicans in rural areas with the health care they need.

It's December. Christmas is coming. Colorful lights are on display, but if there's one color I wish we'd all see this holiday season, it's red.

Monument >> I like the logic of Jerry Schickedanz, we don't need federal protection for the Organ Mountains, because we have federal protection for the Organ Mountains, therefore we "should all be able to agree" with Congressional Republicans and protect a whole lot less of it.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is using 85-year-old Korean War veteran Merrill Newman and another American as pawns in a game with the United States - but the stakes remain unclear, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says.

KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS ANCHOR ROYALE DA IS LIVE TO EXPLAIN THE NEW STRATEGY. DOUG SHELLY - OFFICIALS SAY HEALTH CARE REFORM WILL MEAN MORE PEOPLE SEEKING HEALTH CARE.

Newborn infants in New Mexico should be experiencing healthier births. Teen pregnancy rates are declining, and more pregnant women are receiving early prenatal care.

It has never been easy, trying to catch the wind. But the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project in southeastern New Mexico might be inching closer to doing that.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM WEDNESDAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO.

A new program at the University of New Mexico is working to decrease the number of New Mexicans who drink and drive.