New Mexico News

ALBUQUERQUE >> Another round of severe storms was expected to produce hail, flooding and strong winds across northern and eastern New Mexico on Tuesday, a day after heaving rain produced pockets of flash flooding around the state.

The New Mexico Department of Health wants to remind parents to make sure their children are up to date on immunizations before sending kids back to school this August.

New Mexico's annual tax holiday is approaching and will provide shoppers with savings on purchases of school supplies, computers and some clothing and shoes.

'He's placed his life in the hands of a loving God': Family prays for U.S. doctor, 33, infected with Ebola in Liberia as he and another American battle deadly disease amid worst ever outbreak 'My boys really need her': Husband of missing mother-of-two, 38, begs his wife to come home as police say they have run out of leads over her mysterious ... (more)

SANTA FE >> The New Mexico Department of Health announced that coverage levels for the three vaccines routinely recommended for adolescent boys and girls increased in 2013.

An underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico that leaked radiation in February was cited by federal mine safety inspectors for dozens of workplace violations, almost all of which have been remedied, officials said Monday.

It's been a busy summer for movies and television in New Mexico and filming schedule momentum is expected to carry into the fall.

It's that time of year again: Hatch chile season is right around the corner. And while expat New Mexicans have always lined up for green chile to assuage their homesickness, the peppers have started to worm their way into the hearts of non-New Mexican Californians.

The annual children's clothing allowance through HSD provides a $50 payment per qualifying New Mexico child to purchase clothes for the upcoming school year.

July 25, 2014: Dr. Martin Hickey discusses the implications of the latest court rulings on ACA coverage subsidies (Dennis Domrzalski Dr. Martin Hickey, CEO of New Mexico Health Connections and New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange board member, told Albuquerque Business First on Friday that New Mexicans won't lose their federal health insurance ... (more)

New Mexico Cabinet Secretary Monique Jacobson will visit Carlsbad's tourist attractions this week, including the Carlsbad Caverns, Sitting Bull Falls and the Pecos River Riverwalk Recreation area.

A dog will undergo surgery and then be placed in a foster home in Colorado after being found in New Mexico with chemical burns that will likely force removal of an eye.

What if you woke up and found out the "recession" means that the number of your unemployed friends and neighbors in your home state, New Mexico, rocketed up an astounding 6.3% in one single, solitary, sad and sorry day? You won't hear any tv or radio reports or read any news articles framing the crisis in these terms, but I actually went to the raw ... (more)

WNMU President Dr. Joseph Shepard, left, presented Columbus Mayor Phillip Skinner with a gift for his dedicated work in bringing continued higher education to the village south of Deming.

Buoyant, bilingual, upbeat and the first female Hispanic governor of any state, New Mexico's Susana Martinez seems a good fit for chief executive officer of a Western state where almost half the 2.1 million population is Hispanic.

Drinking and driving a not only a big problem in New Mexico, but also on pueblos and reservations.

A union that represents workers at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center has withdrawn a threat to strike, even as a vote on a contract is due.

NEW MEXICO IS A PROUD PLACE AND A NEW SURVEY RANKS US HIGH FOUR OUR LOCAL LOVE. BUT THERE'S ONE STATE THAT REPORTEDLY HAS US BEAT.

A U.S. Marine Corps reservist held in a Mexican prison for more than three months on a weapons charge could have been released within days of his detention if not for "missed opportunities" by his original legal counsel, his attorney told CNN.

WEEKEND'S MUST-SEE: "Masterpiece Mystery," 9 p.m. Sunday, PBS. Separated by almost a century, two wonderfully eccentric writers combine for a tangled tale.