New Mexico News

Joining a growing trend nationally, New Mexico Department of Corrections announced Wednesday it is ending its 30-year-old policy of allowing inmates overnight visits with lovers and family.

An ex-con known in New Mexico as "The Milk-Man Rapist" has pleaded guilty to similar charges in Montana.

SANTA FE >> The Land of Enchantment did not prove to be much of a land of opportunity in the past year, dropping four places in the "Rich States, Poor States" ratings.

New Mexico commercial production fell sharply last year according to a USDA year-end crop production report and confirmed by the latest crop statistics from the New Mexico Department of Agriculture.

TV reports that installing additional safety lighting on some parts of the campus is a priority for student leaders because of potential risks at night.

Martha Mauritson/ Current-Argus A veteran's grave is marked by two small flags at Sunset Gardens Cemetery in east Carlsbad.

Commissioner of Public Lands Ray Powell said the New Mexico State Land Office earned $69 million through royalties and other payments in March.

The New Mexico Department of Transportation is asking law enforcement agencies to stop all concession and roadside stands along the annual Good Friday pilgrimage route to the El Santuario de Chimayo.

Faculty, students and families gathered on Tuesday for the 8th annual San Juan College Honors Forum and Reception at the Henderson Fine Arts Complex.

Gisela Crabb visits her huband Corroll's grave at Fort Stanton's Merchant Marine and Military Cemetery Tuesday afternoon.

New Mexico is finally in line for four new veterans cemeteries in far-flung corners of the state.

Drones have helped archeologists uncover a 1,000-year-old village in northwestern New Mexico.

A judge in Santa Fe is ordering an Albuquerque television station to turn over raw video of its interview with a Farmington man who was shot when a title-loan company's workers tried to repossess his vehicle.

The New Mexico Supreme Court [official website] ruled on Monday that the state must recognize the tribal status of the Fort Sill Apache [official website].

Carruthers will meet with community leaders during a luncheon at noon at the Artesia Country Club to discuss university programs and how changes in the New Mexico Lottery Scholarship may affect educational opportunities.

Board of Regents approved an increase of the tuition differential for graduate students in the School of Architecture and Planning by 50 percent, effective summer 2014.

The governor and her economic development secretary, Jon Barela, traveled to the northern New Mexico town Monday to promote the sale and planned restoration of the Hotel Castaneda as a project that will transform downtown.

Martinez reported cash-on-hand of $4.2 million in her campaign account, which far exceeds the fundraising of any of the five Democrats seeking their party's nomination in the June 2 primary election.

Lawmakers failed to pass a bill restricting EBT card use this session. Yet, with the threat of a federal funding cut looming, the governor took matters into her own hands and made it a rule.

Jeff Potter is a renaissance man. After more than 25 years in scientific research at the University of New Mexico, he retired in 2006 to focus on his interest in fine art.