New Mexico News

New Mexicans who bought individual policies through the federal health insurance exchange would lose an average of $214 a month in subsidies under a decision regarding the Affordable Care Act Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange board member Dr. J. Deane Waldman said the decision would mean ... (more)

He added that also on Tuesday, the 4th Circuit of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, acting in a separate but similar case, upheld the subsidies for the federal exchanges.

The 2014 National Kids Count Data Book is out, and it lists New Mexico as the 49th state for overall children's well-being.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a union that represents the workers presented the hospital with a strike notice Monday after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract proposal.

Sen. Tom Udall is asking Congress to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to expand coverage for those sickened by nuclear testing in the Tularosa area decades ago.

The Augustin Plains Ranch, LLC has submitted its application for a permit to pump, reclaim, and then transport 54,000 acre-feet of water per year from its location near Datil, New Mexico to those Rio Grande River communities that are most in need.

It appears an impasse in negotiations between Central Consolidated School District officials and a union representing teachers and other workers could result in no rases for some district employees.

CHILDREN LEFT IN HOT CARS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM... BUT A YOUNG NEW MEXICAN SAYS SHE HAS COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

A Roswell oil company executive has been named to a commission that oversees a compact between New Mexico and Texas governing Pecos River water.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reported Saturday that the city collected more than $436,000 in parking citations last year.

State Probation and Parole officers now have more time to keep an eye on offenders, thanks to a new program that employs veterans.

The chances of a national monument being designated in central Idaho are better than 50 percent, the executive director of the 2.4-million-member Sierra Club says.

The Arts in Public Places Advisory Board will meet Thursday. The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers.

If you keep back up chile or know that special Lobo hand sign, then you might be in New Mexico.

There's been a lot of work done to the building's exterior - paint, building dA©cor, and a giant rooster in the courtyard.

The New Mexico Department of Transportation is alerting motorists that the I-25 northbound off-ramp to St. Francis Drive will be closed on Sunday, July 20 starting at 3:00 a.m. and will be re-opened on July 20 at 12:00 p.m. Motorists can use Old Pecos Trail to access St. Francis Drive during this closure.

Tonight, a memorial for the three victims in that helicopter crash. Emergency room crews from the Christus Saint Vincent medical center in Santa Fe Organized the ceremony on the hospital's helicopter pad.

San Juan College held graduation ceremonies for its students, as well as students who have earned degrees from New Mexico Highlands University Farmington Center and the University of New Mexico-San Juan Center, Saturday, May 10, in the Learning Commons Plaza.

Rep. Steve Pearce said that "most immigrants from Central America who are crossing illegally into the United States are driven by economic reasons, not fear of physical danger in their homeland," the Sante Fe New Mexican reports.

LAS CRUCES >> Visitors to New Mexico's national parks and monuments in 2013 spent about $83.2 million dollars and supported 1,136 jobs, according to a new National Park Service report.