New Mexico News

New Mexico Department of Transportation officials are holding another public meeting Tuesday morning with business owners near Paseo del Norte and I-25.

I remember the summers of my youth. I would get on my bike first thing in the morning and ride through the neighborhood, picking up friends along the way.

Former DOH employee Bob Ortiz says evidence uncovered in his lawsuit against the state proves he was right about accounting problems at the department.

Federal auditors are recommending that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recover more than $6 million in grant funding from New Mexico.

June 24 is "el di de San Juan ," considered to be the first day on which the summer rains can begin.

The annual survey, conducted by Research & Polling Inc. and released on Monday, said that New Mexicans use TV 58 percent of the time to get their news, versus 39 percent for newspapers and 29 percent for Internet news sites.

The City of Portland has selected Leah Treat to be the new Director of the Bureau of Transportation .

A nonprofit organization Goal Advocacy says it hit the floor running after it was formed in January, promoting policies that create jobs, strengthen the economy and address state and federal legislation that impact residents at the local level.

The number of people in New Mexico receiving disability payments through the Social Security system has exceeded even the increasing national trend.

The Julesworks Follies, Santa Fe's Monthly Variety Show, miraculously carries on into our fifteenth show in our new slot, that last Saturday of the month at the Aztec Caf, June 29th at 7pm, 317 Aztec Street.

Let's face it: It's why the United States even exists. It's part of our national character.

The latest from fire officials has the White Peak fire burning near Cimarron, at 15 percent containment.

The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Santa Fe city councilors are set to consider a proposal that would impose strict regulations on the number of bullets in gun magazines allowed in the city limits.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the transformer for Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Inc. will arrive at its final destination Wednesday.

WASHINGTON >> U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced counties in New Mexico will receive approximately $34 million through the 2013 Payments in Lieu of Taxes program.

Visitors at state parks over Memorial Day weekend declined 40.6 percent from last year, to just under 315,000.

A very long time ago, the overpass over the tracks wasn't there. Traffic came down Stadium Blvd, turned south on Williams then crossed at Trumbull.

A Santa Fe man is finding his brush with the law at a New Jersey airport to be not only time consuming, but costly too.

AJRA Rodeo, Shakin' on the Pecos The American Junior Rodeo Association annual rodeo will be held Thursday, June 20, and Friday, June 21, at the Eddy County Sheriff's Posse Arena, 2407 E. Greene St. Gate tickets: $5 adults; $3 kids 12 and under.