New Mexico News

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.

Criminal defense attorney Michael Stout of Las Cruces recently issued a gust column dubbed, "Wrongful indictment caused harm to many."

The APS Board of Education met Wednesday and approved the more than $42 million operational budget for the next school year, bringing it one step closer to being finalized by the New Mexico Public Education Department.

The Santa Fe school board is set to vote on naming a new city school after a women's rights and bilingual education advocate.

Square in the middle of three years of intense drought conditions, New Mexico is dealing with an escalating water problem that has now caused one town, Magdalena, to run out of water, forcing city officials to scramble for solutions to bring relief to local residents and businesses.

With each dry thunderstorm that moves across New Mexico, the chance of another wildfire breaking out goes up.