New Mexico News

As the people charged with bringing new jobs to New Mexico and Albuquerque pull out the stops to lure Tesla and its so-called "gigafactory," two economic reports show just how badly the jobs are needed.

UNM says that its School of Medicine's rural medicine program is ranked second in the nation in the upcoming issue of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools" for 2015.

For more than 120 years our people, the Chiricahua Apaches, now the Fort Sill Apache Tribe have sought to return to our New Mexico homeland.

All 70 House seats are up for election this year and 10 incumbents - five Democrats and five Republicans - aren't seeking re-election.

As the Obama administration emphasizes the March 31 deadline to enroll in Obamacare health plans, some states running their own health insurance exchanges are weighing an extension of the enrollment period because of struggles signing people up for coverage.

Public health organizations have used text messaging for years to improve pre- and post-natal care, but now the operators of the state health information exchange in New Mexico are using the same basic mobile telephone technology to try to boost health insurance enrollment under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act .

The decision by Mexico's regulator to declare that America Movil is dominant in the market last week is credit negative for the company according to Moody's because they alone will face stricter regulatory oversight that will pressure revenues and operating margins although they will remain dominant players for years.

The Drury Hotel chain has spent the last couple of years transforming the old St. Vincent Hospital into one of its newest properties - a luxury hotel with almost 200 rooms.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by chairman of APCO Worldwide's Global Political Strategies group, former Governor of New Mexico, the U.S., Bill Richardson.

Thanks to the community's support of a crowd-funding campaign, Teatro Paraguas and Recuerdos Vivos New Mexico are pleased to present a full stage production of the oral history play When The Stars Trembled in Ro Puerco at Teatro Paraguas in April 2014.

The new law will grant a tuition waiver at New Mexico's public colleges or universities for some high school graduates who were in the state's foster care system or in the legal custody of an American Indian tribe.

Officials with the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency remind communities, tribal entities, and state agencies that March 21, 2014, is the deadline for submitting a Notice of Interest to participate in the statewide Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

The New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange is refusing to give commercial insurance companies personal information from thousands of the state's poor residents.

The Good Pie just opened last week , but owner and chef Mike Randolph already cooking up something new .

New Mexico plans to celebrate the anniversary of Tibet's rebellion against China.

LAS CRUCES >> Each year the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico manages a variety of scholarships that were created in memory, through endowments.

New Mexico gay married couples ready for tax time Eds: APNewsNow. Will be expanded.

Some same-sex couples in New Mexico will get to experience for the first time what married couples go through every spring - sorting through joint tax returns.

ONE NEW MEXICO CITY IS UNDERGOING A HUGE TRANSFORMATION. HOBBS IS KNOWN FOR ITS OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AND IS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF ROSWELL.

AS YOU GO TO BED, WE MOVE TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TONIGHT. AND WITH THAT COMES A WARNING, FROM THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.