All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 30 2014 // Wet weather in recent weeks has left some of New Mexico’s green chile crop in danger.The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that a hail storm last week was the latest in a spate of precipitation to plague chile fields in...
Sep 29 2014 // A state judge has denied a request by New Mexico taxi cab and limousine companies for a temporary restraining order against the ridesharing services Lyft and Uber.District Court Judge Nancy Franchini wrote in her order...
Sep 25 2014 // A state prison inmate says New Mexico correction officials aren’t allowing him to practice his religion and properly worship Satan behind bars.KRQE-TV reported that Bernard Pritchard recently filed a lawsuit in state...
Sep 23 2014 // Emergency management agencies in five states – Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas – have been awarded more than $1.6 million in preparedness grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),...
Sep 18 2014 // Tropical Storm Polo, the 16th storm of an unusually active eastern Pacific hurricane season, is on a path eerily like that of Odile, which blasted the Baja California peninsula earlier this week.Odile went ashore late...
Sep 16 2014 // Tropical storm Polo could become a hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Thursday the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning Polo was about 275 miles (440km) south of...
Sep 16 2014 // A week ago, Hurricane Norbert pumped tropical moisture across the U.S. Southwest, touching off record rainfall in Phoenix and Tucson that killed at least two people, flooded hundreds of homes and shut highways throughout...
Sep 15 2014 // Hurricane Odile, the strongest to hit Baja California Sur in decades, weakened slightly as it battered the Mexican peninsula with high winds and rain.Odile went ashore near the resort city of Cabo San Lucas at about 10:45...
Sep 15 2014 // Mexico issued a hurricane warning for parts of Baja California as Odile struck the resort area of Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of the peninsula.Mexico declared a red alert along the coastline as well as the mainland...
Sep 12 2014 // Tropical Storm Odile may become a hurricane today off Mexico’s Pacific coast, while Tropical Storm Edouard formed in the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Odile, with top winds of 60 miles (97...
Sep 11 2014 // Tropical Storm Odile off the west coast of Mexico is forecast to become a hurricane tomorrow.Odile, with top winds of 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour, was 210 miles southwest of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, moving west at 2...
Sep 9 2014 // Alamogordo, N.M. officials say they plan to ask for state assistance for $230,000 in damages caused by recent flooding.The Alamogordo Daily News reported that the city will submit damage estimates to the New Mexico...
Sep 8 2014 // New Mexico’s commuter rail service has received a free ride while taxpayers have shelled out nearly $8 million to settle damage claims against the Rail Runner Express, according to state records.The Rail Runner,...
Sep 8 2014 // A government report shows that traffic deaths in New Mexico have increased about 20 percent this year.According to preliminary figures from the Department of Transportation, 204 people have died in traffic accidents from...
Sep 8 2014 // There are some who believe medical marijuana and the workplace are a potent mix just waiting to be stirred as increasingly more states approve the herb and its derivatives for medicinal use.Not only are states approving...
Sep 4 2014 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami is tracking Hurricane Norbert, the 14th named Western Pacific storm of the season, as it moves up the West coast of Mexico towards the Baja Peninsula.The NHC’s most recent...
Sep 4 2014 // Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Dolly threatened flash floods and mudslides in mountainous areas as it moved in from Mexico’s Gulf coast, where authorities had readied shelters and suspended school classes on...
Aug 20 2014 // New Mexico’s commuter rail service has received a free ride while taxpayers have shelled out nearly $8 million to settle damage claims against the Rail Runner Express, according to state records.The Rail Runner,...
Aug 19 2014 // A government report shows that traffic deaths in New Mexico have increased about 20 percent this year.According to preliminary figures from the Department of Transportation, 204 people have died in traffic accidents from...
Aug 14 2014 // Once-teeming Lake Mead marinas are idle as a 14-year drought steadily drops water levels to historic lows. Officials from nearby Las Vegas are pushing conservation but also are drilling a new pipeline to keep drawing water...