All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 1 2014 // State regulators have rejected a motion by ride-sharing service Lyft for a stay on a pending cease and desist order against the company.The Albuquerque Journal reported that the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission...
Jul 28 2014 // The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed last Wednesday a lower court ruling that ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to provide a shareholder with documents related to the company’s internal probe of allegations the retailer...
Jul 24 2014 // Farmington, N.M.-based Millennium Insurance Agency has merged with Leavitt Group Four Corners. In the combined operations, Millie Howle and Terry Hayes are partners along with the current co-owner, Ryan Woolverton. Leavitt...
Jul 21 2014 // The owner of a natural gas plant in southeastern New Mexico has agreed to pay the state nearly $70,000 to settle a case involving allegations of air quality violations. The New Mexico Environment Department announced the...
Jul 14 2014 // The owner of a natural gas plant in southeastern New Mexico has agreed to pay the state nearly $70,000 to settle a case involving allegations of air quality violations.The New Mexico Environment Department announced the...
Jul 8 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, at about 6:30 am local time yesterday, July 7, a powerful M6.9 earthquake struck near the border of Mexico and Guatemala near the town of Puerto Madero, Mexico, at a...
Jul 1 2014 // A new law is ready to take effect that will ban texting while driving in New Mexico.Starting today, the law will prohibit drivers from sending or reading text messages and emails, even while at a stop light. Drivers also...
Jun 30 2014 // The fire season has been relatively mild across the West this year, but officials in New Mexico and Arizona are doing what they can to rein in the use of fireworks given the dry conditions plaguing both states. New Mexico...
Jun 30 2014 // A moderate earthquake struck in Arizona near the New Mexico line that was widely felt across the region, but no injuries or damages were immediately reported.County sheriffs’ offices on both sides of the state line...
Jun 30 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL), both with stable outlooks. Best...
Jun 27 2014 // New Mexico regulators have denied a temporary operating permit for ridesharing company Uber.The Albuquerque Journal reported that the Public Regulation Commission voted 3-2 on Wednesday to withhold the permit from Uber...
Jun 25 2014 // The widow of Native American activist Russell Means has filed a lawsuit accusing doctors in New Mexico of overlooking his esophageal cancer.The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that the lawsuit by Pearl Means in state...
Jun 20 2014 // Records show that newly issued driver’s licenses to immigrants in New Mexico have plunged by nearly a third in the past year despite no change in the state’s policy of granting driving privileges to foreign...
Jun 18 2014 // Firefighters are bracing for another day of hot, dry and windy conditions as they battle a fast-moving wildfire in New Mexico.The Assayii Lake Fire blackened more than 19 square miles in less than two days while making its...
Jun 5 2014 // BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. could face billions of dollars in fines after an appeals court ruled they were automatically liable for pollution-law violations as co-owners of the well that blew out and started the...
Jun 2 2014 // The Pacific Ocean holds one of the keys that forecasters say will determine how many hurricanes and tropical storms develop in the Atlantic this year.The size of the six-month storm season, which started June 1, may depend...
Jun 2 2014 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker’s employer and its insurer must pay for medical marijuana for treating the employee’s chronic pain from a job-related back injury.The court in May upheld...
Jun 2 2014 // In its 2014 Atlantic hurricane season outlook, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has forecast a near-normal or below-normal season.NOAA said the main driver of this year’s outlook is the anticipated development...
May 21 2014 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker’s employer and its insurer must pay for medical marijuana for treating the employee’s chronic pain from a job-related back injury.The court on Monday...
May 19 2014 // Small businesses in eight New Mexico counties are eligible for federal disaster loans due to the drought.The U.S. Small Business Administration made the announcement in April, saying the loans can help offset economic...