All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2025 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Woods Insurance Services Inc. in Farmington, New Mexico. Lyle Love, owner and president, and the Woods Insurance Services team, will join Hub Southwest. Woods Insurance...
Dec 31 2024 // The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath,...
Dec 9 2024 // New Mexico environmental regulators have issued a $47.8 million fine on allegations of excess air pollution at a natural gas processing facility in a prolific oil production region near the Texas state line.The state...
Dec 2 2024 // Jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that operates in several states.The man’s attorneys celebrated last week’s...
Nov 27 2024 // A city in New Mexico has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a woman who was shot and killed by a police officer now charged with second-degree murder.Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in October 2023...
Nov 7 2024 // State police have destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana plants at greenhouses in northwestern New Mexico, marking what regulators say is the largest seizure and destruction of cannabis in New Mexico since new...
Nov 5 2024 // President Joe Biden declared a major disaster area in southeast New Mexico after historic flooding killed two people and forced the rescue of more than 300 last month.The declaration announced last week makes federal...
Oct 22 2024 // Hilcorp Energy Co., the privately held oil producer run by billionaire Jeff Hildebrand, will pay a $9.4 million civil penalty for failing to reduce emissions of methane and volatile gases in New Mexico.It’s the first...
Sep 12 2024 // New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat, alleging that site’s design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate child sexual...
Aug 8 2024 // Recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across New Mexico found at least one violation in 88% of them, authorities said.State health officials said just 11 of the 91 assisted living facilities received a perfect...
Aug 5 2024 // New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation that will provide $100 million in emergency aid to victims of recent wildfires and flooding in Lincoln County.The spending bill includes $70 million for local...
Jul 25 2024 // A New Mexico woman pleaded guilty in federal court for an armed robbery of a Gallup insurance agency.Amber Yazzie, 29, of Gamerco, pleaded guilty to robbery and federal firearms charges for her role in the armed robbery of...
Jul 25 2024 // A Santa Fe District Court ruling that State Farm and Casualty Co. does not have to comply with a provision of the New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance emergency order for insurers to pay $5,000 in living expenses to...
Jul 9 2024 // Two years after the U.S. Forest Service sparked what would become the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history, independent investigators say there are gaps that need to be addressed if...
Jul 8 2024 // A lightning strike caused the larger of two wildfires that has killed at least two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures in New Mexico, authorities said.The South Fork Fire was first reported June 17...
Jun 27 2024 // More than 1,000 residential properties in New Mexico may have been damaged or destroyed by wildfires in New Mexico, according to property data firm CoreLogic.“Multiple, active wildfires in south-central New Mexico...
Jun 24 2024 // Containment has grown on a pair of New Mexico wildfires that destroyed thousands of structures and forced the evacuation of more than 8,000 people.The Salt and South Fork fires have burned more than 25,000 acres. The South...
Jun 20 2024 // A pair of wildfires in New Mexico continue to rage uncontained, destroying an estimated 1,400 structures, forcing the evacuation of more than 8,000 people, while rains also flooded parts of the state.The Salt and South...
Jun 19 2024 // A pair of wildfires in New Mexico have spread to more than 20,000 acres, forcing thousands of people to evacuate and leaving one person dead.The South Fork and Salt fires have grown to more than 20,000 acres (16,335 for...
Jun 19 2024 // A loss of engine power due to poor maintenance caused a 2022 helicopter crash in New Mexico that claimed the lives of four Bernalillo County first responders as they were returning home from a firefighting mission,...