All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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 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...
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 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 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 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 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...