All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 12 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Andrew Valencia in the firm’s New Mexico office as vice president of employee benefits. He specializes in the development and implementation of group health, dental,...
Dec 11 2013 // A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the estate and family of an Albuquerque woman who suffocated in 2002 when her car was buried by sand after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck. District Judge Shannon Bacon...
Dec 4 2013 // Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed a state government lawyer from Albuquerque to run a regulatory agency overseeing New Mexico’s workers’ compensation program. Darin Childers becomes director of the...
Nov 25 2013 // A watchdog group has filed a lawsuit seeking the release of nuclear safety records for Sandia National Laboratories.The suit filed Friday in federal court in Albuquerque alleges the National Nuclear Security Administration...
Nov 25 2013 // One New Mexico county and the Navajo Nation have been added to a federal disaster declaration that stemmed from severe storms and flooding this past summer.Federal officials say Sierra County and the Navajo Nation are now...
Nov 8 2013 // Insurance companies in New Mexico must provide same-sex married couples with the same discounts and benefits offered to opposite-sex married couples, the state insurance regulator announced Wednesday.Insurance...
Oct 2 2013 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for parts of New Mexico for June storms and flooding.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that federal disaster aid is being made available to supplement...
Sep 30 2013 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for New Mexico’s Santa Clara Pueblo.Friday’s move frees up federal aid to supplement the tribe’s efforts in the area affected by severe storms and...
Sep 24 2013 // Recent flooding brought widespread damage to New Mexico, but the rain also provided significant relief for the state’s drought.Some places, like Albuquerque, are still well short of their 36-month rainfall average,...
Sep 23 2013 // It could be a while before the exact amount of damage from recent heavy rain and flooding in New Mexico will be known, officials said.Counties are submitting preliminary flood damage estimates to the Federal Emergency...
Sep 18 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Daniel Foley and Carol Hotubbee to vice president posts in the Albuquerque, N.M. office.Foley will serve as vice president. Hotubbee will serve as vice president of new...
Sep 17 2013 // Forecasters says there’s a potential for flash flooding and river flooding as more rainfall is expected across much of northern and central New Mexico well into late this week. The National Weather Service says the...
Sep 16 2013 // Flood waters broke through dams, inundated neighborhoods and killed at least one person, leaving New Mexico residents with a major cleanup effort.The massive flooding prompted Gov. Susana Martinez to issue a state of...
Sep 13 2013 // New Mexico officials say Chevron Corp. will pay $5.2 million to settle claims that the energy company improperly applied for money from an environmental cleanup fund.The state alleges Chevron falsely claimed it...
Sep 9 2013 // The federal Affordable Care Act will not lead to widespread premium increases in the individual health insurance market. That’s according to a new analysis of 10 states and the United States overall by RAND Corp.,...
Sep 9 2013 // As more states prepare to offer driving privileges to immigrants who illegally entered the U.S., heavily Hispanic New Mexico appears headed in the other direction.An Associated Press review of state records shows New...
Aug 30 2013 // Albuquerque refuses to pay for damage to a New Mexico home struck by a city-owned bait car driven by teens, directing the homeowner to turn to his insurance policy to recover the costs for the damages.Bait cars are...
Aug 23 2013 // As more states prepare to offer driving privileges to immigrants who illegally entered the U.S., heavily Hispanic New Mexico appears headed in the other direction.An Associated Press review of state records shows New...
Jul 18 2013 // State environment officials have reached a settlement with the operator of a natural gas processing plant in southeastern New Mexico over alleged pollution violations.The Environment Department says the settlement with...
Jul 9 2013 // Two northern New Mexico counties are included in new federal government designations of primary disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the ongoing drought. The USDA says farmers and ranchers in Rio Arriba and...