All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 28 2013 // State Insurance Superintendent John Franchini was selected to remain as New Mexico’s top insurance regulator when his office becomes an independent governmental agency next month.A nine-member committee named...
Jun 18 2013 // About 85 percent of 276 oil and gas well sites inspected in southeastern New Mexico over the past six weeks have failed to pass after-the-fact electrical safety inspections.Correction notices were issued to those sites...
Jun 17 2013 // The federal government is being asked to cough up more than $60 million for damages from the 2011 Las Conchas fire and subsequent flooding in northern New Mexico.According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, the Forest Service...
Jun 11 2013 // Five government, insurance and health care officials are in the running to manage New Mexico’s newly independent insurance regulatory agency.Among the candidates are state Insurance Superintendent John Franchini and...
Jun 7 2013 // The Thompson Ridge fire in northern New Mexico continues to grow even as firefighters make progress mopping up hot spots and clearing lines around the fuel.The fire has burned 22.5 square miles in the Valle Caldera...
Jun 6 2013 // The Bureau of Land Management plans to impose tougher fire restrictions across seven counties in central New Mexico starting Monday.The restrictions will affect BLM lands in Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval,...
Jun 3 2013 // Former State Insurance Superintendent Chris Krahling has been named to a panel that will select New Mexico’s top insurance regulator. A nine-member committee will select the next superintendent of insurance who,...
May 28 2013 // A panel of New Mexico regulators has voted to continue coverage for more than 1,500 people who are part of a federal high-risk health insurance pool despite a likely shortfall in payments from the federal government.The...
May 23 2013 // New Mexico is slipping further into drought, having marked the driest two-year period in nearly 120 years of record-keeping.National weather forecasters and water managers shared the latest statistics on New Mexico’s...
May 20 2013 // Former State Insurance Superintendent Chris Krahling has been named to a panel that will select New Mexico’s top insurance regulator.A nine-member committee will select the next superintendent of insurance, who...
May 16 2013 // New Mexicans could have longer waits for a doctor or specialist as demand grows for medical services because of an aging population and expanded insurance coverage under a federal health care law, legislative auditors said...
May 14 2013 // Dona Ana Community College is being sued by eight current and former nursing students over the school’s failure last year to maintain national accreditation.The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that the lawsuit was filed...
May 9 2013 // Intel workers secretly taped a “Kick Me” sign to the back of a co-worker as a prank, then kicked the confused man a number of times as employees at the Rio Rancho, N.M. Intel plant laughed hysterically at the...
May 2 2013 // A Taos, N.M. restaurant is facing a lawsuit over allegations that it overserved a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a pickup.The Albuquerque Journal reported Julian Varela had a blood alcohol level four times the...
Apr 21 2013 // Health care and insurance industry officials and a state legislator were named by Gov. Susana Martinez to a panel that will select New Mexico’s newly independent insurance regulator.A nine-member committee will name...
Apr 16 2013 // The worst-ever Rio Grande drought is posing plenty of challenges this season for chile growers in New Mexico.The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that one challenge is groundwater that’s applied to crops in the absence...
Apr 15 2013 // A federal judge says he will render a verdict as soon as possible in the $14 million wrongful death suit filed by the family of a samurai sword-wielding man shot and killed by a Las Cruces Police officer.The Las Cruces...
Apr 4 2013 // A New Mexico county is paying a $70,000 settlement to a man who was arrested and then jailed for several days after being mistaken for another man with the same name.Attorney John Day, who represents Anthony Ortiz of Rio...
Apr 3 2013 // New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday signed into law liability-waiving legislation aimed at saving the state’s nearly quarter-billion-dollar investment in a futuristic spaceport and retaining its anchor tenant,...
Apr 1 2013 // Gov. Susana Martinez has approved measures revamping the Public Regulation Commission, including increasing qualifications for future members.Bills signed into law on Friday will transfer the registration of corporations...