All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 10 2023 // The Ukraine-based relatives of a slain cinematographer are seeking damages in her death from actor Alec Baldwin in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of a Western movie, under a civil lawsuit filed Thursday in Los...
Feb 1 2023 // Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors...
Jan 26 2023 // A legislative panel advanced a bill this week that would help local governments plan in advance for climate-related threats to public health such as wildfires, flooding, extreme heat and rapid erosion.The initiative from...
Jan 23 2023 // A Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than $66 million in a lawsuit, among the largest settlements in the state’s history, a news outlet...
Jan 19 2023 // New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced on Thursday that her office will file criminal charges in the “Rust” film-set shooting against actor and producer Alec Baldwin and...
Jan 11 2023 // New Mexico’s congressional delegation says the U.S. government should make changes to rules proposed for processing damage claims stemming from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers.The delegation sent a...
Jan 4 2023 // A Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than $66 million in a lawsuit, among the largest settlements in the state’s history, a news outlet...
Jan 3 2023 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking that changes be made to rules proposed by the U.S. government as it processes damage claims from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers.Balderas filed comments...
Dec 6 2022 // The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance approved a rate proposal submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance that will reduce voluntary workers’ compensation loss costs by an average of...
Dec 2 2022 // New Mexico is suing more than a dozen tobacco companies, accusing them of conspiracy and breach of contract.Attorney General Hector Balderas announced the legal challenge this week, claiming that the companies have been...
Nov 14 2022 // Saying he wants to clear his name, Alec Baldwin is suing people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in...
Nov 7 2022 // Hundreds of female city employees are anticipating back payment from the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to make up for a wage gap going back years.KOB-TV reported that a judge is expected to sign off on the $17 million...
Nov 7 2022 // Manuel and Marcy Silva combed through the charred rubble that used to be their home, searching for any salvageable bits in the wake of the largest wildfire in New Mexico history.Manuel found two of his high school...
Nov 1 2022 // A sheriff’s department submitted its investigative findings to prosecutors in the death of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on a film set in New Mexico in October 2021.Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office...
Oct 28 2022 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture will waive cost-sharing requirements for New Mexico farmers and ranchers affected by the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded history.U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Lujan announced that the...
Oct 26 2022 // ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Manuel and Marcy Silva combed through the charred rubble that used to be their home, searching for any salvageable bits in the wake of the largest wildfire in New Mexico history.Manuel found two...
Oct 21 2022 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture will waive cost-sharing requirements for New Mexico farmers and ranchers affected by the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded history.U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján announced that the...
Oct 17 2022 // The New Mexico agency that oversees professional licenses for thousands of businesses across the state has been the target of a cyber attack.Officials said there was evidence of unauthorized access of the Regulation and...
Oct 5 2022 // Alec Baldwin settled litigation over the accidental shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the movie Rust, agreeing to give her husband a producer’s role on the picture as part of the agreement.The...
Oct 4 2022 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed against the New Mexico Department of Health after a Vietnam War veteran contracted COVID-19 at a veterans’ home has been settled for $300,000.The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that...