All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2022 // As more than 2,700 firefighters in northern New Mexico continued to battle the nation’s largest active wildfire on Sunday, many evacuees were growing concerned about their future after weeks away from homeThe biggest...
May 23 2022 // The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld $165 million of jury awards against FedEx in a wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from a deadly crash involving a Texas family and a contract driver for the delivery company.The 2011 crash...
May 18 2022 // Firefighters have been able to slow the growth of a massive wildfire burning in the mountains of northeastern New Mexico as they prepared Wednesday for another round of red-flag weather that has the potential to push the...
May 18 2022 // The Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico entered into an agreement of terms to settle its Chapter 11 reorganization case.“The Church takes very seriously its responsibility to see the survivors of sexual abuse are...
May 17 2022 // Lightning sparked a few new small fires in the drought-stricken Southwest Monday but the thunderstorms brought welcome rain to the monster blaze that’s been churning for a month in New Mexico and is now the...
May 13 2022 // A film production company is contesting sanctions by New Mexico officials for alleged workplace safety violations on the set of “Rust,” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in...
May 12 2022 // The largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate.Meanwhile, a wildfire that erupted...
May 11 2022 // Many homes near America’s largest wildfire survived the latest barrage of howling winds and erratic flames but New Mexico’s governor said Tuesday the risk of more destruction is high and that the long-term...
May 10 2022 // Firefighters in northern New Mexico worked in rugged terrain ahead of a massive wildfire, feverishly trying to position crews to clear brush and stop the monster blaze from burning more homes in the Rocky Mountain...
May 9 2022 // With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town, residents of this small northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy Saturday as their rural neighbors hunkered down amid predictions...
May 5 2022 // Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented Wednesday, while President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of...
Apr 28 2022 // The New Mexico sheriff investigating the fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin described complacency, disorganization and neglected safety measures in the making of the low-budget movie...
Apr 25 2022 // New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed emergency declarations as 20 wildfires continued to burn Sunday in nearly half of the state’s drought-stricken 33 counties.One wildfire in northern New Mexico that...
Apr 21 2022 // A safety report concludes that Rust Movie Productions LLC management knew that firearm safety procedures were not being followed on set and they “demonstrated plain indifference to employee safety by failing to...
Apr 13 2022 // It’s a simple recipe that requires only a couple ingredients, and New Mexico has them all.Strong winds, low humidity and dry conditions that stem from two decades of persistent drought combined this week for more...
Mar 7 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Western Assurance Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Chris Williams, president of Western Assurance, and the Western Assurance team will join Hub Southwest. Western Assurance is...
Feb 28 2022 // One of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. is suing four insurance companies over claims that they haven’t fulfilled contracts to provide liability coverage for sexual abuse complaints.The Archdiocese of...
Feb 17 2022 // A federal judge has been told that Archdiocese of Santa Fe records that would indicate how much insurance money is available to help pay a settlement of clergy sex abuse claims can be made public if they are redacted to...
Feb 17 2022 // The family of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” is suing Alec Baldwin and the movie’s producers for wrongful death, their attorneys said Tuesday.Lawyers for the family of...
Feb 10 2022 // A federal judge will hold a hearing on whether the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico must disclose records on insurance coverage expected to pay much of a settlement in a case involving over 400 hundreds of victims of...