Yosemite wildfire moving east into Sierra National Forest
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that threatened a grove of California’s giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was burning…
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Asylum wait lists at US border frustrate, confuse migrants
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (AP) — Opaque waiting lists at the Mexico border to gain a chance at obtaining asylum in…
Continue Reading Albuquerque police chief wants probe of teen’s death in fire
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque police chief is calling on the state’s attorney general to review a teenage boy’s death in a…
Continue Reading Matt King, co-founder of arts collective Meow Wolf, dies
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Matt King, a co-founder of the Santa Fe-based arts collective Meow Wolf that has grown into an offbeat, interactive…
Continue Reading New Mexico county blasts US over historic prescribed fire
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Commissioners in a northern New Mexico county urged U.S. forest managers on…
Continue Reading New Mexico officer testifies at ex-partner’s murder trial
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico police officer got emotional on the witness stand Tuesday at his former professional partner’s murder trial…
Continue Reading Doctors urge access to psychedelic therapies in New Mexico
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Physicians and researchers are urging New Mexico legislators to allow the use of psychedelic…
Continue Reading US awards $3B contract to manage nuclear waste repository
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Management of the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste…
Continue Reading Murder trial begins for ex-New Mexico officer in 2020 death
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A former New Mexico police officer charged with murder in a man’s death during a 2020 struggle with officers didn’t…
Continue Reading Another US appeals court upholds right to record police
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — People have a right protected by the First Amendment to film police while they work, a Western…
Continue Reading New Mexico track confirms health status of race horses
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators on Monday said several horses that were feared dead by…
Continue Reading Struggling Latino students should be priority, leaders say
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Latino students should be a federal funding priority after they fell behind during the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Teen died from smoke inhalation in Albuquerque house fire
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities conducting an arson investigation at a southeast Albuquerque house fire say a 15-year-old boy whose body was…
Continue Reading $1.7M committed for Roswell bridge repair, flood mitigation
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the state is committing $1.7 million to repair a collapsed bridge in Roswell and implement…
Continue Reading Items from cancelled show ‘Roswell’ up for sale in Santa Fe
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Santa Fe, not Roswell, is the place this weekend to possibly spot some aliens—or at least their stuff. The Santa Fe New…
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Ex-Las Cruces police officer’s murder trial to start Monday
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fired Las Cruces police officer who put a suspect in a fatal chokehold is set to begin his murder trial next week.…
Continue Reading Convicted rapist in Albuquerque flees after GPS device cut
Prosecutors in Bernalillo County are questioning the use of GPS ankle monitors after a convicted rapist was able to cut his off and flee. KOB-TV in…
Continue Reading Tribal elders recall painful boarding school memories
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press ANADARKO, Okla. (AP) — Native American tribal elders who were once students at government-backed Indian boarding…
Continue Reading Top official during massive New Mexico blaze gets new post
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The supervisor of a national forest that erupted in flames earlier this year has…
Continue Reading Hiker found dead at White Sands National Park
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A 27-year-old hiker who went missing while visiting White Sands National Park has been found dead, authorities said Friday.…
Continue Reading Facing threats, some election workers weigh whether to stay
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After polls closed in New Mexico’s primary last month, a worker returning…
Continue Reading New Mexico plans for more electric vehicle charging stations
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The first in a series of electric vehicle charging stations that will be paid for…
Continue Reading Police: Teenage boy found dead after Albuquerque standoff
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A teenager has been found dead inside a southeast Albuquerque home after a fire, and a suspect who was the subject of…
Continue Reading New Mexico school trust feels pressure; voters weigh changes
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State investments are being buffeted by turbulent financial markets as New Mexico voters consider whether to divert more…
Continue Reading Virgin Galactic taps Boeing subsidiary to build motherships
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic announced Wednesday that it is partnering with a Boeing subsidiary…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor withstands lawsuits over pandemic orders
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico residents who say they endured constitutional rights violations, depression and…
Continue Reading States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, GEOFF MULVIHILL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democratic governors in states where abortion…
Continue Reading Scramble as last Mississippi abortion clinic shuts its doors
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the…
Continue Reading Large Texas abortion provider will relocate to New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the largest abortion providers in Texas is planning to move its operations to New Mexico and another provider that…
Continue Reading Biologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River
By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been…
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