New Mexico Archives

Man faces charges for evading checkpoint and smuggling undocumented migrants

March 7, 2025 12:22 PM Yvonne Suarez

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The U.S. Attorney’s Office and U.S. Border Patrol has charged an undocumented migrant for speeding from a checkpoint to…

Spring ahead Sunday, time to also check smoke alarms work

March 7, 2025 11:26 AM Yvonne Suarez

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – As we spring ahead one hour Sunday, March 9, the Las Cruces Fire Department encourages homeowners and renters to…

1-10 lanes and bridge near Lordsburg closed after struck by oversized load

March 7, 2025 11:22 AM Yvonne Suarez

LORDSBURG, New Mexico (KVIA) – A flatbed truck carrying an excavator crashed into the I-10 lanes and bridge at Exit 24 near Lordsburg, NM early…

NMSU offers free tax services

March 6, 2025 6:03 PM Jerry Najera

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)–New Mexico State University will be offering it’s free tax filing assistance program to underserved people in the NMSU…

Unvaccinated New Mexico resident tests positive for measles after dying

March 6, 2025 3:23 PM ABC News

By Mary Kekatos March 6, 2025, 3:09 PM A possible second measles death has been recorded in the U.S. this year after a New Mexico resident tested…

Grand jury indicts therapist on Medicaid fraud charges

March 5, 2025 12:08 PM KVIA ABC-7

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Doña Ana County grand jury indicted Nancy Marshall of false Medicaid claims over $970,000. Investigators with the…

Weapon detection systems installation begins at several Las Cruces schools

March 5, 2025 11:56 AM Jason McNabb

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Public Schools announced Wednesday that installation of weapon detection systems has begun at several…

Sunland Park residents still seeing discolored water at homes

March 4, 2025 5:52 PM Paul Schulz

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Just two weeks after the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority reported safe arsenic water levels in all four…

Impacts of tariffs on the Borderland

March 4, 2025 11:16 AM Lauren Bly

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– The tariffs that have been promised by President Trump’s administration went into effect early Tuesday morning. The 25% taxes…

Las Cruces activist group chants ‘Musk must go’ during Tesla protest against DOGE

March 1, 2025 9:29 PM Tyaun Marshburn

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)– Activist group, Indivisible Las Cruces say they are protesting Tesla charging stations because they don’t support the…

Las Cruces Public Schools is partnering with local pharmacy to provide students, staff vaccines

February 28, 2025 3:58 PM Valeria Medina

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Today Las Cruces Public Schools announced it is partnering with Mesilla Valley Pharmacy to offer measles, mumps, and…

The number of confirmed measles cases reported in an outbreak in West Texas is now at 124

NM health department launches measles web resource

February 28, 2025 12:05 PM Emma Hoggard

SANTA FE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) just launched a web resource addressing the rising measles cases. The…

Former LC Mayor Miyagishima considering run for governor

February 27, 2025 1:57 PM Emma Hoggard

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima is forming an exploratory committee to assess his potential candidacy for…

Preliminary autopsies performed on Gene Hackman and wife find no external injuries following their ‘suspicious’ deaths

February 27, 2025 1:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Lex Harvey and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Initial findings from preliminary autopsies performed on Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his…

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa found dead in their New Mexico home, police say

February 27, 2025 4:50 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 27 FEB 25 03:51 ET Updated: 27 FEB 25 06:15 ET By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife,…

Ben Archer Health Centers reverses policy refusing care to those “unlawfully present” in U.S.

February 26, 2025 2:13 PM Jason McNabb

Update: Senator Heinrich says the clinic has reversed its policy. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Ben Archer Health Centers, which operates 11…

Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners discuss Writ of Mandamus against Sheriff Stewart

February 25, 2025 11:24 AM Jason McNabb

Update: The Sheriff’s Office released the following statement: “Dona Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart announced Monday, February 24, 2025, that she…

New Santa Teresa digital infrastructure campus expected to bring 1,000 jobs

February 25, 2025 4:23 PM Emma Hoggard

SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a partnership with BorderPlex Digital Assets, LLC that is…

Oscar Rene Sandoval sentenced to life in prison for murder

January 14, 2025 5:16 PM KVIA ABC-7

Update (February 25, 2025): Sandoval received a life sentence for one count of First Degree Murder, with an additional four-and-a-half-year sentence…

Sudderth Drive in Ruidoso reopens, police say no bomb found

February 23, 2025 4:21 PM Yvonne Suarez

UPDATE: At 5:45 p.m. the Village of Ruidoso spokesperson posted that Midtown was cleared and Sudderth Dr. was open to traffic. Ruidoso Police did not…

Dońa Ana County Sheriff issues Silver Alert for missing man

February 23, 2025 6:30 PM Yvonne Suarez

DOŃA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) – A Silver Alert was issued for John Cronin, 84, who was last seen on Feb. 15. The Dońa Ana County Sheriff is…

1 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Kirtland Air Force Base

February 22, 2025 4:26 PM Yvonne Suarez

KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico (KVIA) – An airman is dead after a shooting at an entrance to Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, according to an Air…

Ruidoso restoration efforts after wildfires

February 21, 2025 3:51 PM Emma Hoggard

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — New Mexico Forestry Division is sending out contractors to help landowners in the Ruidoso area restore forests and…

Las Crucen charged with animal abuse

February 21, 2025 10:43 AM KVIA ABC-7

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police arrested Luis J. Cobos, 36, and accused him of throwing rocks at two dogs in his backyard. Both…

Good Vibes Only: Organ Mountain High Cheer team named National Champions

February 21, 2025 11:53 AM Rosemary Garcia

El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — The Organ Mountain High School Co-Ed Cheer team emerged victorious at the USA Spirit Nationals competition in Anaheim,…

Experts weigh in on the impact of removing DEI in the workforce

February 19, 2025 4:09 PM Tyaun Marshburn

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are a broad list of programs that are used in, corporate America as well is in,…

Man convicted of murdering officer pleads guilty to gun charge

February 19, 2025 1:59 PM KVIA ABC-7

Update (February 19, 2025): De La O pleaded guilty to possessing the modified shotgun used in Ferguson’s fatal shooting. Prosecutors say that De La O…