The Latest Breaking News from New Mexico

U.S. senators from New Mexico and Idaho are making another push to expand the federal government’s compensation program for people exposed to radiation from uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War

So far this year, two states, Michigan and Minnesota, have enacted extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). They became the first states to enact new ERPOs since New Mexico and Virginia did so in 2020. The new laws in Michigan and Minnesota raise the total number of states with ERPOs to…

Nationally, state governors issued 53 executive orders from June 19-July 2. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) led the field with 34, followed by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) with three. Governors in 35 states issued the fewest orders with zero.

A federal judge is recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court approve a settlement among three Western states over the management of one of North America's longest rivers

For the Navajo Nation, the fight for water rights has real implications, with infrastructure often never built

U.S. wildlife managers are proposing federal protections for a rare lizard found only in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas

Prosecutors in New Mexico have alleged that armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed passed cocaine to someone else to avoid scrutiny of her handling of weapons on the “Rust” film set where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed.

Program at San Juan College School of Energy would certify “clean” fossil fuels.

The Aggies outperformed expectations last year. Can they do it again while contending with two Mountain West opponents?

New Mexico oilfield and air quality regulators announced unprecedented fines against a Texas-based oil and natural gas producer on accusations that the company flouted local pollution reporting and control requirements as it burned off vast amounts of natural gas

Prosecutors say a man accused in a deadly movie theater shooting in New Mexico's largest city is a danger to the community and should be held pending trial