New Mexico

US officials cite ‘balance’ as goal for Chaco oil plan

ALBUQUERQUE, N .M. (AP) — U.S. land managers on Friday made public a list of possible alternatives for managing developm...
19:06 28 February 2022

Medical marijuana rules change for New Mexico visitors

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has stopped issuing medical marijuana enrollment cards to people who live outside the s...
18:08 21 February 2022

New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegal...
19:56 20 February 2022

Report: Work to reduce wildfire risks has economic benefits

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Projects to reduce the risk of wildfires and protect water sources in the U.S. West have create...
22:21 19 February 2022

New Mexico bid for recreational marijuana is all but doomed

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico's bid to become the 12th U.S. state to legalize recreational use of marijuana abruptly fell flat after state senators in a...
22:37 13 February 2022

Mitchell, No. 4 SDSU beat New Mexico 82-59, win MWC title

SAN DIEGO — Junior forward Matt Mitchell had 22 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double and scored his 1,000 career point for No. 4 San Die...
6:11 12 February 2022

New Mexico recreational pot legalization passes 1st test

SANTA FE, N.M. — A Democrat-backed bill to legalize recreational marijuana businesses in all towns and counties across New Mexico passed its first tes...
1:41 29 January 2022

Cities can’t opt out of legal pot under new state proposal

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico would legalize recreational marijuana sales without exceptions for dissenting cities and counties under a rebooted proposa...
15:53 18 January 2022

New Mexico kicks Carlton Bragg Jr. off team after DWI arrest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico forward Carlton Bragg Jr. has been dismissed from the Lobos basketball team following his arrest on suspicion of drivin...
15:24 13 January 2022

Monument to honor US-Mexican dual citizens slain in Mexico

LA MORA, Mexico — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday that a monument will be put up to memorialize nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens ambu...
20:16 12 January 2022

US plutonium production plan likely to spur legal challenge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The agency that oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal says it doesn’t need to do any broad environmental reviews of a propos...
0:44 10 January 2022

Sports editor apologizes for tweeting ‘scalps’ after game

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A sports editor for a New Mexico newspaper apologized this week after using “scalps” in a tweet to describe a high school basketb...
19:53 29 December 2022

New Mexico police investigate killing of 4 on Christmas Day

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Police in New Mexico on Thursday were investigating the shooting of four people found dead on Christmas Day in a home in a suburb o...
17:51 26 December 2022

Boeing crew capsule returning to Earth after aborted flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing aimed to bring its Starliner crew capsule back to Earth on Sunday to end its first test flight, a mission cut short by a...
22:40 21 December 2021

Documents sought in case of Saudi student facing gun charge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Saudi Arabian student arrested on a federal firearms charge the day before he was scheduled to graduate from the University of N...
0:33 17 December 2021

Netflix executive touts ‘golden era’ of streaming service

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An executive with Netflix says the streaming giant has boosted its original content exponentially over the last several years and ...
0:32 7 December 2021

Cowboys for Trump group now says sand wasn’t from monument

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Iconic gypsum sand that the group Cowboys for Trump had said was from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico and was sent to ...
22:25 6 December 2021

Research team to take fresh look at delicate artifacts

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandals and baskets that have withstood the ravages of time will be among the perishable artifacts analyzed by a team of scientist...
23:10 2 December 2021

Boy Scouts mortgage vast New Mexico ranch as collateral

The Boy Scouts of America has mortgaged one of the most spectacular properties it owns, the vast Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, to help secure a ...
20:48 22 November 2021

Native American shield returned to New Mexico from France

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When a ceremonial Native American shield was returned last week to New Mexico, tribal leaders were there to greet the sacred piece...
15:34 18 November 2021

N. Scott Momaday remembers 1969 Pulitzer, promises memoir

SANTA FE, N.M. — Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel “House Made of Dawn,” said he’s not done...
5:29 15 November 2021

People of color make gains in mayoral races across the US

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — People of color made history this week by winning municipal races in places their families were once ignored or prevented from vot...
18:28 7 November 2021

George Orwell New Mexico exhibit bares ‘doublespeak’ legacy

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.
12:19 5 November 2021

US House OKs protections near historical park in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Walls of stacked stone jut up from the canyon floor, some perfectly aligned with the seasonal movements of the sun and moon. Circu...
21:58 30 October 2021

Video seems to contradict hotel that ousted Gretchen Wilson

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Video from a police body camera appears to contradict a New Mexico hotel's story about removing country singer Gretchen Wilson fol...
4:34 25 October 2021