Latest New Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Space Flight Liability Bill Grounded In New Mexico
Feb 9 2012 // Members of the New Mexico House and Senate have likely shelved for this session an effort to exempt spacecraft manufacturers from legal liability in case space flight passengers are injured in future space flights from...
2011 Was Busy Year for Firefighters in New Mexico
Jan 21 2012 // New Mexico may have more snow on the ground as it starts the new year, but much of the state remains in drought and fire officials are preparing for what could be another rough year. State Forestry officials have outlined...
New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission Mulls Overhauls
Jan 13 2012 // Members of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission are considering recommendations for overhauling the agency’s hiring policies and shifting some of its duties to other state departments. The commission sets...
Judge Dismisses Most Claims in New Mexico Gay Bias Lawsuit
Jan 9 2012 // A judge has dismissed most of the claims in a New Mexico lawsuit by two women who alleged their daughter’s teacher discriminated against the girl because her parents are gay. Shannon Peterson and Jessica Bissell sued...
2011 Was Busy Year for Firefighters in New Mexico
Jan 5 2012 // New Mexico may have more snow on the ground as it starts the new year, but much of the state remains in drought and fire officials are preparing for what could be another rough year. State Forestry officials have outlined...
Former New Mexico Hospital Exec Sued Over Missing $3.2M
Dec 29 2011 // A recently filed lawsuit accuses a former executive at a New Mexico hospital of bilking the care center out of more than $3 million by funneling the money through companies he owned in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. The...
New Mexico Drought Matter of Perspective, Risk
Sep 16 2011 // Perhaps it’s a matter of perspective. If you’re a cattle rancher in New Mexico without enough grass to feed your stock, it’s a drought. If you’re a satellite orbiting a couple of hundred miles away...
Earthquake Hits Rural Colorado, Too
Aug 24 2011 // Virginia’s earthquake isn’t the only notable temblor to hit the United States this week. On Monday the largest earthquake to strike Colorado in almost 40 years shook hundreds of people in the southern part of...
Insurance Pays $55 Million for New Mexico Freeze
Jul 28 2011 // The natural gas shortage and record freezing temperatures that slammed New Mexico in February cost insurance companies $55 million in claims. A memo from the state Public Regulation Commission’s Insurance Division...
Wildfire Still Threatens Los Alamos Nuclear Facility
Jun 30 2011 // Wildfire is threatening Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern New Mexico, and has burned more than 10,000 acres, local officials report. Although an increase in humidity early Tuesday was a short-term benefit, rounds...
Wildfires Continue to Plague Arizona, New Mexico
Jun 22 2011 // Fourteen homes have been destroyed in Arizona yesterday, after the Monument Fire burning near Sierra Vista went south into neighborhoods. All told, there are six fires burning in Arizona, and five in New Mexico. As of June...
Some evacuees in AZ, NM Return Home From Wildfires
Jun 20 2011 // Some residents evacuated because of wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico were allowed to return to their homes as firefighters battled strong winds and hot weather to try to keep more houses, dry forests and stretches of...
BLM Instituting Fire Restrictions in Southern New Mexico
Apr 12 2011 // The Las Cruces, N.M., district of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is instituting fire restrictions. The restrictions will go into effect April 13 because of high to extreme fire conditions. The order covers land...
New Mexico Regulator OKs Insurance Company Rate Request
Apr 8 2011 // State Insurance Superintendent John Franchini has approved a double-digit rate increase for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico. The rate increase will average 21 percent and affects about 40,000 people. The state...
New Mexico Wrecking Companies Alerted to Potential Fraud
Mar 28 2011 // Tbe New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Transportation Division has put wrecker/towing companies on notice that it will strictly enforce the provisions of the New Mexico Motor Carrier Act, in light of recent...
New Mexico Nominee Withdraws Over Liability for Background Check
Mar 2 2011 // The former U.S. senator and astronaut who withdrew his name from consideration as New Mexico’s next energy secretary is defending his stance on background checks for top state government officials. Harrison Schmitt...
New Mexico Fraud Bill Would Allow Judges to Aggregate Claims
Feb 28 2011 // The New Mexico Senate has passed a bill giving judges authority to aggregate the dollar amount of false insurance claims to determine the penalty before sentencing a fraudster. Judges can impose harsher sentences by...
New Mexico Rejects Bill to Ban Illegal Immigrant Drivers Licenses
Feb 28 2011 // New Mexico’s Senate has rejected Republican-backed proposals to stop the state from issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Two measures failed on party-line votes, with 14 Republicans voting to end...
New Mexico Senate Confirms Workers’ Comp Director
Feb 28 2011 // The New Mexico Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ned Fuller as director of the Workers’ Compensation Administration. Fuller was nominated by Gov. Susana Martinez and began work Jan. 24 as the director designee. Fuller,...
New Mexico Rep Wants to Eliminate Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
Feb 15 2011 // New Mexico Rep. Andy Nunez, I-Hatch, has introduced a bill to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining driver’s licenses. Currently, to obtain a driver’s license in the state, an applicant just needs a social...
