Latest New Mexico Headlines
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New Mexico Floods Damaging But Also Brought Drought Relief
Sep 24 2013 // Recent flooding brought widespread damage to New Mexico, but the rain also provided significant relief for the state’s drought. Some places, like Albuquerque, are still well short of their 36-month rainfall average,...
Total Estimates From New Mexico Floods May Take Weeks
Sep 23 2013 // It could be a while before the exact amount of damage from recent heavy rain and flooding in New Mexico will be known, officials said. Counties are submitting preliminary flood damage estimates to the Federal Emergency...
Poms Adds Two Vice Presidents In New Mexico
Sep 18 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Daniel Foley and Carol Hotubbee to vice president posts in the Albuquerque, N.M. office. Foley will serve as vice president. Hotubbee will serve as vice president of new...
Flood Weary New Mexico Keeps Eyes On Rivers, Dams
Sep 17 2013 // Forecasters says there’s a potential for flash flooding and river flooding as more rainfall is expected across much of northern and central New Mexico well into late this week. The National Weather Service says the...
New Mexico Cleans Up After Widespread Flooding
Sep 16 2013 // Flood waters broke through dams, inundated neighborhoods and killed at least one person, leaving New Mexico residents with a major cleanup effort. The massive flooding prompted Gov. Susana Martinez to issue a state of...
New Mexico, Chevron Settle Case Over Cleanup Costs
Sep 13 2013 // New Mexico officials say Chevron Corp. will pay $5.2 million to settle claims that the energy company improperly applied for money from an environmental cleanup fund. The state alleges Chevron falsely claimed it...
Premium Increases Under Obamacare Not as High as Expected: Study
Sep 9 2013 // The federal Affordable Care Act will not lead to widespread premium increases in the individual health insurance market. That’s according to a new analysis of 10 states and the United States overall by RAND Corp.,...
Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants Declining in New Mexico
Sep 9 2013 // As more states prepare to offer driving privileges to immigrants who illegally entered the U.S., heavily Hispanic New Mexico appears headed in the other direction. An Associated Press review of state records shows New...
New Mexico City Refuses To Pay For Damage From ‘Bait’ Car
Aug 30 2013 // Albuquerque refuses to pay for damage to a New Mexico home struck by a city-owned bait car driven by teens, directing the homeowner to turn to his insurance policy to recover the costs for the damages. Bait cars are...
Driver’s Licenses For Immigrants Declining In New Mexico
Aug 23 2013 // As more states prepare to offer driving privileges to immigrants who illegally entered the U.S., heavily Hispanic New Mexico appears headed in the other direction. An Associated Press review of state records shows New...
New Mexico Reaches $920K Settlement With Gas Processor
Jul 18 2013 // State environment officials have reached a settlement with the operator of a natural gas processing plant in southeastern New Mexico over alleged pollution violations. The Environment Department says the settlement with...
USDA Includes 2 New Mexico Counties In Drought Aid Areas
Jul 9 2013 // Two northern New Mexico counties are included in new federal government designations of primary disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the ongoing drought. The USDA says farmers and ranchers in Rio Arriba and...
New Mexico Current Insurance Regulator To Remain In Office
Jun 28 2013 // State Insurance Superintendent John Franchini was selected to remain as New Mexico’s top insurance regulator when his office becomes an independent governmental agency next month. A nine-member committee named...
Reports: 236 Oil, Gas Sites in New Mexico Failed Inspections
Jun 18 2013 // About 85 percent of 276 oil and gas well sites inspected in southeastern New Mexico over the past six weeks have failed to pass after-the-fact electrical safety inspections. Correction notices were issued to those sites...
Claims Seek Forest Service Payment For 2011 New Mexico Fire
Jun 17 2013 // The federal government is being asked to cough up more than $60 million for damages from the 2011 Las Conchas fire and subsequent flooding in northern New Mexico. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, the Forest Service...
5 Considered For New Mexico Insurance Regulator Post
Jun 11 2013 // Five government, insurance and health care officials are in the running to manage New Mexico’s newly independent insurance regulatory agency. Among the candidates are state Insurance Superintendent John Franchini and...
Thompson Ridge Fire in New Mexico Still Growing
Jun 7 2013 // The Thompson Ridge fire in northern New Mexico continues to grow even as firefighters make progress mopping up hot spots and clearing lines around the fuel. The fire has burned 22.5 square miles in the Valle Caldera...
Tougher Fire Restrictions Planned In 7 New Mexico Counties
Jun 6 2013 // The Bureau of Land Management plans to impose tougher fire restrictions across seven counties in central New Mexico starting Monday. The restrictions will affect BLM lands in Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval,...
Panel Solicits Applicants for New Mexico Insurance Regulator
Jun 3 2013 // Former State Insurance Superintendent Chris Krahling has been named to a panel that will select New Mexico’s top insurance regulator. A nine-member committee will select the next superintendent of insurance who,...
New Mexico To Keep Administering High-Risk Insurance
May 28 2013 // A panel of New Mexico regulators has voted to continue coverage for more than 1,500 people who are part of a federal high-risk health insurance pool despite a likely shortfall in payments from the federal government. The...
