Latest New Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fired New Mexico Archaeological Official Sues Governor, Others
May 23 2023 // The former director of the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies is suing state officials, saying his race and gender played a role in his firing. Eric Blinman filed a lawsuit in federal court late last week against...
Major New Mexico Transmission Line OK’d for Renewable Energy in West
May 19 2023 // The U.S. government is greenlighting a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send primarily wind-generated electricity from the rural plains of New Mexico to big cities in the West. The Interior...
J&J’s Proposed Talc Settlement Would Pay $400 Million to State AGs
May 18 2023 // Johnson & Johnson has set aside $400 million to resolve U.S. state consumer protection actions as part of its broader $8.9 billion effort to settle claims that its Baby Powder and other talc products cause...
Damage from New Mexico Sinkhole Being Assessed
May 16 2023 // Authorities were assessing the damage after a sinkhole developed on a New Mexico bridge, resulting in the rescue of two pedestrians. Los Lunas police said the city’s Main Street bridge over the Rio Grande remained...
New Mexico Officials Say FEMA Delays Create Mistrust Among Wildfire Victims
May 12 2023 // Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are criticizing federal emergency managers for missing deadlines as residents seek recovery assistance following the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded...
Medic on New Mexico Movie Set Shooting Gets $1.15M Partial Settlement
May 11 2023 // A New Mexico judge has approved a $1.15 million settlement between a medic who worked on the “Rust” film set and one of several defendants she accused of negligence in the fatal 2021 shooting of a...
Methane-Tracking Satellites Catch Polluters
May 2 2023 // Think of them as speed cameras, but for methane. Just like roadside instruments used to identify drivers breaking traffic rules, new powerful satellites are starting to catch oil and gas operators releasing the...
Baldwin Charge in New Mexico Movie Set Shooting Dismissed
Apr 24 2023 // Prosecutors have formally dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “Rust,” citing new evidence and the...
‘Rust’ Reboots After Fatal New Mexico Movie Set Shooting
Apr 21 2023 // Filming on the Western movie “Rust” could resume this week in Montana, the production company said Wednesday, in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal with actor Alec...
New Mexico and Arizona Officials Warn of Wildfire Risk as Southwest Dries out
Apr 3 2023 // Snowcapped mountains in the Southwestern U.S. signal a possible delayed start to the wildfire season for some higher elevations, but officials in New Mexico and Arizona warned that dry, windy conditions in other areas are...
New Mexico Lawmakers Seek Assurances Amid Prescribed Burns
Mar 14 2023 // Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are looking for assurances from the U.S. Forest Service that the agency is taking preventative measures to ensure that future prescribed fires don’t turn into...
New Mexico Law Signed to Help Wildfire, Flooding Recovery
Feb 22 2023 // New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed to use zero-interest loans to help local governments in the arid, Southwest state repair or replace public infrastructure damaged by wildfires or subsequent flooding. The law...
Production to Resume After Fatal Shooting New Mexico Movie Set
Feb 16 2023 // Production is expected to resume this spring on the movie “Rust” that was halted in October 2021 after a fatal shooting on the set involving actor-producer Alec Baldwin. Rust Movie Productions also announced...
Alec Baldwin Calls Part of New Mexico Movie Set Shooting Charge Unconstitutional
Feb 15 2023 // Alec Baldwin asked a judge in New Mexico to dismiss a five-year firearm sentencing enhancement in the charges against him, saying it is unconstitutionally based on a law passed after the shooting on the set of the film...
New Mexico State Cancels Season After Sex, Harassment Allegations
Feb 14 2023 // New Mexico State called off the rest of its men’s basketball season Sunday after reviewing a police report that cited three players for false imprisonment, harassment and counts of criminal sexual contact against a...
Cinematographer’s Ukrainian Relatives Sue Baldwin over New Mexico Set Shooting
Feb 10 2023 // The Ukraine-based relatives of a slain cinematographer are seeking damages in her death from actor Alec Baldwin in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of a Western movie, under a civil lawsuit filed Thursday in Los...
New Mexico Prosecutors Formally File Charges in Baldwin Movie Set Shooting
Feb 1 2023 // Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors...
Bill Advances in New Mexico to Gird Against Climate Crises
Jan 26 2023 // A legislative panel advanced a bill this week that would help local governments plan in advance for climate-related threats to public health such as wildfires, flooding, extreme heat and rapid erosion. The initiative from...
Cameraman Hurt on New Mexico Film Set Gets $66M in Lawsuit
Jan 23 2023 // A Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than $66 million in a lawsuit, among the largest settlements in the state’s history, a news outlet...
New Mexico DA Charging Baldwin, Armorer in Movie Set Death
Jan 19 2023 // New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced on Thursday that her office will file criminal charges in the “Rust” film-set shooting against actor and producer Alec Baldwin and...
