New Mexico - The Journal

A foster teen has gone missing. Why, his family asks, is no one looking for him?

New Mexico’s child welfare agency is supposed to safeguard children in its custody and report them immediately if they vanish. In this case, it didn’t.

DATE: Nov 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Police say woman hits boyfriend with car as argument turns violent

Makaila Keyonnie is charged with aggravated battery with deadly weapon

DATE: Nov 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Tri-Cities

How price impacts individuals buying menstrual products

Average prices for both tampons and pads rose nearly 10 percent last year

DATE: Nov 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Most New Mexico county jails are understaffed; some are overfull

Fewer corrections officers mean counties are competing with each other (and state and private prisons too) for the same pool of people

DATE: Nov 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

District attorney reschedules preliminary hearing in Farmington drive-by shooting

State not ready to present case, according to motion

DATE: Nov 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Tri-Cities

Virgin Galactic lays off 185 employees will pause Spaceport flights

Company officials said a new, bigger, spaceplane will be more lucrative

DATE: Nov 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico’s displaced coal miners have gotten the shaft on severance pay

The state’s just transition plans promised by the Energy Transition Act haven’t panned out for many workers

DATE: Nov 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

San Juan College hosts Zombie Run in Farmington

The annual event returned to the city last year after a hiatus

DATE: Oct 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Education

Federal jury convicts four New Mexico compound defendants in ‘terrorism’ plot

A federal jury indicted Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, his sisters Hujrah Wahhaj and Subhanah Wahhaj, and Subhanah’s husband, Lucas Morton, for supporting terrorism. After a three-week trial, the jury co...

DATE: Oct 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Fiery crash during prestigious balloon race injures 2 Polish pilots

Hydrogen-filled balloon hits high-voltage power line ALBUQUERQUE – Two balloon pilots from Poland who were competing in the prestigious Gordon Bennett Cup long-distance race were recovering ...

DATE: Oct 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico