Associated Press New Mexico

New Mexico seeks proposals with mine spill settlement money

SANTA FE – New Mexico is calling for proposals that would be funded with $10 million received as part of a recent settlement stemming from a 2015 mine spill that polluted rivers in three wes...

DATE: Aug 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico’s Muslim community reels from arrest in killings

ALBUQUERQUE – A fear of attacks that had rippled through Muslim communities nationwide after the fatal shootings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque gave way to shock and sadness when it turne...

DATE: Aug 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico abortion clinics strained over capacity with out-of-state patients

State’s health care worker shortage worsens access to general reproductive health care

DATE: Aug 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Afghan man charged in killing of 2 Muslims in Albuquerque

A Muslim man from Afghanistan was charged Tuesday with killing two other Muslim men in Albuquerque, authorities said, and he is suspected in two similar slayings that sparked fear in Muslim ...

DATE: Aug 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajo presidential hopefuls select running mates from New Mexico

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Two men vying for the Navajo Nation presidency announced their running mates Monday, choosing candidates from the New Mexico portion of the reservation to broaden their ap...

DATE: Aug 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

SUV barrels through Native American parade; 15 injured

Parade started the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial Centennial Celebration

DATE: Aug 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Highway double take: Albuquerque sign spelled without ‘r’

ALBUQUERQUE – It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of Transportation sign erected last week that pointed drivers tow...

DATE: Jul 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico foundation to return Indigenous items to Mexico

Small, ancient sculptures that have been gathering dust in an Albuquerque storage box are returning home to Mexico, where they are intertwined with the identity of Indigenous communities. Th...

DATE: Jul 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico expands gun safety efforts

Mine petitions filed to have guns removed since red-flag law went into effect

DATE: Jul 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. judge OKs online publication of New Mexico voter records

SANTA FE – A conservative-backed initiative to publish voter registration records from across the country online for public consumption can move forward over the objections of New Mexico ele...

DATE: Jul 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Southern New Mexico city to install safe haven ‘baby box’

HOBBS, N.M. – Hobbs city commissioners took a step toward saving the lives of unwanted newborns at a recent meeting by voting to install a baby box in the southeastern New Mexico community. ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

2 dead, 1 missing in flooding in northern New Mexico

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Two people died and another person was reported missing from flash flooding in a stretch of northern New Mexico that had been ravaged this past spring by wildfire. Tim Nix,...

DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico