Associated Press New Mexico

SANTA FE – A longtime New Mexico state senator has announced he is retiring from his position and will step down a month before his four-year term was scheduled to expire after losing his bid this...

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials seek to return money that was stolen from inmates’ accounts at the Bernalillo County jail over several years. The Metropolitan Detention Center said Tuesday it is trying...

SANTA FE – New Mexico residents have waited in longer lines for COVID-19 testing and must wait several days to several weeks for test results as confirmed coronavirus cases surge throughout the...

FARMINGTON – New Mexico state police say a man who was walking in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 64 near Farmington was struck and killed by an SUV on Tuesday night. The accident that happened...

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque has announced that it is being considered to permanently house the U.S. Space Command, the latest of 11 unified command under the U.S. Department of Defense....

CARLSBAD, N.M. – New Mexico water managers are pumping water from state reservoirs into the Pecos River to account for losses during a devastating drought. The move was meant to augment supplies...

ALBUQUERQUE – An independent audit has found that more than $15,000 was stolen from inmates’ accounts at the Bernalillo County jail over a four-year period. The forensic audit recently made public...

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has been trending down over recent days from the record highs reported earlier this month, but nearly every county remained deep...

ALBUQUERQUE – With New Mexico hospitals facing a capacity crunch because of the coronavirus outbreak, the state on Friday opened an alternate care facility for COVID-19 patients in a renovated...

SANTA FE – Multiple ski resorts in New Mexico have delayed their scheduled openings this month in response to state-mandated COVID-19 lockdown orders that went into effect Monday. The regulations...