New Mexico residents are pushing to save the nearly 80-year-old Sunspot Solar Observatory near Cloudcroft after a mercury leak prompted demolition plans.
Three people were transported to local hospitals after a two-vehicle crash Saturday evening in Chaparral, according to Doña Ana Fire Rescue.
Applications for the next Las Cruces Police Department training academy open July 6, with cadets starting at $24 per hour and incentives available.
Memorial Medical Center has been accredited as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation, the hospital announced.
The La Tuna federal prison complex in Anthony, Texas, is slated for closure as the Bureau of Prisons restructures facilities nationwide.
Doña Ana Community College has appointed Michael Pullin as its new vice president of Academic Affairs.
Las Cruces Finance Director Lesley Doyle has received a national public service recognition from the Government Finance Officers Association.
New Mexico’s Youth Conservation Corps awarded nearly $7 million to conservation programs that will employ more than 600 young people statewide.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined a 24-state coalition opposing a proposed USPS rule that critics say could restrict mail ballot delivery.
Dr. Jerry Wallace, chair of the Las Cruces Historic Preservation Committee, received a state Heritage Preservation Individual Achievement Award.
NMSU Head Start leaders say the program has emerged from federal probation with 99% enrollment, expanded services and a renewed focus on Doña Ana County families.
New Mexico health officials are urging plague precautions after a rodent in Santa Fe County tested positive for the bacterial disease.
Four New Mexico state senators announced an Aug. 11 Project Jupiter listening session and criticized transparency, energy claims and environmental risks tied to the data center project.
More than a dozen New Mexico laws took effect July 1, including changes related to license plate readers, wildlife protections and violence against police.
DACC Diagnostic Medical Sonography students are selling raffle tickets to raise money for a September conference in Atlanta.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s office is demanding federal records tied to DEA fentanyl investigations in New Mexico from 2022 to 2025.
New Mexico lawmakers plan to introduce a statewide data center moratorium after Project Jupiter drew scrutiny over water, energy, emissions and transparency.
CYFD and some New Mexico law enforcement agencies continue to withhold or inconsistently release names of children who die, despite a 2025 transparency law.
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