New Mexico News

Three New Mexico officials will travel to Maryland this week to participate in a national summit focused on swine flu preparedness.

New Mexico, Colorado and Texas are applying for federal funds to study the viability of a high-speed rail system from El Paso through New Mexico to Denver.

New Mexico's two U.S. senators are seeking a drought declaration for seven southern and eastern New Mexico counties.

The New Mexico Environment Department is asking the public to comment on a revised draft hazardous waste permit for Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Reporting from Albuquerque -- For the last seven years, Horace, a four-time convicted drunk driver, has lived with an electronic probation officer in the front seat of his red sedan.

Former 5-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia is behind bars again. The New Mexico Department of Corrections says Tapia was taken into custody and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque on Monday after violating the terms of his parole.

Well water near a Superfund site in western New Mexico's uranium belt poses no apparent health risk despite an earlier report that called the site of Homestake Mining Co.'s former mill a hazard, federal officials said.

Carlsbad firefighters say they're considering turning to the New Mexico Supreme Court or the Legislature in their battle with the city over wages.

Gov. Bill Richardson is heading to Cape Cod for a vacation. The governor and first lady Barbara Richardson leave Tuesday for their getaway in Massachusetts.

U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today joined U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to tour the Albuquerque Job Corps Center and to announce $13 million in unemployment insurance modernization funds for New Mexico.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has named a state Department of Health official to oversee the Health Policy Commission, which faces deep cuts in the budget year that begins Wednesday.

Editor's note: Reprinted with permission of New Mexico Magazine. In 1912, the New Mexico Constitution called for "a normal school, which shall be established by the Legislature and located in one of the counties of Union, Quay, Curry, Roosevelt, Chaves or Eddy." A normal school was a term used for a teachers' training institution.

Although New Mexico officially abolishes the death penalty on Wednesday, that doesn't mean there won't be another execution in the state.

Many New Mexicans are reacting to Thursday's death of Michael Jackson, calling radio stations and visiting events in his honor.

Starting July 1, service-connected disabled veterans who are New Mexico residents will be eligible to buy an annual combination fishing and small-game hunting license for $10. The license normally costs $33. The special license was approved by the 2009 New Mexico Legislature and signed by Gov.

Legislative leaders have agreed to spend up to $100,000 to help pay for an independent review of New Mexico's investment practices and policies.

New Mexico is among the states involved in a settlement with discount retailer TJX over a massive data theft that occurred a few years ago at the parent company of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshall's. Attorney General Gary King says New Mexicans may have been exposed to identity theft and other problems as a result of the security breach.

"He's not my favorite person," pundit James Carville said of fellow Democrat Gov.

A ceremony Saturday honored 100 New Mexico National Guardsmen who are deploying to Iraq for a one-year mission.

A groundbreaking for New Mexico's Spaceport America means hundreds of construction workers will be needed to construct the massive facility.