May 20, 2016 Prosecutor accuses federal government, Colorado of making little progress on mine spill cleanup The federal government and Colorado have made little progress in remedying damage from the release of millions of gallons of wastewater from a southern Colorado mine last year, New Mexico's top prosecutor charged in a pair of scathing letters sent to officials this week.
May 17, 2016 Complaint: US Border and Customs officers abusing residents Residents along the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso and New Mexico face repeated verbal and physical abuse from U.S. Customs and Border Protection Customs officers, including accusations of being prostitutes and the seizure of their legal documents without cause, according to a complaint filed Tuesday by a coalition of advocacy groups.
May 14, 2016 New Mexico principal on leave over student-shaming poster A Shiprock, New Mexico, middle school principal has been placed on leave for allegedly displaying a poster listing students who wouldn't be graduating to the next grade.
May 14, 2016 University of New Mexico eyes seal amid racial concerns New Mexico's largest university is considering revising its half-century old seal over concerns by Native American students who say it represents the frontier's violent era.
May 13, 2016 Man pleads guilty to grabbing, taking off woman's hijab A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities say he grabbed a Muslim woman's hijab on a Southwest Airlines flight in December and pulled it off.
May 13, 2016 New Mexico worker accused of stealing 29,503 quarters An Albuquerque woman is facing embezzlement charges after police say she stole from her former employer more than $7,000 -- in quarters.
May 12, 2016 New Mexico jail inmate at large after escaping from clinic Authorities in southern New Mexico searched Thursday for a jail inmate who escaped from a medical clinic after he was accused of kidnapping a driver by gunpoint in Texas and twice leading police on car chases.
May 7, 2016 11-year-old's slaying spreads grief far beyond Navajo Nation She was a budding musician and talented artist, a girl whose death at the hands of a man who authorities say lured her into his van spread grief far beyond her home on the Navajo Nation.
May 6, 2016 The Latest: Hundreds line up outside site of girl's funeral The Latest on developments related to the abduction and killing of an 11-year-old girl in New Mexico (all times local): 10 a.m.
May 6, 2016 Treasure hunter's disappearance still a mystery after months Fixated on computer screens and video monitors, an army of volunteers has been painstakingly reviewing hundreds of images and hours of footage recorded over the last four months, desperately hoping to find a single clue to the whereabouts of missing treasure hunter Randy Bilyeu.
