October 11, 2023 New Mexico Gov. Grisham defends efforts suspending gun-carry rights in public parks, playgrounds Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has defended her public health order suspending the conceal and open carry of guns around public parks and playgrounds.
October 10, 2023 Gas balloon participating in cross-country race crashes into power line, injures 2 Two pilots from Poland were injured after a gas balloon they were piloting in a nationwide race crashed in Texas Monday night. The race is still ongoing.
October 9, 2023 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta lifts off, brightening New Mexico’s sky with colorful displays New Mexico has begun its famous annual hot air balloon event in Albuquerque. The international fiesta is one of the most photographic events in the world.
October 7, 2023 How this western battleground state shifted from purple to solid blue New Mexico was once a top general election battleground, but it's turned from purple to blue the past two decades as Democrats dominate in federal and state elections
October 6, 2023 Footprints found at ancient lake in New Mexico challenge old belief of first humans in Americas New research finds that humans might have first entered the New World not over the Bering land bridge between Russia and Alaska, but thousands of years earlier.
October 4, 2023 New Mexico police officer charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station New Mexico's Attorney General, Raúl Torrez, has announced the charging of a police officer with voluntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of a Black man.
October 3, 2023 New Mexico legal challenge examines gun-carry restrictions amid state gun control efforts The legality of restricting public gun carrying during a public health emergency order is facing scrutiny in New Mexico, as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham navigates a constitutional debate.
September 29, 2023 Corrections officer accused of smuggling drugs into New Mexico jail Grant Haneckow, 19, an Albuquerque-area corrections officer, has been arrested under suspicion he smuggled Suboxone into the Bernalillo County jail.
September 29, 2023 Shooter opens fire at New Mexico protest against conquistador statue, injuring 1 A man was shot Thursday amid gunfire in northern New Mexico at a protest against the installation of a statue of Spanish conquisatador Juan de Oñate.
September 27, 2023 New Mexico trial involving remains of a 3-year-old found at squalid encampment begins with mother’s testimony The mother of a 3-year-old boy, whose body was found at a squalid encampment in a 2018 raid in New Mexico, marked the beginning of an abduction and terrorism trial with her testimony.