Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources are raising concerns about ties between Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and an Indigenous group from her home state that advocates for halting oil and gas production on public lands.
A person in a large SUV drove through a parade in New Mexico on Thursday, injuring multiple people including two police officers.State Police Lt. Mark Soriano said no one was killed in the incident in the city of Gallup and he couldn't elaborate on the extent of the injuries, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
As New Mexico surpassed 8,000 deaths from COVID, a new, highly contagious subvariant has reared its had in the land of enchantment. The new omicron BA.5 subvariant has not only arrived, but is now responsible for 30 percent of cases and that number is growing quickly.
Democratic voters are deciding on a nominee for New Mexico attorney general as state prosecutors contend with a surge in urban gun violence, outside claims to scarce water supplies and concerns about pollution, consumer protection and political extremism.Albuquerque Police decided not to arrest a 14 year-old who was found to have a handgun equipped with an extended magazine loaded with 20 hollow point bullets at Volcano Vista High School.
New Mexico is delivering the first in a series of direct payments to the state's adult residents to offset higher consumer costs brought on by inflation.Individual taxpayers who receive direct deposit rebates are scheduled to receive $250 as early as Thursday, and couples are set to get $500.