The exclusive remedy for a worker injured in the course of his employment is the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) regardless of whether the injury was caused by an inherent risk of the job, according to a recent decision by the …
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is lifting all fire restrictions in New Mexico. The lifting of restrictions slated for Tuesday comes after more areas in the state recently received rainfall or saw increased humidity levels. This summer has been …
New Mexico’s pharmacy and medical boards are considering proposals that call for greater scrutiny from doctors and pharmacists in giving prescriptions for opioid painkillers. The Santa Fe New Mexico reports that the state Board of Pharmacy will consider various proposals, …
The New Mexico Department of Transportation has asked law enforcement to enforce a state law that does not allow booths and concession stands along state highways. Transportation officials are concerned about the annual pilgrimages in the Santa Fe-area that draw …
State records show that alcohol-related deaths from traffic crashes in New Mexico rose slightly. Preliminary Traffic Safety Bureau records indicate 146 people were killed in highway crashes involving alcohol in 2011. That’s up from 145 in 2010, but down from …
Members of the New Mexico House and Senate have likely shelved for this session an effort to exempt spacecraft manufacturers from legal liability in case space flight passengers are injured in future space flights from Spaceport America. The Albuquerque Journal …
The decision last month by city officials in Albuquerque, N.M., to do away with the city’s red-light camera program didn’t bar the city from reviving the program at some point. But the Albuquerque Journal reports that a pair of cases …
New Mexico police agencies are vowing to do more consistent patrols along U.S. 550 after the rural four-lane highway was the site of six alcohol-related deaths during a recent six-week period. The Farmington Daily Times reports that the deaths prompted …
A meteorite that landed in Russia in the 1940s and was recently stolen from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque has been located. After the meteorite went missing, the museum contacted an association of meteorite collectors and a Missouri …
New Mexico may have more snow on the ground as it starts the new year, but much of the state remains in drought and fire officials are preparing for what could be another rough year. State Forestry officials have outlined …