Three people in New Mexico have died and six others are ill with Listeria infections that preliminary testing has linked to contaminated cantaloupe, state health officials said Monday. Colorado has also had a significant increase in Listeria cases, including at …
San Juan County has agreed to pay $250,000 to a man struck in the head and neck by a sheriff’s deputy with a flashlight. Donovan Tanner filed a lawsuit April 21 against the county, two sheriff’s deputies, a Farmington police …
The natural gas shortage that slammed the state last winter cost insurance companies $55 million in claims. A memo from the state Public Regulation Commission’s Insurance Division says homeowners received the most help representing 7,422 of the nearly 8,900 claims …
Bernalillo County commissioners have banned open burning and campfires in the unincorporated areas of the county. The commission’s vote Tuesday also restricts smoking to enclosed buildings, within vehicles with ashtrays and in developed recreation areas. County Fire Chief John Garcia …
A 19-year-old woman who was severely injured when a wrong-way drunken driver slammed into the ambulance she was driving on Interstate 25 near Santa Fe last December has filed a lawsuit in state district court. Vanessa Carrillo’s lawsuit names the …
Firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire early this week that officials say has tripled in size after destroying five homes, forced evacuations and knocked out power to about 1,000 homes and businesses. New Mexico Forestry Division spokesman Dan Ware says the …
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Division of Insurance is alerting consumers that Allstate Insurance Co. has closed its market claim office in Albuquerque. Citing technology improvements, declining claim counts and an expiring lease on the Albuquerque facility, Allstate officials …