Local governments and some other entities in New Mexico are now eligible for federal assistance to recover from flooding and storm damage suffered during last summer. The White House says a disaster declaration by President Barack Obama applies to state, …
New Mexico jurors have awarded a pacemaker patient more than $67 million in damages in a lawsuit. The Albuquerque Journal reported a 3rd Judicial District Court jury in Las Cruces on Monday found German pacemaker manufacturer Biotronik negligent in the …
Alamogordo, N.M. officials say they plan to ask for state assistance for $230,000 in damages caused by recent flooding. The Alamogordo Daily News reported that the city will submit damage estimates to the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security this …
A government report shows that traffic deaths in New Mexico have increased about 20 percent this year. According to preliminary figures from the Department of Transportation, 204 people have died in traffic accidents from January through July. That’s up from …
A new law is ready to take effect that will ban texting while driving in New Mexico. Starting Tuesday, the law will prohibit drivers from sending or reading text messages and emails – even while at a stop light. Drivers …
First-time driver’s licenses issued to immigrants in the country illegally plunged by nearly a third in the past year despite no change in New Mexico’s policy of granting driving privileges, records show. The dramatic decline comes after Republican Gov. Susana …
The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker’s employer and its insurer must pay for medical marijuana for treating the employee’s chronic pain from a job-related back injury. The court on Monday upheld a decision by a …
A proposal to ban texting while driving in New Mexico will become a state law. Gov. Susana Martinez will sign the bill Sunday afternoon while visiting the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque. The proposal will prohibit …
A federal jury in Las Cruces convicted a Chinese national Tuesday of 64 felonies for running a ring that helped immigrants illegally obtain New Mexico driver’s licenses. After about three hours of deliberations, the jury found Hai Gan, 56, of …
Caliber Collision Centers has entered into its seventh western U.S. state with the grand opening of its second “from-the-ground-up” greenfield facility in Las Cruces, N.M. in more than 10 years. “Our newest Las Cruces facility is our second concept store …