The Latest Breaking News from New Mexico

Giant 'cow of the Cretaceous' discovered almost 100 years ago identified as new duck-billed dinosaur

The dino lived during the Late Cretaceous alongside other hadrosaurids in present-day New Mexico.

LiveScience · Jan 3

New Era Energy Stock Plummets After CEO Flouts Environmental Rules for Personal Gains in Oil & Gas Scam

New Era Energy CEO siphoned revenue from New Mexico oil and gas wells that produce fossil fuels via shell companies while flouting environmental regulations.

International Business Times UK · Dec 30, 2025

New Mexico Riding Momentum vs. Minnesota in Rate Bowl

Our Stephen Vilardo previews Friday's MW-Big Ten matchup between the Lobos and the Gophers in the Rate Bowl.

SuperWest Sports · Dec 25, 2025

Breathtaking desert that inspired Georgia O’Keeffe is now protected

A new conservation plan would ensure visitors can continue to access the spiritual retreat, along with winter pasture for livestock

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025

Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’

Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis

The Guardian - US · Dec 4, 2025

Mystery deepens as elderly couple is found dead in rural New Mexico five days after leaving Texas Thanksgiving dinner

Charles and Lori Lightfoot were in their early 80s and did not own cellphones. They may have gotten tragically lost as they were found hundreds of miles from home

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Thanksgiving turns tragic as an elderly Texas couple disappears. Their car is found 160 miles away, with the man fighting for his life

Time is of the essence.

We Got This Covered · Dec 2, 2025

Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound greenwashing.”

Capital & Main · Dec 2, 2025

Santa Fe’s Plan for a Real Minimum Wage Offers Lessons for Costly California

New Mexico’s fourth largest city is integrating the average rent into calculations of its lowest pay rate.

Capital & Main · Nov 28, 2025

Nick Bartlett’s 2025 Week 14 SuperWest Fearless Predictions

Nick Bartlett gives us his just-for-fun picks for contests involving the best teams in the West across five conferences.

SuperWest Sports · Nov 28, 2025