The Latest Breaking News from New Mexico

‘In some cases women are going to die’: Pink House Defenders fight to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic

If Roe is scrapped, women in Mississippi will have to travel 1,000 miles to New Mexico for help, writes Andrew Buncombe in Jackson

The Independent UK · May 30, 2022

New Mexico wildfire scar burn has forest officials worried

As more than 3,000 firefighters in northern New Mexico continue to battle the nation’s largest active wildfire, federal forest officials are worrying about future flash floods, landslides and destructive ash from the burn scar

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

New Mexico Becomes The Latest "Clean Cars" State

The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board unanimously voted to adopt Clean Cars standards.

InsideEVs · May 28, 2022

Forest Service ban on prescribed fires stalls work to protect Colorado residents, water supplies

DENVER — The federal suspension of prescribed burns pending a review of how recent fires lit during extreme drought escaped boundaries is reverberating in the West — and complicating Colorado efforts to revive ailing forests and reduce the severity of wildfires.

The Denver Post · May 26, 2022

Firefighters rescued an elk calf from the ashes of the New Mexico blaze

A firefighter happened upon the motionless animal on the ground of a fire-blackened forest as he patrolled and extinguished hot spots. The calf, dubbed Cinder, is recovering at a wildlife center.

WEKU · May 25, 2022

Firefighters rescue 'Cinder' the elk calf from fire's ashes

Firefighters say they have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf from the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire, as calving season approaches its peak in early June and fires rage across the American Southwest

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Ancient fossilised footprints of adult and child discovered in New Mexico desert

The footprints, believed to date back thousands of years, were found in White Sands National Park

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Rain, snow slow New Mexico fire, but hot, dry weather looms

Light rain and a bit of snow in the mountains of northern New Mexico helped slow the largest wildfire in North America

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

New Mexico sees the fewest candidates running for the U.S. House since 2016

The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in New Mexico this year was March 24, 2022. Eight candidates are running for New Mexico’s three U.S. House districts, including four Democrats and four Republicans. That’s 2.67 candidates per district, less than the 6.3 candidates per district in 2020 and the…

Ballotpedia · May 24, 2022

Percentage of New Mexico state legislative incumbents facing primaries at its highest since 2014

Twelve of the 57 New Mexico state legislators running for re-election—eight Democrats and four Republicans—face contested primaries. That equals 21% of incumbents seeking re-election, the highest rate since 2014. The remaining 45% of incumbents are not facing primary challengers.

Ballotpedia · May 24, 2022