‘I understand what the stakes are here’: ACLU of New Mexico hires new director

Leon Howard is the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico. Courtesy ACLU-NM × The new executive director of the New Mexico chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union took the helm this week of the local arm of an organization that many …

Fact Check: Pakistan Air Force shoots down US F-35 fighter jet in New Mexico? No, here are the facts

Hyderabad: A sensational claim is circulating on social media, alleging that the Pakistan Air Force shot down a US Air Force F-35A stealth fighter jet in New Mexico using a Chinese-made JF-17 fighter. An X user posted a video of a fiery crash scene with …

As temperatures rise, New Mexico heat-rule champions push back against delay

Conservation Voters New Mexico Climate and Energy Advocate Justin Garoutte urged the New Mexico Environment Department to ‘hold strong’ on worker protections against heat, both indoors and outside, as the department announced a delay and revision of its …

Road rage shooting leaves 14-year-old dead in southern New Mexico

Road rage shooting leaves 14-year-old dead in southern New Mexico Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 12:17 PM MDT Jun 3, 2025 THERE’S NOT MUCH WIND TO SPEAK OF. SOUTHWEST AT FIVE TODAY, MAINLY DRY HERE THROUGH THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON HOURS. WE …

Trainer-VS.-Steward Spat Yields New Mexico Supreme Court Opinion on Immunity in Certain Civil Rights Suits

By T. D. ThorntonA Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse trainer's argument with a New Mexico state steward in 2021 over a licensing dispute that got escalated all the way up that state's Supreme Court has resulted in a ruling issued Monday establishing …

New Mexico courts appoint mental health reform experts

Photos courtesy of the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts × Committee responsible for reviewing, approving and overseeing regional plans for behavioral health services New Mexico’s courts have filled the last three open seats on the panel …

New Mexico Ice Wolves hockey team seeks host families

The New Mexico Ice Wolves hockey team has out-of-state players who are finding themselves right at home here but they need your help to make that happen. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hockey players from all over the U.S. and the world are coming to New Mexico to …

17 Mexican wolf pups placed into wild dens in Arizona and New Mexico in 2025

PHOENIX – Seventeen captive-born Mexican wolf pups have been placed into wild dens in Arizona and New Mexico this year, wildlife officials announced Monday. That completes the Mexican wolf fostering efforts for 2025, according to the Arizona Game and Fish …

Florida lineman bring electricity to Navajo Nation in New Mexico and Arizona

HERNANDO, Fla — When Zachary Laduke heard that people in the United States were living without power, he says he wanted to help. “The kids were doing homework with headlamps,” Laduke said. Travis Brown says the living conditions are hard to imagine. “ …

Job Corps halts operations at 99 centers, including two in New Mexico