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Thick smoke billows across Artesia after explosion at New Mexico oil refinery

November 01, 2025 11:28 pm

Authorities said the smoke had dissipated by Friday afternoon and roads were reopened.

After Texas, flash flood devastates New Mexico: House swept away, 3 missing

July 09, 2025 11:14 am

The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency in Ruidoso, New Mexico after the village’s river water reached a level of 20.24ft (6m) which could be a record.

Judges dismiss national security charges against immigrants who enter new militarised zone at border

May 17, 2025 1:14 am

The US attorney for New Mexico says at least 199 signs have been staked in the ground near the New Mexico border that warn against entry into the newly militarized area.

3 killed, 15 injured in shooting at a park in New Mexico’s Las Cruces

March 24, 2025 12:51 am

Police and fire crews arrived at just after 10 p.m. Friday to a chaotic scene at Young Park, where an unauthorized car show had drawn about 200 people, police said in a news conference.

Fatal shooting in New Mexico park casts pall over Legislature and its ability to contain crime

March 23, 2025 8:35 am

Republicans legislators in the legislative minority said the state is in crisis and urged Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to exercise her authority to bring the legislators back to the Capitol to seek solutions to violent crime.

Gene Hackman died of heart disease days after wife succumbed to rare virus

March 08, 2025 5:27 am

A caretaker at their gated community discovered the couple dead. Sheriff's deputies found Hackman in the kitchen.

New Mexico heavy rain and flash flooding prompt mandatory evacuations

June 22, 2024 7:20 pm

Up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain had fallen by late Friday with additional rainfall up to 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) expected overnight, the weather service said.

US President Joe Biden on New Mexico Fire

Biden approves disaster declaration, freeing up resources in battle against deadly New Mexico fires

June 21, 2024 5:09 am

The declaration will help with recovery efforts including temporary housing, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property and other emergency work in Lincoln County and on lands belonging to the Mescalero Apache Tribe.