Residents of the Southwest are bracing for a blizzard to kick off the holiday week with heavy snows, strong winds and icy roads that could make driving across the region dangerous.
Interstates and highways were shut down Monday night as a large winter weather system brought heavy snow, fierce winds and ice to at least five states in the West and Midwest.
Icy conditions blanketing areas of New Mexico prompted authorities to close parts of interstates as a winter storm warning remains in effect until late Tuesday morning.
New Mexico -- one of three states that allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses -- is debating whether to change the practice.
If the still raging fires didn't destroy their homes, New Mexico residents could be done in by flash flooding this monsoon season -- the ravaged landscape heightening the danger, and likelihood, of mudslides and other problems.
New Mexico homeowners who were evacuated more than a week ago will be allowed to return home Tuesday, fire officials said.
New Mexico homeowners who were evacuated more than a week ago will be allowed to return home Tuesday, fire officials said.
Doug Tucker, Chief of the Los Alamos fire department, talks about fighting a fire near a nuclear production center.
A fast-growing wildfire in southeast New Mexico prompted the evacuation Tuesday of White City, a small community on the outskirts of the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, a fire official said Tuesday afternoon.
Firefighters battling a 1,776-acre New Mexico wildfire tended to fire lines and worked to build new ones Tuesday, the New Mexico state forestry division said.
KRQE reports at least 10 homes were burned by the Quail Ridge fire in New Mexico.
More than 180 chimpanzees, used in research testing for decades and set to be transferred from a New Mexico colony to a Texas research facility for possible use in further testing, will not be moved pending a review of the situation, officials said.
In the past few years, good old-fashioned American pie has taken a leap from country windowsills to big-city storefronts. Meet the newest members of urban baking's upper crust.
Police have forensic evidence linking a pair of escapees from an Arizona prison to the investigation of a couple found dead in New Mexico this week, an official with the New Mexico Department of Public Safety said Saturday.
A gunman opens fire at an Albuquerque business, killing and injuring several employees.
A private Cessna 310 with at least seven people on board crashed around 10 a.m. MT (noon ET) in New Mexico, killing five people, said FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford.
Voters in New Mexico made history, while voters in Alabama did not. And a second party-switching lawmaker was ousted in a primary by his new party.
An arrest has been made in the case of a nun who was found slain in her convent earlier this week, federal authorities in New Mexico said Thursday.
Federal authorities in New Mexico say they have located the car of a nun who was found dead earlier this week.
Federal officials said Monday they are seeking information about the killing of a 64-year-old nun whose body was found Sunday on the Navajo reservation in northwest New Mexico.
The era when travelers will be able to catch a flight from New Mexico to outer space moved a step closer this week with the official start of construction of Spaceport America.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill Wednesday repealing the death penalty in his state, his office confirmed.
Salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 states
The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter of admonition Thursday to New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici for his role in contacting the U.S. attorney in his state about a pending federal grand jury investigation into public corruption.
Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting
Throughout the West - in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming - battles are raging over proposed coal plants. Caught up in two big ones is The Blackstone Group, the global asset manager than went public last year.
Six snowmobilers missing in the snowy Rockies have been found alive. CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reports.
SI.com's Gennaro Filice analyzes the matchup.
An energy bill that would require automakers to raise their average fuel economy standards, increase ethanol use, and raise taxes on the oil industry hit a procedural roadblock in the Senate Friday, but senators vowed to work during the weekend to find a way to advance the bill.
An energy bill that would require automakers to raise average fuel economy standards hit a roadblock Friday in the Senate, but senators vowed to work over the weekend to find a way to advance the legislation.
The nation's three nuclear weapons laboratories have had almost 60 serious accidents or near misses in the past seven years, according to a report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office.
You don't need a rocket to send scientific instruments into space. A really big balloon works just as well, according to an international research team that plans to take a closer-than-ever look at the sun.
We floated over the Rio Grande and skirted the tops of green cottonwood trees with the Sandia Mountains in the distance while school kids pointed and waved at us. We waved back.
With consumers screaming about abuses, more than 30 states have enacted laws banning gift cards and certificates with short expiration periods and requiring issuers to turn over cash from expired cards to the state. Eight states have added such laws in 2007 alone.
A CBS reality series in which youngsters run their own town has prompted complaints from one of the children's parents, and may have skirted New Mexico's child-protection laws.
Tonight's facts updated: Tue Jul 17 2007 06:15:00
Here are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting. DRUGS The U.S. Government estimates that Mexican traffickers receive more than $13.8 billion in revenue from illicit-drug sales to the United States; 61 percent of that revenue, or $8.5 billion, is directly tied to marijuana export sales. Americans spend $65 billion on illegal drugs each year. Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy "The extensive licit cross-border traffic between the two countries provides ample opportunities to deliver their illicit products to the U.S. market." Source: State Department's INCSR: page 13 VISAS All the hijackers sought tourist visas. Hani Hanjour, believed to be a pilot on AA #77 that crashed into the Pentagon, had a student visa and was admitted for a stay of two years. Source: 9/11 Commission Hijacker Khalid Al-Midhar on AA #77 that crashed into the Pentagon, was here on a B-1 visa, but his B-2 visa had expired. Marwan Al-Shehhi,
New Mexico's highways were cleared Monday, a day after ice and snow had closed a section of Interstate 40 east of Albuquerque, a state spokesman said.
More than 140 years ago, Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, uttered a famous piece of advice to an advice-seeker: "Go West, young man." Democrats seem to be heeding that advice as they look to expand their electoral base.
They come from all walks of life to the searing desert heat in Phoenix, Arizona: parents, some who are also teachers; administrators and school board representatives.
I'm 44 years old and my wife, who doesn't work outside our home, is 51. I earn $100,000 a year and put 10 percent of that salary into a non-matching 40(k). I also invest $3,600 in a Roth IRA every year. In addition to the $130,000 we have in those accounts, we also have $350,000 of equity in our home, which will be paid off when I'm 56, plus we own a rental condo, a second home and property in New Mexico. I'd like to retire when I'm 60, but I'm worried I'm not doing enough to achieve that goal. Am I on the right path?
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson declared a state of emergency Friday in four counties along the Mexican border that he said have been "devastated" by crimes such as the smuggling of drugs and illegal immigrants.
The New Mexico secretary of state's office is predicting the heaviest turnout in state history.
Over much of the United States, bad weather won't be available as a handy excuse for not voting Tuesday.
In Arizona and New Mexico, one season seems to have trumped another: monsoon over wildfire.
It was an honor bestowed that I was allowed to mix the cake.
The X Prize Foundation and the New Mexico Office of Space Commercialization are joining forces to stage the multi-faceted X Prize Cup, a two-week long event that allows for privately financed, passenger-carrying space vehicles to compete for prizes.
Money Magazine: Las Cruces, New Mexicoupdated: Mon May 05 2003 11:43:00
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