One California town is in a state of emergency and 50,000 people are under an evacuation order as a malfunctioning chemical tank at an aerospace plant is overheating and could leak or explode.
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At Tuesday night's meeting, the Las Cruces Public School Board of Education voted unanimously to rename César Chávez Elementary to Desert Bloom Elementary.
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There have been over 120 dust events that have caused 21 deaths in the corridor since 2012.
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KRWG Public Media is covering contested races around the region ahead of the June 2nd primary. KRWG’s Abigail Salas spoke with Samantha Barncastle, who is a Republican candidate for Doña Ana County Commissioner in District 1.
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Seven Cabins Fire Update: Containment has increased due to hard work by air and ground firefighters.Seamless coordination between night and day crews has strengthened firefighting efforts, allowing crews to build on each other’s progress and increase containment to 15%.
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University of New Mexico Hospital Chief Medical Officer Steve McLaughlin said during a news conference in Albuquerque that authorities were working “under the assumption” that fentanyl was to blame.
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Three people were admitted to the hospital Wednesday. One — an emergency medical services official — has since been released, according to Mountainair Mayor Peter Nieto. The substance in question has yet to be identified.
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Since 2000, more than 7 million acres of forests and wildlands have burned in New Mexico, underscoring the need for a new center designed to grow tree seedlings for reforestation.
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Pearce’s background as a Republican Party leader in New Mexico known for supporting public land leasing and industry made him a contentious pick.
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China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 3 astronauts heading to its space station. One astronaut is set to stay in space for a year to explore human adaptability in long-duration spaceflights.
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Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.
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The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding?
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The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York.