The Latest Breaking News from New Mexico

Howling winds pushed wildfires towards villages in northern New Mexico on Friday, forcing thousands to flee homes as blazes burned across the parched U.S. Southwest.

Independent federal investigators say there are significant issues related to fire training at the U.S. government’s nuclear waste repository in New Mexico

Firefighters battling a half-dozen wildfires in the Southwest are bracing for the return of ferocious winds

In western US waterways, invasive and voracious brook trout are outcompeting native species – but a modified variant could tip the scales

Winds that are expected to intensify through the end of the week have been a major obstacle for firefighters battling blazes across the Southwest

State officials deliver highest level of rebuke and say production demonstrated ‘plain indifference’ to employee protection

New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau said Rust Movie Productions must pay $136,793, and distributed a scathing narrative of safety failures in violation of standard industry protocols.

New Mexico workplace safety regulators on Wednesday issued the maximum possible fine of nearly $137,000 against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set of “Rust” where a cinematographer was fatally shot in October by actor and producer Alec Baldwin. New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau…

LOS ANGELES — A New Mexico government agency handed the "Rust" movie production its maximum fine of $136,793 for safety violations that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last October.

Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by a gun fired by Alec Baldwin in October 2021

Investigation into fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set of movie found production company ‘knew that firearm safety procedures were not being followed on set and demonstrated plain indifference to employee safety’