News on New Mexico

Senate roll vote on jobs bill

2010-03-17T09:00:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: Senate OKs legislation giving businesses more incentives to hire the jobless</div><div><p>The 68-29 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed legislation giving tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.</p><p>Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 11 New Mexico emergency room</div><div><p>The patient was only slightly injured when he limped into a hospital in the northwest New Mexico city of Farmington. The only problem was, he was a dog. When the automatic doors at San Juan Regional Medical Center's emergency room slid open Saturday ...

Group: Set aside section of Southwest for jaguars

2010-03-16T17:30:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Group wants Southwest land more than half the size of Calif. listed as critical jaguar habitat</div><div><p>Environmentalists are asking the federal government to set aside an area of the Southwest more than half the size of California to help protect the endangered jaguar.</p><p>The area proposed as critical habitat by the N.J., is recalli...

Williams named AP bureau chief for South Atlantic

2010-03-15T12:15:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Michelle Williams appointed bureau chief for AP's South Atlantic region</div><div><p>Michelle Williams, chief of bureau for The Associated Press in Arizona and New Mexico, has been named chief of bureau for the South Atla...

Mountain West gets 4 teams in NCAA tournament

2010-03-14T17:30:14Z

<div id="subtitle">New Mexico gets highest seed in Mountain West history, league earns 4 NCAA tournament bids</div><div><p>The Mountain West Conference got exactly what it wanted Sunday with four NCAA tournament bids and the highest seeding ever for one of its schools.</p><p>New Mexico (29-4) is the third seed in the East and will...

New Mexico crews looking for missing snowboarder

2010-03-12T08:45:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Rescue crews searching New Mexico mountains for snowboarder missing near ski area</div><div><p>New Mexico rescue crews are searching the mountains around the Santa Fe ski area after a snowboarder failed to return to the base when the area closed.</p><p>State police say the search began about 5 p.m. Thursday when the missing man never returned ...

NM job seekers don't have to disclose crime record

2010-03-09T10:46:11Z

<div id="subtitle">New Mexico 2nd state to ban public sector from asking about criminal convictions on job app</div><div><p>New Mexico became the second state to "ban the box" with Gov. Bill Richardson's signature on a law prohibiting employment applications for government agencies from asking job seekers if they'd been convicted of a...

Second death at New Mexico refinery confirmed

2010-03-07T14:30:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Company confirms second death in March 2 New Mexico refinery fire</div><div><p>A second man is confirmed dead in last week's refinery explosion and fire at Navajo Refinery in the southeastern New Mexico community of Artesia.</p><p>Authorities located one body immediately after the March 2 fire, but had said a second man was missing and presumed dead.</p><p>Navajo Refinery's pare...

Japan, New Mexico collaborate on smart grid tech

2010-03-05T17:00:36Z

<div id="subtitle">New Mexico to be test ground for international smart grid project with Japan agency</div><div><p>Two national laboratories, the state of New Mexico and a Japanese agency are developing smart grid technology to give homeowners and businesses more access to renewable energy sources by controlling the supply and demand of electric power.</p><p>Official...

US rig count increases by 23

2010-03-05T11:32:43Z

<div id="subtitle">US rig count increases by 23 to 1,396</div><div><p>The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 23 this week to 1,396.</p><p>Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 926 rigs were exploring for natural gas and 456 for oil. Fourteen were listed as miscellaneous. A year ag...

TCU New Mexico Basketball

2010-03-03T20:01:04Z

New Mexico's Roman Martinez, congratulates teammate Phillip McDonald, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against TCU in Albuquerque, N.M...

Highlights from the Fed's latest economic survey

2010-03-03T14:33:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Highlights from the latest Beige Book economic survey of the Fed's 12 regional bank districts</div><div><p>Highlights from the Federal Reserve's survey of economic conditions nationwide. The survey, released Wednesday and known as the Beige Book, is based on information collected from the Fed's 12 regional bank districts.</p><p>BOSTON</p><p>(This region cover...

2 employees killed in New Mexico oil refinery fire

2010-03-02T20:45:05Z

<div id="subtitle">2 employees killed, 2 others injured after storage tank explodes at New Mexico oil refinery</div><div><p>Authorities say two employees at an oil refinery in southeast New Mexico are dead and two others critically injured after a storage tank exploded into flames.</p><p>Artesia police say warning sirens sounded just before 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Navajo Refinery. Emergency crews arrived and we...

Redford collaborates on New Mexico film program

2010-02-26T16:15:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Redford, Richardson team up on film training program for Native Americans, Hispanics</div><div><p>Actor and director Robert Redford and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson unveiled details Friday of a collaboration that will expand training opportunities for Native Americans and Hispanics interested in filmmakin...

NM lab gets computing center for top-secret work

2010-02-25T09:45:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal officials dedicate new computing center in NM for top-secret work</div><div><p>The National Nuclear Security Administration has dedicated a new computer center in New Mexico that will be used for top-secret work.</p><p>Agency Administrator Thomas D' Agostino says the

Tax increase could help with NM cavern fix

2010-02-24T15:01:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Oil tax increase could fund work to keep New Mexico brine cavern from collapsing</div><div><p>A southeastern New Mexico brine well that's in danger of collapsing and taking with it part of a highway, a major irrigation canal and a trailer park could end up costing as much as $25 million to remediate.</p><p>Democratic state Rep. John Heaton

Senate roll vote on tax breaks for new hires

2010-02-24T09:30:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: Senate approves tax breaks for businesses that hire the unemployed</div><div><p>The 70-28 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed a jobs bill offering tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.</p><p>Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 13 Chevron subsidiary to build solar plant at New Mexico tailings site</div><div><p>A subsidiary of oil giant Chevron Corp. plans to build what New Mexico officials say will be the largest solar power plant in the nation that uses lenses to focus sunlight onto solar cells.</p><p>Chevron Mining Inc. and Mexico parents upset after students accidentally shown a few seconds of porn in mix-up</div><div><p>Cliff High School students studying World War I history saw a few seconds of pornography during viewing of a video about the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. A History Channel program apparentl...