A bill passed in the recent legislative session to make it easier for optometrists to perform complicated eye surgeries. But a professional association of ophthalmologists wants the governor to veto the legislation because they say it puts patients at risk.

To wrap up Women’s History Month, Central New Mexico Community College is holding its annual ‘Women in Trades Summit’ this Saturday.

As the Southwest heads into peak fire season, the Trump Administration’s cuts to federal agencies are set to hit some local recreational economies hard – especially as conditions ripen for wildfire.

One hundred years ago the Spanish Colonial Arts Society launched with the goal of collecting and preserving New Mexico Hispanic art. It also created the annual Spanish Market. A centennial exhibition about the society is currently at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum in Santa Fe.

Native American students make up 11% of public school enrollment in New Mexico. Yet there are not enough resources for them to learn their Native languages. A bill passed in the recent legislative session would create new schools under a state-tribal compact to address those gaps.

A Las Cruces man and an unidentified 17-year-old are in custody, each facing three open counts of murder, following a deadly gun battle Friday night at Young Park that left three dead and more than a dozen injured.

Efforts by New Mexico lawmakers to contain violent crime took center stage Saturday at the conclusion of an annual legislative session — just hours after three people were killed and 15 injured in an outburst of gunfire at a public park in Las Cruces.

The recent arrests of juvenile suspects — including an 11-year-old boy — in connection with a 2024 hit-and-run homicide in Albuquerque have rattled the Roundhouse in the final days of this year’s 60-day session.

Following Friday night’s reported mass shooting in Las Cruces, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lambasted lawmakers for what she described as a failure to take action on juvenile crime during the 60-day session ending at noon on Saturday.

Three people died and 15 others were injured after an altercation broke out Friday at a park in the desert city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, police said Saturday.