$60M Common Core contract approved after questions
The Board of Public Works approved a four-year deal with an Iowa company but not before round of criticism Wednesday over whether the contract was truly competitively bid.
Legislators in New Mexico suing to stop same-sex marriages
SANTA FE, N.M. — A group of Republican legislators has brought the first lawsuit to try to block gay marriage in New Mexico since six counties began issuing marriage licenses […]
From lawyer to lawbreaker, all caught on tape
They are calling him a “legal Rambo” and “a Wild West divorce attorney gone rogue.” A New Mexico lawyer was sentenced to 30 days in prison for breaking into the […]
Law blog roundup
Welcome to the weekly law blog roundup on a day when we honor Martin Luther King Jr. o Judge lets civil rights lawsuit against New York Police Department proceed. o […]
For 2 centuries, miracles sought at N.M.’s Chimayo
CHIMAYO, N.M. — They come in pain and in prayer, seeking cures and a cup of sand from a tiny adobe church called Chimayo. For two centuries, Hispanic and Native […]
States suing over health care law collect funding
WASHINGTON — Federal officials announced Tuesday they are awarding more money to help states carry out President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. So what’s the surprise? Seven states that are […]
Supreme Court says lab analyst must testify to own work
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the lab analyst who testifies at a criminal trial must be the one who performed or witnessed the lab tests in question, […]
Tourists treated to Caving 101 at Carlsbad Caverns
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, N.M. — One by one, the tourists’ headlamps grow dim and disappear as they venture farther into a fracture in the limestone, deep beneath the surface […]
Some Halloween pumpkins grown on Navajo land in N. Mexico
Each October, churches and other nonprofit organizations sell pumpkins as fundraisers. But some of these gourds take a much longer journey from patch to home. Light House, an Annapolis homeless […]






