14+ hour, 3+ min ago   (841+ words) LAS CRUCES — Pete Buttigieg, a popular Democrat who ran for president in 2020 and served as Transportation Secretary under President Joe Biden, headlined a spirited campaign rally in Las Cruces Sunday. Buttigieg, the son of former New Mexico State University instructors,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (912+ words) LAS CRUCES — Nella Domenici has given plenty of speeches. She spent much of 2024 crisscrossing New Mexico, introducing herself and reminding voters she was the daughter of former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, one of the most consequential political figures in the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1763+ words) Editor’s note: Today’s Centennial Sundays focuses on Kent Walz’s leadership at the Journal, his emphasis on investigative reporting and his role in protecting New Mexicans’ right to information. The staff was abuzz when Kent Walz — wearing cowboy boots and hat…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (652+ words) Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s office hand-delivered a letter to the president and CEO of Public Service Company of New Mexico’s parent company on Wednesday, asking the state’s largest utility to explain its billing practices. In recent months, with sweltering temperatures…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (909+ words) LAS CRUCES — New Mexico State University’s Domenici Public Policy Conference returned after an eight-year hiatus this week, as a dozen presenters, including subject experts, past and present political officials and 2026 election candidates gave hourlong talks and took questions from NMSU…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1009+ words) LAS CRUCES — Representatives from Oracle Corp. and Bloom Energy appeared before Doña Ana County commissioners Tuesday for a new update on Project Jupiter that left some commissioners with unanswered questions. The atmosphere was calmer than Oracle’s last presentation in July,…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (737+ words) New Mexico political leaders reacted with indignation Sunday after President Donald Trump posted an image suggesting the state be renamed “New America,” drawing opposition from both sides of the political aisle. Trump posted a map of New Mexico on Truth…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (733+ words) New Mexico political leaders reacted with indignation Sunday after President Donald Trump posted an image suggesting the state be renamed “New America,” drawing opposition from both sides of the political aisle. Trump posted a map of New Mexico on Truth…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (215+ words) BUSINESS ACROSS THE BORDER What's the last country in the world that you think the U.S. would get into an uglier-by-the-day, insult-hurling, deepening trade war with? I think most of us would not choose our North American neighbor, Canada. Trump seems…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (841+ words) Today’s column covers two unrelated topics: how the federal deficit is progressing and how to set up a Trump account. Let’s start with the bad news — the deficit. The federal government has a fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. Through the…...