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Residents Flee 20,000-Acre Colorado Wildfire

Smoke-eaters also battling fires in Wyoming, New Mexico

(Newser) - Some 2,000 families are fleeing the 20,000-acre High Park wildfire in northern Colorado. “The burning pattern could potentially cut off exit routes for residents in this area and they should leave now,” authorities reiterated on a website. Some 18 buildings have already been damaged or destroyed...

Romney Racks Up 3 More Primary Wins

Add New Jersey, South Dakota, and New Mexico to the list

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has won the New Mexico Republican presidential primary, adding to a delegate total that already exceeds the number needed to win the nomination. Romney also won primaries today in New Jersey and South Dakota. Two more states, Montana and California, also are having primaries. A total of 264...

Giant New Mexico Fire Could Be First of Many

And it's just getting bigger

(Newser) - New Mexico's biggest-ever wildfire may herald an onslaught of giant blazes in the western US, experts say. "We've been in a long drought cycle for the last 20 years, and conditions now are great for these type of fires," says an Arizona science professor. "Everything...

Fire Now Largest in New Mexico's History

Has burned 265 square miles in Gila National Forest

(Newser) - A massive wildfire that has burned more than 265 square miles in the Gila National Forest has become the largest fire in New Mexico state history, fire officials confirmed today. The erratic blaze grew overnight to more than 170,000 acres, surpassing a blaze last year that burned 156,593...

Hispanics Key to 2012 Electoral Map

And things aren't looking good for Mitt Romney

(Newser) - If he wants to win in November, Mitt Romney will need to make giant strides among Hispanics, and he knows it. A failure to do so "spells doom for us," he was caught saying at a fundraiser. President Obama already appears to have a large electoral-vote lead—247...

In NM, Unpaid Tickets Could Get Your Utilities Shut Off

Las Cruces really wants to collect red-light-camera fines

(Newser) - Thinking about skipping out on your red-light-camera ticket? You might want to reconsider, at least if you're a resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico, where delinquent violators could have their utilities shut off. Officials were apparently desperate to come up with a way to collect unpaid fines, which have...

New Shrimp-y Species Found in NM Cave

Carlsbad Caverns yields tiny translucent critters

(Newser) - Shrimp kebabs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo ... now add "blind, tiny, and almost translucent" shrimp to the list: Scientists have discovered a new shrimp-like species in a cave near Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. "You never know what you're going to find down there," says a...

Legendary Ultrarunner Found Dead in Wilderness

No signs of violence, Micah True's body taken for autopsy

(Newser) - Friends and family of legendary ultrarunner Micah True have been left with only questions and memories after the body of the 58-year-old was found in the New Mexico wilderness on Saturday, reports ABC News . True disappeared while on a 12-mile run on Tuesday in New Mexico's Gila National Forest....

Missing Woman, Cat Found After Month in Forest

Woman survives weeks stranded in New Mexico national park

(Newser) - A woman who had been missing for nearly a month was found starving but still alive in New Mexico's Gila National Forest. Search crews say 41-year-old Margaret Page was stranded in the forest for weeks, surviving on creek water and the food she had brought with her, and lost...

NM Town Elects Mayor Who's Barred From City Hall

Indicted mayor can't talk to city officials either

(Newser) - Sunland Park, New Mexico, elected 28-year-old Daniel Salinas as mayor yesterday, but Salinas is going to have a tough time doing the job; he's forbidden by law from stepping foot on city property or talking to city workers. Salinas, the town's current mayor pro tem, has been charged...

Gay Hair Stylist Won't Cut NM Governor's Hair

Because New Mexico's Susana Martinez opposes gay marriage

(Newser) - Popular Santa Fe hair stylist Antonio Darden cut New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez's hair three times, but when her aides called for a fourth appointment, Darden refused. Darden, who runs Antonio's Hair Studio, is a gay man, and Martinez does not support gay marriage, he explains to KOB...

Homeless Man Rescued After 3 Days Stuck in Mud

Man in river wanted on felony warrant

(Newser) - A homeless man who spent three days stuck in deep mud near the Rio Grande river in New Mexico was rescued after high school students on a field trip heard him yelling for help. Fire crews found the man stuck on a reed island and used a pulley system to...

Witness Hogties Suspected Drunk Driver in New Mexico
 Witness Hogties Drunk Driver 
Jan 18, 2012 11:34 PM CST

Witness Hogties Drunk Driver

Drivers saw suspect dodging head-on collisions

(Newser) - A man spotted driving erratically on a stretch of New Mexico highway notorious for drunk-driving deaths was hogtied by a witness until police arrived. The man, seen barely avoiding head-on collisions as he drove southbound in northbound lanes, was confronted by fellow motorists when he pulled over at a convenience...

New Mexico: We Need a New Slogan

'Land of Enchantment' isn't doing the trick, say state officials

(Newser) - New Mexico has plenty to offer, but people just don't know much about it, say locals after watching tourism plummet almost 10% over the past three years. Now, the state is running a $2.5 million PR campaign to change people's perceptions of the state. "People think...

Johnson Exits GOP Race to Run as Libertarian

Libertarian Party welcomes former NM gov

(Newser) - Forgot Gary Johnson was seeking the Republican presidential nomination? You wouldn't be alone—which probably explains why the former New Mexico governor has decided to drop his GOP bid and seek the Libertarian nomination instead, according to Politico . Johnson never made much of an impact on the Republican race—...

Blizzard Threatens Southwest, Midwest

Holiday travel could be affected

(Newser) - If you live in the Southwest and Great Plains and you were hoping for a white Christmas, good news! A powerful blizzard is sweeping across the area today, with up to 18 inches of snow expected in parts of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado, the AP reports. New...

Obama Fights for Longtime Red States

North Carolina, Virginia key to 2012 strategy

(Newser) - It's not just about Ohio and Florida anymore. President Obama heads to North Carolina today then continues on to Virginia, hoping he can once again capture the longtime Republican strongholds in 2012; next week, it's off to the Mountain West, where he'll look for victory in Colorado,...

Border State Governors Ditch Mexico Conference

Only New Mexico's shows up to meet Mexican counterparts

(Newser) - The governors of border states in the US and Mexico have been holding a conference to discuss cross-border issues every year for 30 years, but the tradition appears to be withering, the AP finds. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez was the only one of the four US border state governors...

Ghost Town Being Built in New Mexico

'The Center' will have homes, roads ... but no people

(Newser) - If you think ghost towns are dusty places out West that have been abandoned for centuries, you'd be mostly right. But the latest ghost town to surface in New Mexico will actually be a brand new one. A tech company yesterday announced plans to build a 20-square-mile model of...

Cop Caught in Sex Pics Fired
 Cop Caught in Sex Pics Fired 
Sep 4, 2011 5:42 AM CDT

Cop Caught in Sex Pics Fired

Officials say nothing criminal about scandal, but veteran trooper axed

(Newser) - Just days after going viral, the New Mexico state trooper caught by a surveillance camera having sex on the hood of a Honda has been fired, reports the New Mexican . Police officials said the sex was not criminal nor done in exchange for anything in the trooper's official duties,...

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