25 Articles in Searchlight New Mexico News
The Legislature’s status as the last unsalaried one in the nation, Think New Mexico asserts, has been the main justification for lax ethics laws.
Published: Monday, September 28, 2026 09:25AM
Some childcare providers have expressed dissatisfaction with the finalized rules, and argue state law needs more revision.
Published: Sunday, September 27, 2026 09:11AM
Updated: Monday, September 28, 2026 09:16AM
City code enforcement is set to issue violation notices to the owner, linked to an address in Mission Viejo, Calif., in the next day or two.
Published: Friday, September 25, 2026 09:06AM
Oracle sent a notice of “force majeure” to a developer, seeking to release itself from liability if the data center is not online by 2028.
Published: Friday, September 25, 2026 09:01AM
Updated: Friday, September 25, 2026 09:02AM
The contrasting receptions for the two projects echo divisions cropping up in communities around the country.
Published: Friday, September 25, 2026 08:58AM
Heidi Overton provided few clear answers on whether she’ll resist political interference from President Donald Trump.
Published: Friday, September 25, 2026 08:07AM
The names range “from a former Executive Director of the state Democratic Party to a family of lobbyists married to legislators.”
Published: Friday, September 25, 2026 07:59AM
The initiative is part of the Rural Health Transformation Program created by the 2025 federal budget reconciliation bill.
Published: Friday, September 25, 2026 07:56AM
The Kevin S. plaintiffs and the state both acknowledged CYFD’s progress but said it continued to lag in some areas.
Published: Thursday, September 24, 2026 09:55AM
Updated: Thursday, September 24, 2026 09:58AM
New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance Alice Kane on Wednesday defended her decision to approve a significant health insurance rate increase before members of the powerful Legislative Finance Committee. Kane on Sept. 1 OK’d an average rate increase of 24.4% for 2027 individual insurance plans sold on and off BeWell, the
Published: Thursday, September 24, 2026 09:15AM
The bills would increase penalties for consumer protections violations and curb addictive or exploitative tactics.
Published: Thursday, September 24, 2026 09:06AM
Updated: Thursday, September 24, 2026 09:11AM
Recent headlines mark yet another unprecedented attack on the news media: President Trump kicked three major TV news networks out of the White House press pool because, he explained, he didn’t like their coverage. It’s the latest in a steady drumbeat of attacks on the press. Earlier this year, New
Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 11:38AM
Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 01:22PM
The Behavioral Health Services Division asked the state for another $7.2 million in general fund dollars for its FY 2028 budget.
Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 09:40AM
Two people were cited at a Doña Ana County meeting a year after commissioners voted to approve Project Jupiter’s bonds.
Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 09:34AM
Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 09:35AM
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has since 2021 required all U.S. hospitals to post pricing info online.
Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 08:10AM
Respondents to a statewide survey overall favored school choice, while a union leader said the financial implications are tricky.
Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 08:05AM
“We are unionized now, we hit majority, and with that being said, we’re a lot more powerful than just being one person,” tenant Alyssa Harper said.
Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 08:00AM
CYFD is allowed to decide to whom it releases records related to child deaths, a loophole a state senator wants to close.
Published: Sunday, September 20, 2026 07:23AM
Updated: Monday, September 21, 2026 07:25AM
A civil case filed on behalf of the girl’s family accused Las Vegas City Schools of negligence and missteps.
Published: Saturday, September 19, 2026 07:26AM
Updated: Monday, September 21, 2026 07:38AM
Haaland, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, would sign an executive order establishing the temporary pause on day one.
Published: Friday, September 18, 2026 08:46AM
The case in Grant County is not expected to delay the reopening of the Santa Teresa port, said Dr. Samantha Holeck, state veterinarian with the New Mexico Livestock Board.
Published: Friday, September 18, 2026 08:42AM
The state plans to ask lawmakers for an additional $10 million next year for the program, and is now seeking new providers.
Published: Friday, September 18, 2026 08:38AM
Friday marks the anniversary of the Doña Ana County Commission’s approval of $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds for Project Jupiter — a massive artificial intelligence data center campus in Santa Teresa under development for companies like Oracle and OpenAI.
Published: Friday, September 18, 2026 08:35AM
The state high court on Thursdayd denied petitions filed by environmental groups against the hyperscale data center.
Published: Friday, September 18, 2026 08:31AM
New Mexico State University engineering and science students at a recent career fair saw how they can work for Project Jupiter.
Published: Friday, September 18, 2026 08:26AM
Updated: Friday, September 18, 2026 08:27AM