State Police Checkpoints, Saturation Patrols Across State During February
NMSP News:
State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during February 2026.
We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.
These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right Read More
Senate Conservation Committee Unanimously Advances $2 Million Mosquito Monitoring Plan That Would Be ‘Early Warning System’ For New Mexico
Егор Камелев/Pixabay via Public DomainBy LILY ALEXANDER
The Santa Fe New Mexican
For Albuquerque Republican Sen. Nicole Tobiassen, the fight against mosquitoes is personal now.
In September, Tobiassen’s husband contracted West Nile virus and spent four and a half months in the intensive care unit “fighting for his life”, she said Thursday during a committee hearing for Senate Bill 79.
The measure would appropriate $2 million to the New Mexico Department of Health for mosquito surveillance, prevention and mitigation in fiscal years 2027 and 2028.
“He survived — against the odds, might I Read More
FBI: Third Defendant Charged In September 2025 School Zone Shooting In Las Cruces
Handgun located on John Anthony Orta on Sept. 6, 2025, in Las Cruces. He has been charged federally with possession of a firearm in a school zone. He faces up to five years in prison. Courtesy/FBI
The AR-15 style pistol located on Steven Mendoza on Sept. 6, 2025, in Las Cruces. He has been charged federally with possession of a firearm in a school zone. His trial is pending. Courtesy/FBI
Instagram photo of Luis Angel Ruiz with what appears to be the same AR-15 style piston recovered from Steven Mendoza Sept. 6, 2025, in Las Cruces. Ruiz was charged Sept. 24, 2025, with discharging a firearm in a school
County Announces Denver Steels Phase II Improvement Project To Begin Feb. 2 With Road Closures Scheduled
View of the Denver Steels Phase II Improvement Project set to begin Monday. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Public Works Department, in partnership with the Department of Public Utilities and under contract with Spear D Construction (TLC Company Inc.), announces that the Denver Steels Phase II Improvement Project will begin Monday, Feb. 2.
The project includes replacement of roadway, targeted concrete replacement including curb and gutter, valley gutters, sidewalk, drive pads, and ADA improvements. Aging water lines and fire hydrants will also be replaced.
During construction, Read More
Negotiations On New Mexico Medical Malpractice Bill Stall Over Punitive Damages
HB99 Sponsor Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos
By CLARA BATES and MARGARET O’HARA
The Santa Fe New Mexican
A group convened by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to come to an agreement on changing the state’s medical malpractice law was still negotiating behind the scenes the week of a key House committee hearing on the measure.
One sticking point, according to an attorney participating in the talks, has been whether or not to cap punitive damages for hospitals.
House Bill 99, set for a debate before the House Health and Human Services Committee on Friday morning, would establish caps for Read More
