GoFundMe page for Michael LaMotte
A teenager charged in the shooting death last year of 14-year-old Michael LaMotte during a drug-fueled night at the University of New Mexico has taken a plea deal and faces a 12-year prison sentence, court records show.
Joseph Hernandez for New Mexico
Following a weekend of controversy after a new police report detailing an incident at a Chicago hotel, Representative Joseph Hernandez has dropped his bid for reelection.
Let's Talk New Mexico
We're rounding up the summer's news, from major headlines, to stories that flew under the radar.
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The hearing officer presiding over the New Mexico Environment Department’s air quality permit hearing for the Project Jupiter data center has recused himself from the case, according to newly filed documents. -
Record-breaking July temperatures have left nearly 95% of New Mexico in some degree of drought, and “isolated” monsoon rains failed to provide meaningful relief to water supply challenges across the West.
- COMIC: 7 lifestyle habits that may boost your chances of getting pregnant
- Soaring summer power bills spark protests -- and even disconnections
- Hollywood's summer box office is glowing, but the numbers come with startling caveats
- Utah puts up ads promoting nuclear energy. Public interest groups say it's propaganda
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