El Rito Media’s five New Mexico newspapers won 43 awards at the New Mexico Press Association’s annual banquet in Albuquerque. The Ruidoso News led with 18 honors, followed by the Carlsbad Current-Argus with 10, Rio Grande Sun with seven and Alamogordo News with four. Artesia Daily Press also earned top honors, underscoring the company’s strength in local and digital journalism.

A Chama man who attacked his nephew, waving a knife in his face and telling him he was going to send him to hell, will spend a year at an in-patient treatment facility before being released...

A discount on cigarettes was at the center of a man’s arrest on Sept. 8, after he was accused of shoplifting, assault and concealing his identity.Española City Police Officer Audrey Martinez arrested Sage Anasazi Da Capo-Awn,...

Following the New Mexico Public Education Department’s lifting of its assessment embargo Sept. 14, school performance information for the 2025–26 School Year is now publicly available through the state’s NM Vistas accountability website.The release allows families,...