Sources: Reuters
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation repatriates a centuries-old Spanish colonial map depicting the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro to Mexico's Secretariat of Culture after being recovered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2025-09-23
North America's three largest measles outbreaks continue to expand, with over 2,500 confirmed cases. There have been three fatalities in the United States and one in Mexico. The outbreaks began in Ontario, Canada, then surged in Texas and New Mexico, and have quickly escalated in Chihuahua, Mexico. 2025-05-1
Three people are killed and fifteen others are injured in a mass shooting in a parking lot during a large gathering at Young Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. 2025-03-21
Research into the White Sands fossil footprints in New Mexico reveals that human settlement in North America may have originated earlier than previously assumed. 2023-10-7
American spaceflight company Virgin Galactic successfully launches Galactic 01, its first private spaceflight, from Spaceport America in New Mexico, United States. 2023-06-29
Two people are killed and 200 homes are reportedly damaged during the McBride Fire in Ruidoso, New Mexico. 2022-04-13
New Mexico reports a record 2,112 new cases, bringing the statewide total to 67,559 cases. 2020-11-17
Hillary Clinton wins in California, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota. Bernie Sanders wins in Montana and North Dakota. 2016-06-7
Spaceport America officially opens in New Mexico as the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. 2011-10-18
Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson opens the world's first commercial spaceport, Spaceport America, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The SpaceShipTwo spaceplane is expected to begin commercial flights from the spaceport by 2013. 2011-10-17