New Mexico spaceport breaks ground on terminal and hangar facility

UPHAM, N.M. — A multimillion-dollar spaceport is moving toward construction in the New Mexico desert, a big step for commercial space development and tourists who will suit up for $200,000 suborbital flights.

NM police find remains of 4 in car pulled from lake; vehicle belonged to dad who abducted kids

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The remains of an adult and three children discovered in a car submerged in a central New Mexico lake may be linked to the 2001 case of a man accused of abducting his three sons, authorities said Friday.

NM shelter cancels plan to euthanize 50 strays to make room for court-held pit bulls

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Officials of a New Mexico animal shelter say they have canceled plans to euthanize more than 50 dogs to make room for court-held pit bulls.

New Mexico shelter to kill more than 50 stray dogs to make room for ‘aggressive’ pit bulls

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Officials at a New Mexico animal shelter say they’ll euthanize more than 50 dogs and puppies this week to make room for 12 pit bulls from an unresolved dog fighting case.

Environmentalists call to end funding for federal agency that controls wildlife, crop pests

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The number of animals poisoned, shot or snared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture more than doubled last year, and environmentalists who are critical of the killings are renewing their effort to cut the program’s funding.

ACLU sues operator of private NM prison alleging violation of 7 inmates’ rights

SANTA FE, N.M. — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the operator of New Mexico’s newest private prison on behalf of seven inmates who claim they were taunted by guards and videotaped while locked for hours in a shower room.

Japanese hiker lost in New Mexico dialed 911 repeatedly for help, but calls were misrouted

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A lost hiker who was killed in a helicopter crash after her rescue last week called 911 repeatedly, but was initially routed to non-emergency lines lacking the technology to help locate her, authorities said.

Japanese hiker lost in New Mexico dialed 911 repeatedly for help, failed to reach dispatchers

SANTA FE, N.M. — A Japanese hiker who became lost in the northern New Mexico mountains and later died in a crash of the helicopter that rescued her called 911 seven times before being connected to an emergency dispatcher.

NM medical examiner says pilot of crashed rescue helicopter died of cold exposure, injuries

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico state police helicopter pilot died of hypothermia complicated by injuries he received in a crash during a mountain rescue mission, the state medical examiner’s office said Tuesday.

NM medical investigator says pilot in rescue mission crash died of cold exposure, injuries

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s medical examiner says a state police pilot whose helicopter crashed in the mountains near Santa Fe during a rescue mission died from exposure to the cold and injuries from the wreck.

Workers to break ground on New Mexico spaceport where private citizens can buy trips to space

UPHAM, N.M. — The wide-open desert of southern New Mexico has long been a key passageway: Spanish conquistadors used it to settle North America, and wagon trains and railroads rattled through on their way to California.

Hundreds mourn NM state police officer killed in helicopter crash during rescue

SANTA FE, N.M. — More than 1,000 people attended a memorial service to honor a 36-year-old New Mexico state police helicopter pilot killed in a mountain rescue attempt.

Albuquerque police chief talks of ’sadness’ in city after 2 crimes bring national attention

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz remembers the moment at a news conference when his voice choked up and his eyes filled with tears.

Japanese mother of hiker killed in helicopter crash arrives in NM to collect daughter’s body

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The mother of a Japanese hiker killed in a helicopter crash in the northern New Mexico mountains has arrived in Albuquerque from Tokyo to collect her daughter’s body.

Autopsies: 2 women found in mass NM grave were victims of ‘undetermined homicidal violence’

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities have released the first two autopsies of the 11 people found in a mass grave in the desert west of Albuquerque.

Nation’s largest solar plant to be built in NM, producing enough electricity for 74,000 homes

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Utility officials announced plans Thursday to build a giant solar energy plant in the New Mexico desert in what is believed to be the largest such project in the nation.

State police pilot, student hiker confirmed dead in New Mexico chopper crash

SANTA FE, N.M. — Officials said both the pilot of a state police helicopter and the student hiker he was rescuing were killed when the aircraft crashed on a snowy mountain near Santa Fe.

Searchers find hiker’s body after New Mexico police chopper crashes in mountain

SANTA FE, N.M. — Searchers have found the body of a hiker who was in a state police helicopter that went down on a snowy Santa Fe mountain peak, but were still searching for the pilot.

Searchers reach hiker who was in NM helicopter crash on snowy mountain; pilot still missing

SANTA FE, N.M. — Searchers on Thursday reached a hiker who was in a state police helicopter that went down Tuesday night on snowy, 12,000-foot Santa Fe mountain peak, but state police refused to release details about her.

Searchers reached a hiker who was in a helicopter crash, but refused to release details

SANTA FE, N.M. — Searchers have reached a hiker who was in a state police helicopter that crashed on a snowy, 12,000-foot mountain near Santa Fe, but they aren’t releasing any details on her condition.

Searchers heading for helicopter crash site in rugged NM mountains to look for 2 missing

SANTA FE, N.M. — Black Hawk helicopters airlifted searchers Thursday as close as they could to the wreckage of a state police helicopter, looking for two people still missing from that crash on a frigid 12,000-foot mountain near Santa Fe.

All aboard! Threatened NM fish get helicopter ride away from forest fire

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As a lightning-sparked fire charred thousands of acres in southwestern New Mexico, biologists and firefighters used helicopters and trucks for an unusual evacuation.

Man survives helicopter crash in NM mountains, then walks out with crushed leg and hypothermia

SANTA FE, N.M. — Black Hawk helicopters airlifted searchers Thursday as close as they could to the wreckage of a state police helicopter, looking for two people still missing from that crash on a 12,000-foot mountain near Santa Fe.

NM searchers find 1 of 3 aboard state police helicopter that crashed on snowy mountain

SANTA FE, N.M. — Rescuers found a state police patrolman suffering from extreme hypothermia Wednesday after his helicopter crashed into a snowy mountain in northern New Mexico, and officials feared that the two others aboard didn’t survive.

Snow, wind on mountain hamper search for NM police helicopter that crashed with 3 aboard

SANTA FE, N.M. — Rescuers on foot battled snow and strong wind Wednesday to reach a New Mexico state police helicopter carrying three people after its pilot reported it hit the side of a mountain, officials said.

Snow, wind on mountain hamper search for missing NM state police helicopter with 3 aboard

SANTA FE, N.M. — Rescuers on foot battled snow and strong wind Wednesday to reach a New Mexico state police helicopter carrying three people that went missing after the pilot radioed that he hit the side of the mountain, officials said.

Snow, wind hamper search for NM police helicopter missing after picking up lost hiker

SANTA FE, N.M. — Snow and gusty wind on a New Mexico mountain are hampering rescuers’ efforts to reach an area where they hope to find a missing State Police helicopter with three people aboard.

NM rescuers approach signal from missing police helicopter that disappeared in high mountains

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico authorities say rescue teams are within a half-mile of the snow-covered mountain area where they expect to find a State Police helicopter that went missing near Santa Fe.

Searchers pick up signal from missing helicopter that disappeared after rescuing hiker in NM

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico authorities say they are getting an emergency transponder signal from one of their own helicopters that went missing north of Santa Fe.

Crews search for helicopter carrying lost hiker that reported problems north of Santa Fe, NM

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico authorities are searching for one of their own helicopters that went missing shortly after its crew rescued a lost hiker.

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