He rose to the rank of corporal before being discharged at Taos, New Mexico Territory, in 1850. By 1858, he was residing in Tubac, and the same year married Manuela Otero .

The “Southern Underground Railroad” helped formerly enslaved people reach freedom in northern Mexico. One village here has observed Juneteenth or “Día de los Negros” for 150 years.

When the war ended in 1848, the US acquired present-day California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming from Mexico for only $15 million. That said, even before the ...

Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee vowed to revise the effort after the Senate parliamentarian found it violated the chamber's ...

James Bigley takes viewers inside the largest ranch in New Mexico and its significance to western land history.

The plans for strips of land in Texas and Arizona are the latest step to militarize the boundary to stem an already dwindling number of migrant crossings.

A northwestern New Mexico police officer has died, several days after being critically injured when a man opened fire during a traffic stop. Law enforcement agencies gathered Sunday to escort the ...

A tornado was captured on video in eastern New Mexico.Share with us: Upload your photos and videos via uLocalThe video shows the funnel of the tornado disappear as it nears the surface.

The Department of Homeland Security lists 23 counties and two cities in New Mexico as sanctuary jurisdictions. News Sports Business Entertainment Lifestyle Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Several people captured photos of a landspout tornado in southeast New Mexico.Interactive with the video player above to see longtime KOAT Chief Meteorologist Joe Diaz explain what a landspout is ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is giving anglers a way to fish for free this weekend. From June 7 to June 8, people will be able to fish for free in public fish… ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico nonprofit said kids will suffer if the U.S. Department of Labor closes dozens of Job Corps Centers nationwide. The federal program helps at-risk 16 to 24-year ...