Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Mexico Lawmakers Say Farmers Shortchanged on Disaster Aid
Oct 19 2020 // New Mexico’s congressional delegation is calling for more oversight of a federal agency after some farmers and ranchers were shortchanged on disaster aid and Hispanic farmers who rely on traditional acequias to...
New Mexico Nominee Named 2020 National Outstanding CSR of the Year
Oct 12 2020 // Austin, TX October 12, 2020 – Judi Vaughn, CIC, CISR, Account Manager for Kysar Leavitt Insurance Agency, in Farmington, New Mexico, has been awarded the most prestigious honor available to insurance customer service...
Still in Recovery Mode, Louisiana Braces for Hurricane Delta
Oct 8 2020 // Louisiana is steeling itself for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta sped across the Gulf of Mexico toward a region still recovering from the last storm. Delta struck Mexico’s...
U.S. Offshore Energy Firms Prep for Massive Hurricane
Oct 7 2020 // Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from U.S. offshore production facilities and onshore refineries began preparations on Wednesday as Hurricane Delta was forecast to grow into a powerful storm over the Caribbean on its...
Category 3 Hurricane Delta Hits Mexico; Expected to Strengthen, Then Move to U.S.
Oct 7 2020 // Updated Oct 7., 2020, 6:58 AM— Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm just before slamming into the coast of Mexico, but remains life-threatening. Delta came ashore along the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula near...
Tropical Storm Delta Expected to Threaten Gulf Coast as Major Hurricane This Week
Oct 6 2020 // 10/06/2020 09:09 AM— Hurricane Delta, the 25th named Atlantic storm this year, is moving toward the Gulf of Mexico and expected to take aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast this week as a major hurricane, the National Hurricane...
Energy Firm Evacuations Underway as Another Major Storm, Delta, Threatens Gulf Coast
Oct 5 2020 // Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane before it entered the Gulf of Mexico and threatens...
New Mexico Disabled Woman Getting $300K Settlement
Sep 24 2020 // New Mexico State Police have reached a $300,000 settlement with a disabled woman who accused an officer of grabbing and handcuffing her after she refused to provide ID in 2016. Jessica Guttman claimed in her 2018 lawsuit...
Ex-Director Files Whistleblower Suit Against University of New Mexico
Sep 21 2020 // The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according...
New Mexico Officials Say Teachers Are Safe from Legal Liability Amid Virus
Sep 21 2020 // New Mexico officials have clarified that teachers won’t be on the hook for lawsuits that might stem from COVID-19 outbreaks as in-person classes began for some students. “In no way will teachers or school...
Oil Industry Begins Cleaning Up, Restarting Gulf Operations After Hurricane Sally
Sep 17 2020 // Storm-tossed U.S. offshore energy producers and exporters began clearing debris on Thursday from Hurricane Sally and booting up idle Gulf of Mexico operations after hunkering down for five days. The storm toppled trees,...
Ex-Director Files Whistleblower Suit Against University Of New Mexico
Sep 14 2020 // The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according...
Tropical Storm Sally Strengthens; Louisiana Braces for Another Hurricane
Sep 13 2020 // 09/13/2020 06:09 PM— Tropical Storm Sally strengthened off the west coast of Florida on Sunday and was poised to become a category 2 hurricane, bringing the threat of dangerous storm surges and high winds to the U.S....
Meteorologists Tracking Potential Storm Threats Across Atlantic
Sep 11 2020 // While a tropical storm approaches Bermuda, the threat of more powerful systems is expanding across the Atlantic, from the Gulf of Mexico to Africa. Tropical Storm Paulette probably will become a hurricane on Sept. 13 as it...
New Mexico Officials Say Teachers Are Safe from Legal Liability Amid Virus
Sep 10 2020 // New Mexico officials clarified this week that teachers won’t be on the hook for lawsuits that might stem from COVID-19 outbreaks as in-person classes began for some students. “In no way will teachers or school...
Hurricane Laura Expected to Slam Energy Coast; On Track for $5-12B in Losses
Aug 25 2020 // Hurricane Laura is poised to strengthen rapidly and come ashore along the Texas-Louisiana coast as a tree-snapping Category 3 storm, forcing residents to flee their homes despite the threat of Covid-19. Laura’s winds...
Gulf Coast Braces for Tropical Storm Marco; States Declare Emergencies
Aug 23 2020 // 08/22/2020 05:30 PM — Marco, one of two tropical storms headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast, was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane later on Saturday as coastal governors urged residents to prepare for the unprecedented...
‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf Much Smaller This Year Following Tropical Storms
Aug 5 2020 // Tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year’s dead zone off Louisiana’s coast to the third-smallest ever measured, the scientist who has measured it since 1985 said Tuesday. Marine...
New Mexico Reports 210 More Coronavirus Cases, 9 Deaths
Aug 3 2020 // The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New Mexico increased by 210 and deaths by nine on Saturday, state health officials reported. The deaths included three residents of Bernalillo County, two in Dona Ana County,...
Higginbotham Enters New Mexico with Pat Campbell Merger
Jul 29 2020 // Higginbotham and Pat Campbell Insurance, an independent agency in Las Cruces, N.M., have merged operations. Both firms broker commercial and personal property/casualty insurance, employee benefits and individual life and...
