Was a state probation-and-parole officer’s car left unattended overnight in a high-school parking lot then towed in for repairs the next day because of an air-bag warning light? That’s what the paper trail suggests.

The state agency responsible for tracking how many state employees drive state vehicles back and forth to work improperly extended a deadline for other agency’s to report their employees vehicle use.

“It’s my fault,” said General Services Department Deputy Secretary Mike Unthank.

New Mexico Corrections Department contracts for operation of four private prisons in New Mexico.

True or false? Before the days when humans fed man’s best friend daily bowls of kibble, canines learned to set aside portions from feasts they found on a good day. During lean times, dogs could dig up a bone to get them through until they found another meal. Hence was born the phrase students use [...]

An agreement between state officials and a company that operates a private prison in Hobbs has ended a five-year agreement under which the state had waived as much as $22 million in penalties for inadequate staffing levels at the medium-security prison. GEO Group, Inc. last week agreed to pay almost $1.1 million in penalties for [...]

As a Marine corporal standing for inspection, Gregg Marcantel had to keep in his locker a shirt with sergeant chevrons. He never knew when he would be called to take a sudden step up in the chain of command. Two days ago, it happened. On Wednesday evening, Gov. Susanna Martinez tapped him to join her [...]

It seems that no sooner does the state’s IT department get one omission from the new mandatory information portal patched up when another glaring omission crops up. Last time, it was names of top state officials. Names of the Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor or State Land Commissioner were not listed [...]

The former chief of New Mexico Corrections Department’s Probation and Parole Division’s gangs unit and special operations division pleaded not guilty in October to charges of negligent use of a deadly weapon and tampering with evidence. Larry Flynn was charged in September after he reportedly fired a pistol at rattlesnakes on Aug. 27 outside a [...]

Ask the guy in charge. Ask those working there. They’ll as likely as not tell you there’s something wrong at New Mexico’s Corrections Department. In the next days and weeks, new leaders will be chosen and tasked with turning around the troubled department. Interviews were reportedly scheduled Friday with two out-of-state candidates for cabinet-level leadership [...]

If you live in New Mexico, there’s something you need to know. You owe money. It’s not for your house, or your car. It’s not for your boat, your kids’ college or last year’s vacation that you owe. This debt is on top of whatever consumer credit you carry. You owe money for your neighbor’s [...]