New Mexico

Gene Hackman’s estate had filed a petition to block the release of bodycam footage. Newly released footage from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office reportedly falls outside of that scope.

After a weeklong investigation, officials in New Mexico revealed the causes of death for Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 7, 2025.

Oscar winner Gene Hackman, his pianist wife Betsy Arakawa and one of their dogs were found dead in their Santa Fe home Feb. 26. Learn about the couple’s private life in the years before their deaths.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza provided an update on the investigation into the death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife.

Police say the couple, who married in 1991, were found with their dog after a neighbor called police to do a welfare check.

Alexander Ortiz was arrested last year in connection with the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Alianna Farfan, according to police. 

The house made famous by the “Breaking Bad” TV series is up for sale. The owners of the otherwise unassuming home in one of Albuquerque’s older neighborhoods are hoping that the property’s role in the long-running series will help them fetch upwards of $4 million.

Authorities say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the deaths of four family members in a rural area southeast of Belen.

Skulls found on a New Mexico property earlier this month were obtained online and are not related to the case of a woman who went missing in 2019, the Lea County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

Authorities in New Mexico are investigating whether the discovery of human remains, including up to 20 human skulls, in a home could be tied to a woman’s disappearance in 2019.

Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was the only person aboard a small plane when it went down during the Las Cruces Air and Space Expo in New Mexico.

Miles Teller paid tribute to Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman after his death in a plane crash at the age of 61 Oct. 20. Coleman had helped train the cast of Top Gun: Maverick.

One balloon partially caught fire and another struck a radio tower.

A former top official in U.S. nuclear weapons research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories has died after an automobile crash in New Mexico. Charles McMillan was 69.

Not many people know the world’s first detonation of an atomic bomb was on U.S. soil. It would be weeks later that humanity would witness the power of atomic weapons when bombs were dropped on Japan during World War II.

A New Mexico judge on Friday brought an end to the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, dismissing it in the middle of the actor’s trial and saying it cannot be filed again. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 news at 11 p.m. on July 12, 2024.

Federal authorities offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week.

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, arrested an 11-year-old boy on allegations that the child went on a violent monthlong crime spree, including car burglaries and shootings.

Police in Albuquerque are searching for a man who allegedly set his ex-girlfriend’s home in New Mexico.

U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin identified the downed plane as an F-35 that left Fort Worth, Texas, earlier Tuesday and was headed to Edwards Air Force Base near Los Angeles