The vicious drought gripping the Southwest appears to have a bullseye on New Mexico. Wildfires are burning across the state and water is increasingly scarce. So scare, that early this month one town's well stopped delivering water completely.

Hot and dry conditions have also sparked significant blazes throughout New Mexico. The fastest growing scorcher is the Silver Fire, which is consuming the southeastern edge of the Gila Wilderness.

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has signed legislation aimed at saving the state's $1.5 billion spaceport.

Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation have voted to pursue the possible purchase of a coal mine. 

Four Mexican Gray Wolves were found killed in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico during 2012, fewer than in past years. 

The Food and Drug Administration has shut down a New Mexico peanut butter processor after dozens of people in 20 states were sickened. 

A judge in Flagstaff is set to consider claims of property damage and other losses from last year’s Wallow fire. 

The Arizona’s environmental agency says a southwest area being requested as a critical habitat for a wild cat is not necessary.

A conservation organization wants millions of additional acres to be set aside for the population of endangered jaguars. 

New Mexico’s governor wants federal officials to move a pack of endangered wolves suspected of killing cattle in the southwestern part of her state.