Six months after being cleared of criminal charges in the "Rust" shooting death, actor Alec Baldwin has filed a suit alleging malicious prosecution and defamation by New Mexico prosecutors and law enforcement.

Baldwin, whose involuntary manslaughter charge was dismissed in July, accused New Mexico officials of abusing their power in prosecuting him.

Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil lawsuit for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”

Alec Baldwin has filed a civil rights complaint against officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico, claiming he was wrongfully prosecuted in the “Rust” case, a representative for Baldwin told CNN.

Alec Baldwin Thursday sued Santa Fe's district attorney and county commissioners for malicious prosecution and violation of New Mexico's Civil Rights Act over their failed criminal prosecution of the Rust actor.

The New Mexico State Police issued a silver alert regarding a senior citizen Jose Orozco-Montijo 80-year-old man. He is 5 feet and 3 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds has white hair, blue eyes he is wearing a grey hoodie and black socks.

One speller at this year's County Spelling Bee couldn't help but laugh when she was asked to spell the word "anxiety." The irony wasn't lost on Friday's audience either, which was full of anxious parents and family members who gathered in the Susan Lumley Gymnasium at the Academy for Technology and the Classics to support their loved ones.

On the other side of the Turquoise Trail from Eldorado, another solar project is drawing heated opposition. Residents of eastern Sandoval County have packed meeting rooms in recent months to assail a sprawling solar and battery storage development proposed for an area east of Placitas by a company headquartered in Argentina.

The Rancho Viejo project, a 96-megawatt (MW) solar facility and 48 MW battery energy storage system has been embroiled in controversy since its introduction in 2023. Despite a promised $200 million capital investment,

The New Mexico Attorney General and a state senator are calling on lawmakers to create new criminal and civil penalties for those who engage in hazing and cyberbullying, the officials announced at a Thursday news conference in Albuquerque.

Former assistant city attorney Andréa Salazar has rejoined Santa Fe government as city clerk after working for the state.

Get your fill of frosty, award-winning New Mexico craft beer at WinterBrew 2025. The New Mexico Brewers Guild event takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at the Santa Fe Farmers' Market Pavilion,