Road closures, county fairs, lost dogs, the scam call going around, the kid who just made state. GotBusted News covers all 33 New Mexico counties — this is the part of the site where you do the covering.
For statewide closures, construction and winter conditions, NMDOT runs NMRoads — road conditions, cameras, and closure maps, updated continuously. It is the authoritative source and it is free. Two things people in this state learn the hard way. Flash flood warnings mean the arroyo you are looking at can fill from …
More informationThe Community board is for the things that do not belong in an arrest record or a court docket: a road washed out, a scam going around your neighborhood, a lost dog, a local business worth knowing about, a fundraiser, somebody's kid making the news for a good reason. Every post is read by a person before it goes pu…
Our Missing Persons page carries records from NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System run by the U.S. Department of Justice. Some of those cases are decades old and still open. If you recognize someone, do not approach them and do not try to confirm it yourself. Call 911, or the agency listed on…
More informationA scam that keeps resurfacing across New Mexico: someone calls claiming to be from a court or a sheriff's office, says you missed jury duty, and tells you a warrant has been issued that you can clear right now by paying over the phone. The callers are convincing — they use real judges' and deputies' names, spoof the…
More informationWorth knowing if you are dealing with an arrest record online: no reputable site needs your Social Security number, your date of birth, or a photograph of your driver's licence to remove or correct a record. There are operations that collect exactly those documents from people who are stressed and want something gon…
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