A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he gunned down a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him, marking a turning point in a case that had been set for trial later this year.

A man has pleaded guilty to killing New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare on Interstate 40 near Tucumcari in March.

Low pressure has made its way into northern New Mexico from the northern Rocky Mountains today. This low-pressure system brought round one of snow to New Mexico. Over the course of the day, the snowfall has moved across the northeastern corner of the sate and south towards Tucumcari and Clovis.

An Arctic blast will sweep across the nation this weekend, bringing frigid winds from the north pole and plunging many locales, including New Mexico, into the lowest temperatures felt in