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New Mexico regulators worry about U.S. plans to ship radioactive waste back from Texas

Dozens of boxes containing nuclear waste, packed in Los Alamos, were rerouted to Texas in 2014 where they've remained ever since

DATE: Mar 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Faith guides Catholic pilgrims to historic New Mexico sites

Thousands of Catholics made the trek to a historic adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico as part of a Holy Week tradition that spans generations, carrying heavy wooden crosses and...

DATE: Apr 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Get it while it’s hot: New Mexico boosts chile production

The sweet smell of roasting chile becomes the state’s official aroma

DATE: Apr 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

New Mexico court weighs fight over coal-fired power plant

Navajo Transitional Energy hoped to soften blow to employees

DATE: Mar 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajo Tech first among tribal universities to offer PhD

Program will be dedicated to sustaining Diné culture and language

DATE: Mar 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Work begins to clear water canals after New Mexico fire

Crews dig out debris after firefighters clear brush from banks

DATE: Mar 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

U.S. approves $2.5B in fire aid for New Mexico victims

ALBUQUERQUE – Northern New Mexico residents on Friday celebrated the passage of a government spending bill that includes $2.5 billion in relief for those affected by a historic wildfire spar...

DATE: Sep 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. has to do more to help with wildfire recovery, Pelosi says while in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the federal government has to do more to help with recovery in the wake of a devastating wildfire that charred several hundred ...

DATE: Sep 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Electric demand to outpace capacity for New Mexico utilities

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators are concerned about the ability of the state’s largest electric providers to meet demands during peak seasons in 2023 and 2024. The Public Regulation Comm...

DATE: Sep 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Official: New Mexico horse racing still in the ‘dark ages’

ALBUQUERQUE – Easing rules around online betting would help ensure the survival of New Mexico’s horse racing industry as it faces intensifying competition for attention from gamblers in the ...

DATE: Sep 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor pledges $10M for new abortion clinic

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday signed a new executive order that pledges $10 million to build a clinic that would provide abortions and other pregnancy care. “The goal her...

DATE: Aug 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Lawmakers ask about self-sufficiency of New Mexico spaceport

ALBUQUERQUE – Some members of a legislative financial oversight committee asked Monday whether Spaceport America will ever be self-sufficient, and they’ll likely have to wait months for an a...

DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico