Push on to protect historic sites outside Chaco park
Survey finds about 4,200 ancient locations
DATE: Oct 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Susan Montoya Bryan
Position: The Associated Press
Managers warn that Rio Grande could go dry in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE – Federal managers are warning that if hot and dry conditions persist, it’s possible that the stretch of the Rio Grande flowing through Albuquerque could dry up this fall. ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Court weighs tribes’ aboriginal water claims for Jemez River
ALBUQUERQUE – A decades-long battle over a northern New Mexico river has taken another turn, as a panel of federal appellate judges has reversed a lower court ruling by determining that the ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
COVID-19 cases, rate of spread trending up in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE – Health officials said Tuesday that the number of COVID-19 cases and the rate of transmission are on the rise in New Mexico, leaving the state trailing when it comes to two of i...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Climatologist: Dry areas in U.S. Southwest getting drier
BERNALILLO, N.M. – A sliver of water runs under the bridge here as sand bars and thickets of willow come closer to choking off the Rio Grande as it flows through New Mexico.
It’s ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Albuquerque aims to save spirit of annual balloon fiesta
ALBUQUERQUE – Fall in Albuquerque just isn’t fall without the annual international hot air balloon fiesta, with its massive morning ascensions filling the skies with colorful balloons from a...
DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Western wildfire smoke causes East Coast haze, vivid sunsets
The smoke from dozens of wildfires in the western United States is stretching clear across the country – and even pushing into Mexico, Canada and Europe. While the dangerous plumes are forci...
DATE: Sep 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Study: Cancer cases likely in those exposed to atomic test
1945 Trinity blast sickened N.M. residents, study says
DATE: Sep 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Spaceport America vets capital projects amid investigation
ALBUQUERQUE – An investigation into the conduct of Spaceport America’s chief executive officer is ongoing and initial findings are expected in the coming weeks, the organization’s interim le...
DATE: Sep 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Study: Cancer cases likely in those exposed to atomic test
ALBUQUERQUE – After years of study, the National Cancer Institute said Tuesday that some people probably got cancer from the radioactive fallout that wafted across New Mexico after the U.S. ...
DATE: Sep 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Heat, drought make for miserable combination in Southwest
ALBUQUERQUE – It’s grim news for the western U.S.
The latest maps show most of the southern half of the region is mired by drought, with extreme conditions centered over much of U...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Survey, focus groups aim to boost New Mexico competitiveness
ALBUQUERQUE – One of New Mexico’s largest economic development advocacy groups has launched an online survey to take the temperature of business owners and others on everything from taxes to...
DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
