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U.S. nuclear lab investigates breach at plutonium facility

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials at one of the nation’s premier nuclear labs are investigating the potential exposure of employees to plutonium. Los Alamos National Laboratory confirmed Mo...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Water diversions paused to ensure Rio Grande keeps flowing

ALBUQUERQUE – One of New Mexico’s largest drinking water providers will stop diverting water from the Rio Grande to help prevent the stretch of the river that runs through Albuquerque from g...

DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Tribe, environmentalists fight rollback of U.S. water rule

ALBUQUERQUE – The nation’s largest Native American tribe and several environmental groups are waging a legal challenge to a revised federal rule that lifts protections for many streams, cree...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico hospital under review over profiling allegations

ALBUQUERQUE – The findings of a recent survey at a women’s hospital in New Mexico are in the process of being referred to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil R...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man charged in New Mexico protest melee to be released

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico judge ruled Monday that a man who opened fire after a fight broke out as protesters tried to tear down a statue of a Spanish conquistador will be released pending ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico official: No room for relaxing amid virus threat

ALBUQUERQUE – The rate at which the coronavirus is spreading in New Mexico is declining, but one of the state’s top health officials warned Friday that the trend does not mean residents are ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pueblo leaders seek ‘meaningful’ resolution to statue fight

ALBUQUERQUE – Leaders of a coalition that represents New Mexico’s pueblo communities said Wednesday they hope a “fair and meaningful resolution” can be found as local government officials co...

DATE: Jun 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque proposes new agency amid calls for police reform

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said Monday he wants to create a new city department to focus on community safety as political pressure mounts for elected leaders to defund the po...

DATE: Jun 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico AG calls for uniform use of force policies

ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas on Tuesday called for police reforms amid the latest round of protests in New Mexico and elsewhere over excessive force. Balderas sa...

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. to grant more time to consider New Mexico drilling plan

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Thursday he’ll extend the public comment period on a contested plan that will guide oil and gas drilling and other development in a...

DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

From oilfields to food banks, New Mexico feels jobless sting

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico already was among the most poverty-stricken states in the U.S. before oil prices crashed and the coronavirus outbreak derailed efforts to diversify the economy. Now,...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Panel to consider petition seeking Pecos River protections

ALBUQUERQUE – More than 200 miles of the Pecos River, its tributaries and other parts of the upper reaches of the northern New Mexico watershed would be protected from future degradation und...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News