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Group: Funds meant for chicken conservation misused

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists are questioning spending by wildlife managers who oversee a conservation effort for the lesser prairie chicken after money was used on a building and salaries...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Scientists examine hurdles to U.S. plutonium disposal plan

ALBUQUERQUE – Security and the availability of space at the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository are among the challenges identified by a group of scientists and other...

DATE: Apr 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Appeal: New Mexico ignored rules in approval of nuke site work

ALBUQUERQUE – A watchdog group asked the New Mexico Court of Appeals to put the brakes on a key construction project at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. The...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Historic sign to be part of planned Route 66 visitor center

ALBUQUERQUE – The weathered old sign that once served as a beacon to travelers along a stretch of Route 66 just outside New Mexico’s largest city has been donated to a visitor center that wi...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

River, stream flows drop noticeably in New Mexico

Rio Grande outlook looks to be half of average

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Holy Week: New Mexico faithful find God beyond church walls

ALBUQUERQUE – While it pains him, the head of one of the oldest Catholic dioceses in the United States says this Holy Week will be different for tens of thousands of parishioners in New Mexi...

DATE: Apr 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cattle conflicts prompt killing of endangered Mexican wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – The killing of four Mexican gray wolves by U.S. wildlife officials has drawn the ire of environmentalists who say management of the species is undercutting efforts to restore t...

DATE: Apr 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico regulators push ahead as virus disaster declared

ALBUQUERQUE – While federal environmental regulators have waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, New Mexico is marching ahead. ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico regulators push ahead as virus disaster declared

ALBUQUERQUE – While federal environmental regulators have waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, New Mexico is marching ahead. ...

DATE: Apr 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Endangered gray wolf population on the rise in Southwest

Count of 163 is a 25% jump over previous year

DATE: Mar 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. officials cite ‘balance’ as goal for Chaco oil plan

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. land managers Friday made public a list of possible alternatives for managing development in one of the nation’s oldest oil and gas basins, but environmentalists and other...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. forest chief: ‘Tough choices’ to fund wildfire prevention

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Forest Service has been working with states and other partners to treat more acres every year in hopes of reducing the threat of catastrophic wildfire, but Forest Chie...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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