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Groups: Saving Mexican gray wolves requires new approach

ALBUQUERQUE – Dozens of environmental groups and scientists have asked U.S. wildlife managers to rethink how they plan to ensure the survival of Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest. ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. forest managers want judge to revisit tree-cutting ban

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Forest Service wants a federal judge to reconsider an order that halted tree-cutting across thousands of square miles of forest in the Southwest, saying efforts to add...

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Renewable energy firm doubles down on western wind projects

ALBUQUERQUE – A California-based renewable energy developer plans to increase by seven-fold its investments as it prepares to build more wind farms in New Mexico over the next several years....

DATE: Oct 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lizard protections sought amid U.S. oil boom

ALBUQUERQUE – A small lizard found among the dunes straddling New Mexico and West Texas in one of the nation’s richest oil basins is at the center of a new lawsuit. Environmentali...

DATE: Oct 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chocolate’s ancient path leads to Chaco Canyon

Discovery a link to Mesoamerica

DATE: Sep 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Holtec preparing to build nuclear waste storage facility

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Jersey-based company has reached an agreement with a construction trades group as it pushes for approval to build a multibillion-dollar facility for temporarily storing s...

DATE: Sep 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. appeals court to decide fight over jaguar habitat

ALBUQUERQUE – It will be up to a federal appeals court to decide whether tens of thousands of acres in New Mexico should be reserved as critical habitat for the endangered jaguar. ...

DATE: Sep 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico moving to crack down on unpaid wage claims

ALBUQUERQUE – A popular New Mexico restaurant was the first business to be targeted Thursday in a state and local push to enforce wage laws. Officials said they were suing Haciend...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Albuquerque police: 5 people dead after multiple shootings

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities in New Mexico’s largest city scrambled Friday to piece together what sparked separate shootings that killed five people and wounded six others as the mayor acknowle...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Country singer Kylie Rae Harris dies in New Mexico crash

Country singer Kylie Rae Harris, who started out stringing together lyrics and performing as a teenager, was one of two people killed in a three-vehicle crash in New Mexico. Harri...

DATE: Sep 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Report: Oil boom to continue, more infrastructure needed

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s oil and gas industry is expected to keep growing at a record pace, resulting in more revenue for the state and billions of dollars in new infrastructure investment...

DATE: Sep 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit by owner, trainer targets New Mexico horse racing

ALBUQUERQUE – A horse owner and a trainer from Texas filed a lawsuit claiming officials in New Mexico are failing to follow their own policies and regulations in overseeing the state’s multi...

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News