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Susan Montoya Bryan
Position: The Associated Press

New Mexico governor says EPA failing to protect public health

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect public health and the environment by not helping with a legal battle ...

Lawmaker: Expand compensation from nuclear weapons testing

ALBUQUERQUE – A compensation program for those exposed to radiation from years of nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining would be expanded under legislation that seeks to address fallo...

New Mexico, Colorado get fired up over hot peppers

ALBUQUERQUE – “It’s on!” New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she’s ready for a culinary duel with her neighbors to the north after the governor of Colorado proclaimed on s...

New Mexico regulators chart course for coal plant closure

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators on Wednesday decided on a course for how they will handle a major utility case that marks the beginning of the end for coal-fired electricity generation i...

New Mexico, Colorado get fired up over hot peppers

ALBUQUERQUE – “It’s on!” New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she’s ready for a culinary duel with her neighbors to the north after the governor of Colorado proclaimed on s...

New Mexico governor delivers progress report for first 6 months

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says her administration inherited many challenges when she took over at the beginning of the year and her goal is to rebuild the capacity of...

New Mexico governor: Senator should ‘do the right thing’

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Tuesday no one is above the law and that she and the rest of the state’s residents believe elected officials should be held to a higher...

Groups appeal ruling over Santa Fe forest thinning plans

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists went back to court Monday in hopes of putting the brakes on plans to thin thousands of forested acres in the mountains bordering Santa Fe. Wild Wat...

Groups appeal ruling over Santa Fe forest thinning project

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists went back to court Monday in hopes of putting the brakes on plans to thin thousands of forested acres in the mountains bordering Santa Fe. Wild Wat...

New Mexico utility charts closure for coal-fired power plant

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric utility Monday submitted to state regulators its plan for shutting down the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station, replacing the lost power and p...

Methane rules up for debate as drilling booms in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants New Mexico to craft its own rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas development as the rollback of federal regulations remains tangle...

Pup fostering gives genetic boost to wild Mexican wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – It’s a carefully planned mission that involves coordination across state lines – from Mexican gray wolf dens hidden deep in the woods of New Mexico and Arizona to breeding faci...