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Susan Montoya Bryan
Position: The Associated Press

More Mexican gray wolves roaming Southwest, researchers say

ALBUQUERQUE – More Mexican gray wolves are roaming the American Southwest now than at any time since federal biologists began reintroducing the predators more than two decades ago, the U.S. ...

Push renewed to elevate White Sands to national park status

ALBUQUERQUE – The push to elevate a vast expanse of shifting white sand dunes in New Mexico to national park status was renewed Tuesday as members of the state’s congressional delegation rei...

Tribes ask U.S. managers to defer lease sale around Chaco

BLM plans sale for Thursday

New Mexico game commissioners asked to resign

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of an influential commission that governs hunting, fishing and other wildlife management activities across New Mexico have been asked to resign, Gov. Michelle Lujan Gri...

First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years

ALBUQUERQUE – In a remote stretch of New Mexico desert, the U.S. government put in motion an experiment aimed at proving to the world that radioactive waste could be safely disposed of deep ...

Wet winter bodes well for water supplies along Rio Grande

ALBUQUERQUE – Some ski areas touted an “endless winter” as forecasters on Tuesday called the snow that has been falling along the New Mexico-Colorado border a good sign for cities and farmer...

New Mexico investigates nonprofit group over pay disparities

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s attorney general said Monday his office is investigating a nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities find work as advocates are suing over what th...

Cattle kills prompt removal of Mexican gray wolves

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two endangered Mexican wolves have been removed from the wild and are undergoing testing to determine if they’re behind a string of livestock deaths in southwestern ...

New Mexico sues U.S. Air Force over groundwater contamination

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico on Tuesday sued the U.S. Air Force over groundwater contamination at two bases, saying the federal government has a responsibility to clean up plumes of toxic chemic...

New Mexico sues U.S. Air Force over groundwater contamination

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico on Tuesday sued the U.S. Air Force over groundwater contamination at two bases, saying the federal government has a responsibility to clean up plumes of toxic chemic...

New Mexico raises cap for medical marijuana producers

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s medical marijuana producers have received approval from state regulators to temporarily boost by fivefold the number of plants they are allowed to grow as the resu...

Group of 180 migrants arrested at New Mexico border

ALBUQUERQUE – Another large group of migrants has been arrested after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, marking the latest in a wave of Central Americans who have been apprehended i...