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New Mexico land boss concerned about border wall work

ALBUQUERQUE – The head of one of New Mexico’s most powerful statewide offices is raising concerns about the lack of an environmental review as the U.S. government prepares to replace fencing...

DATE: May 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico utility says it will be emissions-free by 2040

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric provider set a goal Monday aimed at going emissions-free as early as 2040, winning praise from the state’s top Democratic leaders and environmenta...

DATE: Apr 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boy Scout ranch focuses on wildfire recovery

ALBUQUERQUE – Tucked away in the foothills of the southern Rockies, the Philmont Scout Ranch has become a holy grail, its stretches of untamed wilderness and challenging backcountry treks dr...

DATE: Apr 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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. ...

DATE: Apr 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

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...

DATE: Mar 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

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

BLM plans sale for Thursday

DATE: Mar 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Mar 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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 ...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Mar 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

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...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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 ...

DATE: Mar 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Mar 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News