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Bat key to tequila trade gets off U.S. endangered species list

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Wildlife managers in the American Southwest say a once-rare bat important to the pollination of plants used to produce tequila has made a comeback and is being removed fr...

DATE: Apr 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Minnow rescues under way as portions of Rio Grande dry up

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal water managers will be facing difficult decisions as the worsening drought is significantly affecting flows on one of the country’s longest river systems and prompting ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico to consider approval for $2B transmission project

ALBUQUERQUE – Developers of a $2 billion project that will serve as a path to get renewable energy from New Mexico and Arizona to large markets in the American Southwest are looking to clear...

DATE: Apr 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drought expands across the Southwest

ALBUQUERQUE – Drought is tightening its grip across a wide swath of the American Southwest as farmers, ranchers and water managers throughout the region brace for what’s expected to be more ...

DATE: Mar 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

20 years later, Mexican wolf program frustrates all sides

ALBUQUERQUE – On the edge of the Mogollon Rim in eastern Arizona, snow covered the ground and blizzard conditions were setting in as biologists prepared to open the gates to a trio of pens, ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico officials: Be prepared for a severe fire season

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is dry, the spring winds are already in full force and there’s plenty of grass that’s ready to burn, resulting in what authorities said Tuesday is the perfect recipe...

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Less of New Mexico’s famed chile crop produced in 2017

NMSU expert working to improve harvesting, processing

DATE: Mar 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Forecasters warn of fires, crop damage across U.S. high plains

Lack of rain is hurting New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Forecasters warn of fires, crop damage across U.S. high plains

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The amount of moisture received across the United States’ southern high plains since October has been ridiculously low, and forecasters warned Friday that the intensifyin...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S., states to collaborate on Mexican wolf recovery

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. government and state officials intend to work together to recover an endangered species of wolves that once roamed the American Southwest. The New Mexico Depart...

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News