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U.S. awards $73M contract for border wall work in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. government has awarded a Montana-based company a contract worth more than $73 million to design and build replacement fencing along 20 miles (32 kilometers) of t...

DATE: Feb 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drought forces painful choices for New Mexico ranchers

Ranchers cut size of herds, alfalfa growers selling out reserves

DATE: Feb 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Drought forces painful choices for New Mexico ranchers

Couple near Cuba forced to sell calves

DATE: Feb 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Aztec school shooter had swastika marking on his leg

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A gunman in a deadly New Mexico school shooting had no drugs or alcohol in his system the day of the December rampage and an autopsy revealed a self-inflicted gunshot wou...

DATE: Feb 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuits say Mexican gray wolf recovery plan is flawed

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. wildlife managers failed to adopt a recovery plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf that would protect against illegal killings and the consequences of inbreeding...

DATE: Jan 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Experts warn of risk of sinkhole in popular New Mexico area

Experts are painting a dire picture about the impending collapse of a giant cavern under a highway interchange that serves as a gateway to two national parks and the heart of New Mexico’s oi...

DATE: Jan 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Legal challenge targets New Mexico driver’s license system

ALBUQUERQUE – A legal challenge filed Monday in state district court accuses New Mexico of unlawfully denying driver’s authorization cards to some residents under a system adopted in 2016 to...

DATE: Jan 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico oil and gas lease sale spurs numerous protests

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Dozens of protests have been filed by tribal officials, environmentalists and others as federal land managers consider leasing parcels in northwestern New Mexico for oil ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Epic dry spell ends in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – The streak is over and New Mexico residents are rejoicing. Rain fell over the state’s largest metropolitan area Wednesday, ending one of the longest dry spells in re...

DATE: Jan 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake proposes ending protections for Mexican gray wolf

A wolf that once roamed parts of the American Southwest and northern Mexico would be removed from the list of federally protected species under legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake. ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court clears way for public hearing on chromium plume at Los Alamos lab

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Court of Appeals has sided with a coalition of environmental groups that had repeatedly sought a public hearing related to the cleanup of chromium contamination ...

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Pecan weevil has New Mexico authorities on guard

An emergency quarantine aimed at stopping the spread of an invasive bug threatening New Mexico’s pecan industry will remain in place as the state looks to protect the largest pecan-growing c...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

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