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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

New Mexico looks into cleaning up old copper mine near Cuba

CUBA, N.M. – For decades, yellow- and white-tinged piles of waste from a defunct copper mine have covered the mountainside at the edge of the quintessential New Mexico village of Cuba – out ...

DATE: Dec 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Deadly New Mexico shootings, politics make headlines in 2017

ALBUQUERQUE – Two deadly shootings in opposite corners of the state and a crime rampage that left five people dead across northern New Mexico are among the stories that made headlines in 201...

DATE: Dec 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. delegates renew push to limit drilling outside of Chaco Canyon

ALBUQUERQUE – Democratic members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are renewing their pleas for federal land managers to limit oil and natural gas drilling in the northwestern corner ...

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wind farm agreement highlights New Mexico businesses, labor

ALBUQUERQUE – The state attorney general’s office and advocacy groups have brokered an agreement with a utility that is planning to build a massive wind farm near the Texas-New Mexico border...

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Shutdown starts at New Mexico coal-fired power plant serving Southwest

Second unit at San Juan Generating Station will be closed over the weekend

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World