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Citing new discoveries, archaeologists say Chaco region needs more protections

ALBUQUERQUE – Archaeologists, professors and other researchers on Friday called for more protections of an expansive area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, saying increased...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Endangered Mexican wolf killed following livestock attacks

ALBUQUERQUE – An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been killed by federal employees after a Native American tribe requested the animal be removed from the wild in the wake of a string of catt...

DATE: Sep 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge cites tribal sovereignty in dismissing power plant lawsuit

Groups sued over decision to allow Four Corners Power Plan to continue operating

DATE: Sep 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Democrats push feds to limit drilling near Chaco

Delegation wants 10-mile buffer zone preserved

DATE: Sep 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wet weather erases drought, dryness in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – National weather forecasters are warning of more storms around New Mexico as the state celebrates the disappearance of any signs of drought or abnormal dryness from the map. ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Neutron beams, X-rays reveal more about T. rex relative found at Bisti

ALBUQUERQUE – Researchers at a top U.S. laboratory announced this week that they have produced the highest resolution scan ever done of the inner workings of a fossilized tyrannosaur skull u...

DATE: Aug 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Santa Fe Indian Market fuses tradition with contemporary art

For nearly a century, American Indian jewelers, potters and other artists have been gathering in the heart of northern New Mexico to show off their creations at one of the nation’s most pres...

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

States join N.M. city to resolve Ten Commandments display

Coalition files brief to Supreme Court

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico city takes Ten Commandments case to Supreme Court

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico city is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court ruling requiring the removal of a Ten Commandments monument outside City Hall. ...

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Firefighters jump to wildfires

RIO PUERCO, N.M. – Flying 3,000 feet above desert scrubland in New Mexico, Nick Stanzak taps the first smokejumper on the shoulder to signal it’s his turn to leap from the twin-engine plane....

DATE: Jul 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Feds release long-awaited recovery plan for Mexican wolves

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – After repeated failures over decades, U.S. wildlife officials have finally drafted a recovery plan for endangered wolves that once roamed parts of the American Southwest ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Multibillion-dollar contract for Los Alamos lab up for bid

Criticism of safety record intensifies as plutonium pit production resumes

DATE: Jun 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business