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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

Education chief: New Mexico schools need modern solutions

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is seeing higher graduation rates and more students are reading at grade level thanks to reforms made over the past several years, but a top state education official...

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

Fire crews in New Mexico brace for hot, dry weather

Smoke blanketed much of the Jemez Mountains on Friday as firefighters battled a blaze that forced evacuations and the closure of a highway through one of northern New Mexico’s popular mounta...

DATE: Jun 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico fire prompts evacuation of as many as 200

Firefighters faced hot, dry conditions as they tried to get a handle on a blaze that grew out of control Thursday, prompting evacuations in one of New Mexico’s popular mountain getaways and ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Guidelines developed for drilling near Chaco Canyon

Planning area encompasses 6,500 square miles in northwest New Mexico

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Testing time for New Mexico students to be reduced

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico students will spend less time taking standardized tests and will have two additional weeks of learning time under changes announced Tuesday by New Mexico Public Educ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education