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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

Archives reveal more about death of lawman who killed Billy the Kid

Death of lawman who killed Billy the Kid is explained

DATE: May 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Professors rescue design drawings for neon signs on Route 66

ALBUQUERQUE – They were just a bunch of old business records belonging to New Mexico’s oldest and largest sign-making shop, the last of the manufacturers from neon’s midcentury heyday. ...

DATE: May 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

University of New Mexico spending under review

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The state Auditor’s Office is reviewing the spending of public money by the University of New Mexico’s athletic department on a 2015 golf trip to Scotland that included t...

DATE: May 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

New ‘delicioso’ postage stamps dedicated to Latino cuisine

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – From the kitchen table to the mail, the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday, April 20, recognized the influence of Latino foods and flavors on American cuisine with the relea...

DATE: Apr 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Drought planning: Water shortages expected in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – In all but one corner of New Mexico, water managers are projecting shortages in drinking and irrigation supplies given expected demand and variability in rainfall over the next...

DATE: Apr 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico hit by ‘flash drought’ weather phenomenon

ALBUQUERQUE – Across New Mexico, unusually warm March weather and virtually no rain for a month prompted dust storms that closed highways, warnings for some to stay inside and rapid mountain...

DATE: Apr 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

No changes for San Juan Generating Station with Trump order

ALBUQUERQUE – Part of a coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico is still scheduled for retirement despite President Donald Trump’s executive order Tuesday to roll back measures aim...

DATE: Mar 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

She thought someone passed out drunk

ALBUQUERQUE – What sounded like someone knocking on a window late one night turned out to be gunfire erupting in a small community on the nation’s largest American Indian reservation. ...

DATE: Mar 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News