Chile pepper license plate for New Mexicans? It’s a hot idea
Legislative panel backs proposal
DATE: Feb 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Susan Montoya Bryan
Position: The Associated Press
Feds: Mexican gray wolves see increase in wild population
ALBUQUERQUE – There are now more Mexican gray wolves roaming the American Southwest than at any time since the federal government began trying to reintroduce the predators nearly two decades...
DATE: Feb 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Feds seek to dismiss New Mexico’s claims over Gold King Mine spill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Attorneys with the U.S. Justice Department are asking a federal judge to dismiss claims by New Mexico and the Navajo Nation that stem from the 2015 Gold King Mine waste ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Ancient Chaco Canyon inhabitants relied on imported food
Dry, salty conditions prevented agriculture
DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Protection sought for New Mexico park’s geothermal deposits
Park includes remnants of one of North America’s few super volcanoes
DATE: Jan 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Boy Scouts to relocate national museum to New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE – From merit badges and uniforms to an impressive collection of Norman Rockwell paintings and drawings, the Boy Scouts of America will be packing up more than a century of scouti...
DATE: Dec 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Feds to pour $225M into water projects around the West
ALBUQUERQUE – The federal government will be pouring nearly a quarter-billion dollars into several dozen projects aimed at tackling the effects of drought in the West and restoring watershed...
DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Albuquerque police shooting case to get review
Incoming prosecutor to seek inependent probe
DATE: Dec 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Ruling ends New Mexico county’s effort to combat wildfire danger
ALBUQUERQUE – A court ruling has dashed any hopes one southern New Mexico county had to address fire danger on national forest lands because of the inaction of the federal government. ...
DATE: Dec 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Texas firm looks to boost N.M. oil production
ALBUQUERQUE – A Texas-based oil and gas company has reached a $430 million deal that will clear the way for more production in southeastern New Mexico, providing a glimmer of hope as state o...
DATE: Nov 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Rare New Mexico meadow jumping mouse populations discovered
ALBUQUERQUE — Biologists who spent weeks in three New Mexico national forests searching for signs of an elusive, endangered mouse that looks somewhat like a tiny kangaroo have found what t...
DATE: Nov 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Construction begins on delayed N.M. wind farm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – After years of planning and delays, work has resumed on what officials are billing as one of New Mexico’s largest wind farms as companies look to take advantage of extend...
DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business
