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N.M. museum unveils rare Bisti fossil find

ALBUQUERQUE – Paleontologists with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science have unveiled the first baby Pentaceratops skull ever discovered as hundreds of people lined up to get...

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Helicopter plucks fossils out of Bisti wilderness

Remains of 70 million-year-old dinosaur require unique removal

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

New Mexico releases monitoring plan after Gold King Mine spill

State suggests testing residents’ urine for metals

DATE: Oct 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. students score poorly on new tests

ALBUQUERQUE – More than half of New Mexico high school juniors failed to meet college and career readiness benchmarks for reading and writing and a vast majority of students fell short when ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Push begins to boost broadband in N.M. schools

BERNALILLO, N.M. – Nearly a third of New Mexico’s public school districts don’t have adequate access to high-speed Internet, and Gov. Susana Martinez wants to change that situation. ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups urge feds to release more Mexican gray wolves

N.M. wildlife officials had blocked release permits

DATE: Oct 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arborist testifies in wildfire case

BERNALILLO, N.M. – An electric cooperative wasn’t following industry standards for ensuring the area along one of its power lines was clear of potentially hazardous vegetation when an aspen ...

DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group sues N.M. power plant

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists asked the New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday to disqualify all but one member of a powerful state regulatory board in a case that will determine the fate of a...

DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New charge added to list against top N.M. official

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran was charged Friday with identity theft as she faces dozens of other counts alleging campaign finance fraud. The state atto...

DATE: Oct 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. tree-cutting law overturned

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal court has struck down a state law that gave New Mexico counties the authority to remove trees and clear overgrown areas on national forest land without having to get ...

DATE: Oct 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Senator announces legislation in wake of mine-waste spill

ALBUQUERQUE – The federal government would be required to identify the most dangerous abandoned mines in the West and make plans to clean them under legislation introduced Tuesday in respons...

DATE: Sep 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. energy regulators accused of being too close with utility

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of a powerful New Mexico regulatory body are too “chummy” with utility executives and should not be allowed to make decisions about the fate of a coal-fired power plant...

DATE: Sep 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News