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New Mexico city ends backlog of untested rape evidence kits

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials in New Mexico’s largest city said Friday they have cleared a backlog of thousands of untested rape evidence kits as part of an endeavor that has spanned more than thr...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Advocates detail ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women

ALBUQUERQUE – Cases of domestic violence against Indigenous women and children and instances of sexual assault increased over the past year as nonprofit groups and social workers scrambled t...

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico among slowest growing Western states

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s population grew by 2.8% over the last decade, making it one of the slowest growing states in the West, according to the first numbers released Monday from the 2020...

DATE: Apr 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. sets aside habitat critical for survival of rare songbird

Habitat designation includes land in Four Corners states

DATE: Apr 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. water managers warn of dismal year along the Rio Grande

ALBUQUERQUE – It has been 30 years or so since residents in New Mexico’s largest city last saw their stretch of the Rio Grande go dry. There’s a possibility it could happen again ...

DATE: Apr 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Proposed New Mexico utility merger spurs numerous concerns

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Consumer advocacy groups, environmentalists and the New Mexico attorney general’s office are concerned about a proposed multibillion-dollar merger of the state’s lar...

DATE: Apr 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico health secretary, experts push vaccine message

ALBUQUERQUE – Combating misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and tapping into networks of community health providers, faith leaders and other local organizers to share more public health i...

DATE: Apr 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups take aim at New Mexico drilling plan amid U.S. review

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists and Native American activists on Wednesday renewed their demands for more meaningful talks with Indigenous leaders and other communities on the front lines of...

DATE: Apr 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico leads US Southwest in broadband needs

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico has the highest percentage of residents in the U.S. Southwest without adequate broadband internet service, a problem highlighted Monday by the Biden administration a...

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico issues 10-year plan for boosting forest health

ALBUQUERQUE – Restoring forests, using fire as a management tool and getting more buy-in from private landowners are among the strategies outlined in New Mexico’s latest forest action plan. ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor gets request to send troops to U.S. border

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell on Friday asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to deploy New Mexico National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as more migrant families and unaccompa...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribes talk priorities with ‘formidable guardian’ Haaland

ALBUQUERQUE – Native American leaders told U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland they see her as a “formidable guardian” and steward of their interests Tuesday during her first official trip t...

DATE: Apr 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News