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N.M. Veterans director aims to rebuild trust

ALBUQUERQUE – The new director of the Veterans Affairs’ health care system in New Mexico embarked on a tour of the state Tuesday, starting with town halls in Artesia and Alamogordo. ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. regulators hear testimony

Plan calls for partial plant closure

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Part of coal-fired plant may possibly be closed

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission is preparing to take up what some energy experts have called a watershed utility case that could set the stage for energy policy in ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Western states ‘fostering renewables’

ALBUQUERQUE – More than five dozen giant turbines erected on a remote mesa in western New Mexico began churning out power for the state’s largest electric provider on New Year’s Day. ...

DATE: Jan 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo panel agrees on gaming terms

Legislature to debate new compact in upcoming session

DATE: Dec 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico gains national park

Valles Caldera home to volcano, grasslands, elk

DATE: Dec 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Smog rules concern Southwest industries

ALBUQUERQUE – The Obama administration took steps this week to cut levels of smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and other respiratory problems, but meeting the stricter emissions limits...

DATE: Nov 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmaker seeks to revive pot debate

Democrat dismisses 1970s stoner humor of Cheech and Chong

DATE: Nov 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Along Route 66, telling Native American’s story

Project to illuminate tribes’ history, heritage

DATE: Nov 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Bill Mauldin’s cartoons to be sold at auction

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Two dozen original editorial cartoons created by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and World War II veteran Bill Mauldin are set to hit the auction block for the first t...

DATE: Nov 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rules pitched for power plants

Reservation generators in our region get EPA’s proposed limits

DATE: Oct 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

New Mexico wants home of noted artist recognized

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Artist Luis Jimenez is credited with helping transform the definition of public art in the U.S. with his larger-than-life, debate-provoking fiberglass sculptures. ...

DATE: Oct 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment