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New push on to expand nuclear radiation compensation

ALBUQUERQUE – A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push to expand a U.S. compensation program for people who were exposed to radiation after uranium mining and nuclear testing carr...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico hearing begins for next round of oil, gas rules

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is now the nation’s second largest oil producing state, and environmental officials say more needs to be done to rein in pollution from the industry. They are propo...

DATE: Sep 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Top New Mexico lawmakers concerned about oil and gas rules

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A group of powerful New Mexico lawmakers is questioning whether state environment officials have done enough to weigh the potential economic effects of a proposal to cut smog-causing pollution across the oil and gas industry.

DATE: Sep 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico panel considers future of coal-fired power plant

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric provider wants to transfer its share of a coal-fired power plant to an energy company backed by the Navajo Nation, but environmentalists argue tha...

DATE: Aug 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico flush with cash as revenues climb, oil recovers

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is flush with cash because of a quick recovery of oil and gas markets and higher than expected gross receipts tax revenues as consumers spend federal stimulus checks...

DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico sees steep rise in overdose deaths amid pandemic

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is seeing soaring numbers of deadly overdoses from fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to a report presented to state lawmakers during a meeting Thursday. Preli...

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico close to rationing hospital care amid pandemic

ALBUQUERQUE – Top health officials warned Wednesday that New Mexico is about a week away from rationing health care as COVID-19 infections continue to climb. State Health and Human Services...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Recommendations target oil, gas leasing across the West

ALBUQUERQUE – An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called on the federal government Tuesday to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to en...

DATE: Aug 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. boarding school review prompts calls for trauma support

ALBUQUERQUE– Some members of Congress want to ensure that protections are put in place to address ongoing trauma as more information comes to light about the troubled history of Indigenous b...

DATE: Aug 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

New Mexico governor sets mask mandate, requires vaccination

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Tuesday she will be reinstating a mask mandate for all public indoor spaces in New Mexico as vaccination rates remain stagnant and infections ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

1 dies in New Mexico school shooting; student detained

ALBUQUERQUE – One student was killed and another was taken into custody Friday after a shooting at a middle school near downtown Albuquerque during the lunch hour, police said. The gunfire...

DATE: Aug 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Energy giant promises more perks in New Mexico utility case

ALBUQUERQUE – A top executive with global energy giant Iberdrola is promising more perks if local governments and others in New Mexico clear the way for a proposed multibillion-dollar utilit...

DATE: Aug 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico