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New Mexico officials tout strategy as economic springboard

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s top economic development officials said Wednesday they are ready to put into action a 20-year strategy for diversifying the economy, saying the state has no time t...

DATE: Nov 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Study details environmental impacts of early Chaco residents

ALBUQUERQUE – Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say they have more evidence that Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico was more than just an ancient gathering spot for Indigenous...

DATE: Oct 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

As immunity wanes, New Mexico pushes vaccines and boosters

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico was among the first states out of the gate when the COVID-19 vaccine push began. Now, top health officials say it looks like the state is among the first to see immu...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Human rights panel to hear Navajo uranium contamination case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A group representing Navajo communities is presenting its case to an international human rights body, saying U.S. regulators violated the rights of tribal members when they cleared the way for uranium mining in western New Mexico.

DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Warming climate means shortages on Pecos River, study says

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal water managers warned Wednesday that like other basins across the western U.S., the Pecos River Basin in New Mexico is likely to experience growing water shortages as t...

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico clears way for hospitals to ration care if needed

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico on Monday cleared the way for hospitals to ration care if necessary, saying the state’s health care system has yet to see a reprieve as the nursing shortage continue...

DATE: Oct 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. nuclear repository completes key mining project in southern N.M.

ALBUQUERQUE – After seven years of mining, federal officials say work to carve out the eighth disposal area at the U.S. government’s underground nuclear waste repository is complete. Manage...

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajo leaders seek hearing on oil and gas drilling dispute

ALBUQUERQUE – Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal le...

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Albuquerque resolution recognizes boarding school trauma

ALBUQUERQUE – The Albuquerque City Council has adopted a resolution that acknowledges ongoing generational trauma caused by U.S. Indigenous boarding school policies and formalizes a commitme...

DATE: Oct 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

University threatens expulsion for unvaccinated students

ALBUQUERQUE – Students at one of New Mexico’s largest public universities will be disenrolled if they don’t comply with a vaccine mandate or opt to get tested regularly. The move is part of...

DATE: Sep 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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