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Firm to assess Navajo Nation uranium contamination

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A California company has been awarded an $85 million contract to assess uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a...

Killer wildfires continue to menace California’s wine country

24 dead and hundreds missing

Longmont lifts ban on medical, recreational marijuana shops

LONGMONT – Longmont City Council has voted to allow up to four retail businesses to sell marijuana and marijuana products within city limits, nixing a years-old ban on medical and recreation...

Albuquerque school board opposes state education proposal

ALBUQUERQUE – The board for New Mexico’s largest school district is opposing the state’s proposed changes to science teaching standards that substitute references to rising global temperatur...

Supreme Court denies petition for help from public defenders

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court won’t intervene on behalf of public defenders who say they are overwhelmed by cases from poor defendants facing jail time, court officials said Wednes...

New Mexico regulators move ahead with clean energy proposal

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico regulatory panel on Wednesday narrowly cleared the way for more discussion on a proposed clean energy standard that supporters say would protect utility customers ...

Swiss team shatters distance records in gas balloon race

ALBUQUERQUE – A Swiss team has won the annual America’s Challenge gas balloon race, traveling the farthest and shattering previous distance records for the annual competition. Bas...

Suit seeks to stop oil-gas drilling on 9 public land parcels

TELLURIDE – A Colorado county and three environmental groups have sued the federal government, saying the sale of nine oil and gas leases on public land in southwestern Colorado could harm t...

At least 10 dead as fires rage in California wine country

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through California wine country Monday, killing at least 10 people, destroying 1,500 homes and businesses and sending thousands...

Tribe: Navajo Code Talker dies in New Mexico

The Associated Press WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A Navajo code talker who used the Navajo language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II has died in New Mexico, Navajo Nation official...

Colorado dentists and other doctors seek opioid alternatives as crisis worsens

Wisdom teeth surgery involves pliers, so there’s often some post-operative pain. For years, dentists have prescribed painkilling opioids, like percocet or vicodin for patients. Bu...

Santa Fe celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day amid tensions

SANTA FE – Santa Fe is celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a serious of Native American dance performances on the city’s downtown plaza. Last year, Santa Fe began honoring Native Americ...