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Crews slow New Mexico fires, brace for dangerous conditions

ALBUQUERQUE – More than 2,000 firefighters battling the largest U.S. wildfire dug back-up fire lines and rearranged fire engines around homes in northeast New Mexico on Wednesday in anticipa...

DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Proposed revision of Mexican wolf management plan draws fire

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. wildlife managers want to see at least 320 Mexican gray wolves roaming the Southwest within the next several years as they try to recover an endangered species that for de...

DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

States struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue

In New Mexico, oil and gas account for 42% of state government income

DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Court weighs clash on online publication of voting records

ALBUQUERQUE – A conservative-backed foundation that aims to post online registration records for voters across the country urged a federal judge Tuesday to override objections by New Mexico ...

DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

$121.5M settlement in New Mexico clergy sex abuse scandal

SANTA FE – One of the oldest Catholic dioceses in the United States announced a settlement agreement Tuesday to resolve a bankruptcy case in New Mexico that resulted from a clergy sex abuse ...

DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico fires prompt forest closures; governor seeks aid

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico's governor said Tuesday that given the ferocity and swift movements of a record-setting wildfire burning in the northeastern part of the state, the damage will be si...

DATE: May 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico marks record with massive wildfire

A monster blaze churning in northern New Mexico for more than a month has blackened enough acreage to earn a place in the state’s record books. Aside from being the largest wildfire current...

DATE: May 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor seeks more US aid for wildfire response

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor is asking for additional federal assistance to respond to wildfires burning across the state’s north, including one that is the second-largest in the state’s...

DATE: May 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Nuclear downwinder reparations bill clears US House

CARLSBAD, N.M. – When America’s first nuclear weapons were tested in south-central New Mexico they set off generations of strife as nearby communities struggled with cancers and other health...

DATE: May 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Menaced by flames, nuclear lab peers into future of wildfire

LOS ALAMOS N.M. – Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept within a few miles of the city of Los Alamos and its companion U.S. national se...

DATE: May 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Governor promises a temporary halt to prescribed burns while wildfires rage in New Mexico

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Tuesday that it was “negligent” for the United States Forest Service to ignite a prescribed burn in early April, and that she has received assuran...

DATE: May 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Film producers defend safety in Alec Baldwin shooting

SANTA FE, N.M. – A film production company is contesting sanctions by New Mexico officials for alleged workplace safety violations on the set of “Rust,” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin...

DATE: May 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico