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Construction starts in New Mexico on 35K acres for wind farm

SANTA FE – Construction has started on 35,000 acres of state trust land for the La Joya Wind Farm in New Mexico’s Torrance County. The project about 10 miles west of the Village o...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

From oilfields to food banks, New Mexico feels jobless sting

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico already was among the most poverty-stricken states in the U.S. before oil prices crashed and the coronavirus outbreak derailed efforts to diversify the economy. Now,...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Panel to consider petition seeking Pecos River protections

ALBUQUERQUE – More than 200 miles of the Pecos River, its tributaries and other parts of the upper reaches of the northern New Mexico watershed would be protected from future degradation und...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico auditor pressures Gallup hospital for records

SANTA FE – Leaders of a critical care hospital in the middle of a coronavirus hot spot in Gallup, New Mexico, are coming under mounting pressure to comply with a financial audit amid complai...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coronavirus surges with emergency order close to expiration

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is weighing whether to extend major provisions of an emergency health order that limits nonessential business activity and bans gatherings o...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico forester issues restrictions due to fire danger

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s state forester is imposing immediate restrictions on fireworks, campfires, smoking and open fires on all nonmunicipal, nonfederal and nontribal lands statewide becaus...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

1 drops out of race against powerful New Mexico senator

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – One of the two Democrats seeking to unseat New Mexico Senate President Pro Tempore Mary Kay Papen in the upcoming primary has dropped out. State Senate primary ...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Body of missing woman found in SUV in New Mexico reservoir

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. – A Truth or Consequences woman missing since late January has been found dead in her SUV after it was discovered in Elephant Butte Reservoir, Sierra County Sheri...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Senators seek to designate Gila River as ‘wild and scenic’

ALBUQUERQUE – Portions of the Gila River would be designated as “wild and scenic” under legislation unveiled Tuesday by New Mexico’s two U.S. senators. Spanning parts of New Mexic...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico opens COVID-19 testing to all workers in state

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials have announced that COVID-19 testing is now available for all workers in the state. The New Mexico Department of Health said Monday testing would b...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriffs ask AG Barr to review New Mexico health orders

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – New Mexico Republicans and sheriffs are asking U.S. Attorney General William Barr to look into Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s health orders aimed at stopping the spread of ...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forest official cites rising risk of human-caused wildfires

TAOS, N.M. – The top administrator of a national forest in northern New Mexico says there’s an elevated risk of human-caused wildfires because of drying conditions and negligence by some for...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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