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New Mexico foresees robust growth in state government income

SANTA FE – Forecasts for state government income have increased slightly as New Mexico legislators prepare to meet in January to craft a general fund budget. The state’s top taxation officia...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Risk of quakes caused by oil, gas in New Mexico rising

CARLSBAD, N.M. – Multiple earthquakes were felt earlier this fall in West Texas, leading regulators in that state to designate a seismic response area and call for less wastewater from oil...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Interior secretary seeks to rid U.S. of derogatory place names

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday formally declared “squaw” a derogatory term and said she is taking steps to remove it from federal government use and to replace o...

DATE: Nov 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Cannabis bust on Indigenous land highlights legal divide

SANTA FE – A federal raid on a household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing uncertainty and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities on Native American...

DATE: Nov 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor: Full vaccination means boosters too

ALBUQUERQUE – Going a step beyond federal guidance, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Wednesday that she believes being fully vaccinated means three shots and she pushed for all ad...

DATE: Nov 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico lawmakers pressed to make water a priority

ALBUQUERQUE – With a legal battle over management of the Rio Grande before the U.S. Supreme Court and more hot and dry weather in the forecast, New Mexico’s top water official said Wednesday...

DATE: Nov 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Oil, gas leases on hold around New Mexico’s Chaco park, U.S. says

ALBUQUERQUE – New oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park will be prohibited for the next two years as officials consider a proposal to withdraw federal...

DATE: Nov 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Eunice moves ahead with desalination project

EUNICE, N.M. – One southeastern New Mexico city is taking another step forward as it looks for an “unlimited” source of water. Eunice City Council recently voted to have a Hobbs-based engin...

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico hospitals seek relief amid wave of patients

ALBUQUERQUE – Two of New Mexico’s largest hospitals on Thursday announced that they would be focusing on patients who need care the most, meaning non-medically necessary procedures will like...

DATE: Nov 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico delegates push U.S. official on Chaco protections

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are putting more pressure on U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to take administrative action to prohibit oil and gas developm...

DATE: Nov 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico hospitals struggle amid push to vaccinate youths

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Hospitals in northwestern New Mexico were grappling Wednesday with a surge in coronavirus cases that has left only a handful of intensive care beds available and led to a rationing of care.

DATE: Nov 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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