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Wind whips destructive wildfires in New Mexico

Firefighters scouted the drought-stricken mountainsides around a New Mexico village on Wednesday as they looked for opportunities to slow a wind-driven wildfire that a day earlier had burned...

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico boosts its free college program, at least for now

SANTA FE – Even after failing a test that set her back a semester, Maribel Rodriguez will head back to nursing school next spring with a generous new state scholarship that abandons eligibil...

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico fires gain ground amid dry, windy conditions

ALBUQUERQUE – It’s a simple recipe that requires only a couple ingredients, and New Mexico has them all. Strong winds, low humidity and dry conditions that stem from two decades of persisten...

DATE: Apr 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor’s mother, Sonja Lujan, dies at age 82

SANTA FE – Sonja Lujan, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s mother and an advocate for children with disabilities, has died of natural causes. Sonja Lujan was 82. The governor’s office...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Ted Turner land in New Mexico conserved in U.S. military deal

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Habitat for about a million bats will be protected from human impacts through a deal between a nonprofit and the federal government. About 315,000 acres of southern New...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Defendants protest trial delays in New Mexico compound raid

SANTA FE – A second defendant is invoking the right to a speedy trial in the 2018 raid on a squalid family compound in northern New Mexico that uncovered the remains of a 3-year-old boy and ...

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Heat, wind hit New Mexico as crews battle blazes

ALBUQUERQUE – Warnings that strong winds and hot and dry weather could produce dangerous wildfires blanketed most of New Mexico on Saturday as crews continued to battle at least two blazes t...

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Judge acquits New Mexico man of misdemeanors in Capitol riot trial

WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into ...

DATE: Apr 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico regulators to review coal plant financing dispute

ALBUQUERQUE – It will be up to New Mexico regulators to settle a feud over financing and customer electricity rates stemming from the upcoming closure of one of the last remaining coal-fired...

DATE: Mar 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Recreational marijuana sales to begin Friday in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Marijuana aficionados and entrepreneurs across New Mexico are bracing for the April 1 start of state-regulated retail marijuana. New Mexico joins 17 other states that have legali...

DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Bureau of Land Management extends comment period on Chaco proposal

ALBUQUERQUE – Land managers have scheduled two more public meetings and extended the comment period for a proposal that would prohibit oil and gas development on federal land surrounding a n...

DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Warily, tribes prepare for cannabis ventures in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Two tribal communities have been reassured they’ll be able to take part in New Mexico’s marijuana market opening in April without the threat of federal law enforcement interferenc...

DATE: Mar 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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