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‘Dispatch’ from 1947 offers another look at UFO incident

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – The Roswell incident has been one of the most thoroughly researched and debated mysteries in the history of the UFO phenomenon and among the most enduring. Barring a ma...

DATE: Jun 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor orders safeguards for abortion access

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democratic governor took steps Monday to ensure safe harbor to people seeking abortions or providing abortions at health care facilities within the state. Gov. Michel...

DATE: Jun 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. makes more wildfire recovery aid available for New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday authorized an increase in funding for debris removal and other emergency measures being taken as a result of a historic wildfire season in Ne...

DATE: Jun 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Massive New Mexico blaze blamed on miscalculations, errors

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduc...

DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Momentum grows for permanent protections for Caja del Rio

SANTA FE (AP) – The convergence of culture, history and ecology on the stunning landscape of the Caja del Rio makes the rugged volcanic plateau critical to the story of New Mexico and the Pu...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Screams, threats as New Mexico counties try to certify vote

ALBUQUERQUE – Deep-seated conspiracy theories about the security of voting machines erupted into heated, angry and at times threatening outbursts Friday as New Mexico counties decided whethe...

DATE: Jun 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico reaches $32M settlement over Gold King Mine spill

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico and the U.S. government have reached a $32 million settlement over a 2015 mine spill that polluted rivers in three western states. Similar environmental accidents wi...

DATE: Jun 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

County’s refusal to certify the vote hints at election chaos

ATLANTA – The conspiracy theories about Dominion voting machines that erupted during the 2020 presidential contest flared this week in a remote New Mexico county in what could be just a prev...

DATE: Jun 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Company tests high-altitude airship over New Mexico desert

ALBUQUERQUE – A technology company that wants to bring broadband to more remote areas and monitor methane and other emissions from the oil and gas industry launched one of its airships from ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor concerned with potential migrant influx

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s Democratic governor is asking that the Biden administration delay planned or expanded efforts to transport migrants to her state if pandemic-related restrictions o...

DATE: Jun 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico residents sue for information on massive wildfire

SANTA FE – Dozens of residents in a small New Mexico community impacted by massive wildfires that merged in April are suing the U.S. Forest Service over what they called a failure to provide...

DATE: Jun 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

10,000 people use same-day voter registration in New Mexico

More than 10,000 New Mexico voters took advantage of same-day voter registration Tuesday during New Mexico’s primary, the first time the state offered same-day voter registration for a state...

DATE: Jun 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico