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Report: Uranium plumes for Bluewater Mill site ‘stable’

GRANTS, N.M. – Uranium plumes in a major aquifer in western New Mexico believed to be coming from a closed mine aren’t growing, U.S. officials said in a report released last month. ...

2 more fatal falls at Grand Canyon follow dozens of others

PHOENIX – Two recent deaths in which men plummeted in the Grand Canyon follow dozens of apparently accidental fatal falls since the national park was established 100 years ago. Mi...

Migrants dropped off in New Mexico; city asks for donations

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Border Patrol agents dropped off asylum-seeking migrants in New Mexico’s second most populous city for the second day in a row Saturday, prompting Las Cruces city official...

Environmental group IDs New Mexico methane emissions surge

SANTA FE – A prominent environmental group announced new evidence Thursday that methane emissions in New Mexico are climbing amid a surge in oil and natural gas production in the Permian Bas...

Two more fatal falls at Grand Canyon follow dozens of others

PHOENIX – Two recent deaths in which men plummeted in the Grand Canyon follow dozens of apparently accidental fatal falls since the national park was established 100 years ago. Mi...

I-70 speed limit reduced at Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION – The Colorado Department of Transportation has reduced the speed limit on Interstate 70 through Grand Junction to 70 mph. The Daily Sentinel reports that the mo...

Checkerboard complicates effort to protect sacred sites

The battle over oil and gas development across the high desert that surrounds Chaco Culture National Historical Park has been brewing for years. The campaign to curb drilling in o...

Colorado lawmakers send $30.5 billion state budget to Polis

DENVER – Colorado’s Legislature has approved a $30.5 billion state budget for the next fiscal year. The Colorado Sun reports that the document includes $300 million for transporta...

Former Navajo Nation official sentenced in theft case

TUBA CITY, Ariz. – A former manager of the Navajo Nation’s Tuba City Chapter has been sentenced to jail time and probation in a theft case. Priscilla Littlefoot had pleaded no con...

Police: Passenger jumps out of jet at Phoenix airport

PHOENIX – Authorities say a man on a flight that had just landed in Phoenix sprayed other passengers with a liquid from a bottle and then opened one of the jet’s doors and jumped to the tarm...

Students at Mormon-owned BYU urge honor code compassion

PROVO, Utah – Several hundred students at Mormon-owned Brigham Young University chanted “If God forgives me, why can’t you?” during a protest Friday aimed at pushing college officials to be ...

U.S. lab addresses seismic concerns, resumes waste shipments

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Officials at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories say a special indoor facility for shipping radioactive waste is back in operation after five years. ...