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Recommendations target oil, gas leasing across the West

ALBUQUERQUE – An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called on the federal government Tuesday to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to en...

DATE: Aug 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. boarding school review prompts calls for trauma support

ALBUQUERQUE– Some members of Congress want to ensure that protections are put in place to address ongoing trauma as more information comes to light about the troubled history of Indigenous b...

DATE: Aug 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

New Mexico governor sets mask mandate, requires vaccination

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Tuesday she will be reinstating a mask mandate for all public indoor spaces in New Mexico as vaccination rates remain stagnant and infections ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

1 dies in New Mexico school shooting; student detained

ALBUQUERQUE – One student was killed and another was taken into custody Friday after a shooting at a middle school near downtown Albuquerque during the lunch hour, police said. The gunfire...

DATE: Aug 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Energy giant promises more perks in New Mexico utility case

ALBUQUERQUE – A top executive with global energy giant Iberdrola is promising more perks if local governments and others in New Mexico clear the way for a proposed multibillion-dollar utilit...

DATE: Aug 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico customers sound alarm over major utility merger

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico customers are sounding the alarm over a proposed multibillion-dollar merger of the state's largest electric utility provider with a U.S. subsidiary of Spanish energy giant Iberdrola, citing a sordid track record of reliability and customer service.

DATE: Aug 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico’s mask mandate for schools sparks legal battle

ALBUQUERQUE – A legal battle is brewing in New Mexico over what power state education officials have over local school boards and what limits there are to that authority. The fight stems fr...

DATE: Aug 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Teacher union president: Goal is to get kids back to school

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The head of a national teachers union is visiting New Mexico on Thursday as part of a nationwide campaign to convince parents that it’s safe to send their kids back to pub...

DATE: Aug 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Uncovering boarding school history makes for monumental task

ALBUQUERQUE – They sat inside a dust-covered box that had been stashed away, untouched, for years: black-and-white photographs of Apache students who were among the first sent to a New Mexic...

DATE: Jul 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chile harvest starts early for some New Mexico farmers

HATCH, N.M. – The aroma of fresh roasted green chiles is already wafting through southern New Mexico as some farmers are getting a jump-start on the harvest. The earlier start to the season ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico wilderness area grows with large donation

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited her home state Saturday to celebrate what marks the largest wilderness land donation in the agency’s history and another addition to...

DATE: Jul 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor: Opening day will be July 1

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Friday that all remaining pandemic-related public health restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activity in the state will be lif...

DATE: Jun 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico