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Endangered wolf killed after livestock attacks

ALBUQUERQUE – An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been killed by federal employees after a Native American tribe requested the animal be removed from the wild in the wake of a string of catt...

DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico Democrats push feds to limit drilling near Chaco

Delegation wants 10-mile buffer zone preserved

DATE: Sep 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Multibillion-dollar contract for Los Alamos lab up for bid

Criticism of safety record intensifies as plutonium pit production resumes

DATE: Jul 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Guidelines developed for drilling near Chaco Canyon

Planning area encompasses 6,500 square miles in northwest New Mexico

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico hit by ‘flash drought’ weather phenomenon

ALBUQUERQUE – Across New Mexico, unusually warm March weather and virtually no rain for a month prompted dust storms that closed highways, warnings for some to stay inside and rapid mountain...

DATE: Apr 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico attorney general dissatisfied with mine spill response

Attorney general says state’s requests disregarded

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Feds propose wolf releases in southwestern New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE — Federal wildlife managers want to release two packs of Mexican gray wolves in wilderness areas near the Arizona-New Mexico border this year in an effort to bolster a struggling...

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Feds seek to dismiss New Mexico’s claims over Gold King Mine spill

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Attorneys with the U.S. Justice Department are asking a federal judge to dismiss claims by New Mexico and the Navajo Nation that stem from the 2015 Gold King Mine waste ...

DATE: Feb 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Ancient Chaco Canyon inhabitants relied on imported food

Dry, salty conditions prevented agriculture

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S., Mexico wildlife officials draft jaguar recovery plan

ALBUQUERQUE – A team of wildlife officials in the United States and Mexico on Monday released details of a proposed recovery plan for the endangered jaguar, prompting criticism from environm...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court to settle dispute over N.M. pollution rules

Environmentalists fears water contamination

DATE: Oct 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Texas company to purchase Yates Petroleum in $2.5B deal

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – One of the largest oil producers in the U.S. is purchasing a privately-held New Mexico company and some of its subsidiaries in a $2.5 billion ...

DATE: Sep 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business