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Senators seek to designate Gila River ‘wild and scenic’

ALBUQUERQUE – Portions of the Gila River would be designated as “wild and scenic” under legislation unveiled Tuesday by New Mexico’s two U.S. senators. Spanning parts of New Mexic...

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Santa Fe Opera cancels season because of virus

ALBUQUERQUE – The famed Santa Fe Opera has been forced to cancel its season, with officials saying Monday that the decision was made to ensure the health and safety of staff, artists, patron...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Pressure mounts as tribes seek more time on drilling plan

ALBUQUERQUE – After more than a decade of planning and protests, U.S. land managers have crafted a proposal for how to manage oil and gas development across a wide swath of northwestern New ...

DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Living

Appeal: New Mexico ignored rules in approval of nuke site work

ALBUQUERQUE – A watchdog group asked the New Mexico Court of Appeals to put the brakes on a key construction project at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. The...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Cattle conflicts prompt killing of endangered Mexican wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – The killing of four Mexican gray wolves by U.S. wildlife officials has drawn the ire of environmentalists who say management of the species is undercutting efforts to restore t...

DATE: Apr 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico regulators push ahead as virus disaster declared

ALBUQUERQUE – While federal environmental regulators have waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, New Mexico is marching ahead. ...

DATE: Apr 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

$12.7M dam project aimed at protecting New Mexico village

In one southern New Mexico village, it’s like clockwork – the summer rains come and the floodwaters follow. Federal officials said storm runoff regularly causes significant damage...

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Court official: New Mexico’s bail reforms are working

ALBUQUERQUE – Bail reform is working and New Mexico needs to keep moving toward a stronger justice system, a top official with the state’s court system said Monday. Artie Pepin, d...

DATE: Nov 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico panel opts to end recreational cougar trapping

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators have adopted new rules that will prohibit trapping or snaring cougars for sport, marking a small victory for animal protection groups that have been fight...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Fire-ravaged forests get help from pine cone collectors

Seeds collected to plant in scorched areas

DATE: Nov 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lizard protections sought amid U.S. oil boom

ALBUQUERQUE – A small lizard found among the dunes straddling New Mexico and West Texas in one of the nation’s richest oil basins is at the center of a new lawsuit. Environmentali...

DATE: Oct 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News