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EPA eyes Colorado for discriminatory pollution

Advocates say the Suncor refinery too often malfunctions

DATE: Jan 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Business

Law protects export of sacred Native American items from U.S.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Federal penalties have increased under a newly signed law intended to protect the cultural patrimony of Native American tribes, immediately making some crimes a felony and...

DATE: Dec 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Broncos fire rookie head coach Hackett after 4-11 start

Assistant Jerry Rosburg named interim head coach. ENGLEWOOD – The Denver Broncos fired first-year head coach Nathaniel Hackett on Monday with two games left in the season. Team owner and CEO...

DATE: Dec 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Sports

New Mexico city ends bid to retrofit coal-fired power plant

FARMINGTON – City leaders have ended their bid to retrofit a shuttered coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico as a way to preserve jobs and tax revenue for Farmington and surround...

DATE: Dec 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Conferees told Colorado River action 'absolutely critical'

LAS VEGAS – The first weeks of 2023 will be crucial for Southwest U.S. states and water entities to agree how to use less water from the drought-stricken and fast-shrinking Colorado River, a...

DATE: Dec 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lawsuit seeks access to withdrawal medication for prisoners

SANTA FE – Civil rights advocates have filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Corrections Department seeking to ensure access for prison inmates to medication that reduces opioid withdrawal ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

NM relaxes testing for students on track to graduate in 2024

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is relaxing requirements for some high school students by eliminating the need to pass standardized tests as a way to demonstrate they're ready to graduate, the stat...

DATE: Dec 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

New Mexico lawmaker avoids ethics hearing over committee job

SANTA FE – Outgoing New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf, who appointed himself to the Public Regulation Commission nominating committee, has avoided an ethics hearing by resigning. The Stat...