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N.M. delegates renew push to limit drilling outside of Chaco Canyon

ALBUQUERQUE – Democratic members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are renewing their pleas for federal land managers to limit oil and natural gas drilling in the northwestern corner ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Shutdown at coal-fired power plant serving Southwest wrapping up

Second unit will be closed over the weekend

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

A year after girl killed, Navajo Nation will get alert system

ALBUQUERQUE — More than a year after a Native American girl was killed and her tribe was criticized for not having an alert system in place when children go missing, the Navajo Nation has si...

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

2018 plan for Mexican wolves calls for fostering of pups

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Federal wildlife officials have a plan for fostering as many as a dozen captive Mexican gray wolf pups with packs in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico in 2018. Th...

DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

N.M. regulators report drop in methane emissions

ALBUQUERQUE – Methane emissions from oil and natural gas production in New Mexico have dropped by more than 50 percent over the past year thanks to advances in technology and changes in the ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

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