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Rule for managing endangered Mexican wolves spurs lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. wildlife managers are being sued over their new management rule for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, with a coalition of environmentalists saying the recently adopted cou...

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. awards $3B contract to manage nuclear waste repository

ALBUQUERQUE – Management of the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository will be taken over later this year by a company created by one of the largest engineering, constru...

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico county blasts U.S. over historic prescribed fire

ALBUQUERQUE – Commissioners in a northern New Mexico county urged U.S. forest managers on Tuesday to do a more comprehensive environmental review of plans to restore large swaths of forest t...

DATE: Jul 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico track confirms health status of race horses

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators on Monday said several horses that were feared dead by animal advocates after a weekend of racing at one of the state’s premiere horse tracks are alive an...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Top official during massive New Mexico blaze gets new post

ALBUQUERQUE – The supervisor of a national forest that erupted in flames earlier this year has been temporarily assigned to a post in Washington, D.C., as New Mexico looks to recover from it...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Western states could settle feud over beleaguered Rio Grande

ALBUQUERQUE – The fight between Texas and New Mexico over the management of one of the longest rivers in North America could be nearing an end as a date to resume the trial has been put off ...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

1 of 2 remaining units closes at San Juan Generating Station

Customer rates fuel debate around New Mexico power plant

DATE: Jun 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. makes more wildfire recovery aid available for New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday authorized an increase in funding for debris removal and other emergency measures being taken as a result of a historic wildfire season in Ne...

DATE: Jun 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Crews slow New Mexico fires, brace for dangerous conditions

ALBUQUERQUE – More than 2,000 firefighters battling the largest U.S. wildfire dug back-up fire lines and rearranged fire engines around homes in northeast New Mexico on Wednesday in anticipa...

DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Proposed revision of Mexican wolf management plan draws fire

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. wildlife managers want to see at least 320 Mexican gray wolves roaming the Southwest within the next several years as they try to recover an endangered species that for de...

DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico fires prompt forest closures; governor seeks aid

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico's governor said Tuesday that given the ferocity and swift movements of a record-setting wildfire burning in the northeastern part of the state, the damage will be si...

DATE: May 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico marks record with massive wildfire

A monster blaze churning in northern New Mexico for more than a month has blackened enough acreage to earn a place in the state’s record books. Aside from being the largest wildfire current...

DATE: May 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico