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Upper Basin states lay out plan to help the Colorado River, but say Lower Basin needs to chip in more

Letter: ‘Efforts to protect critical reservoir elevations must include significant actions focused downstream of Lake Powell’

DATE: Jul 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Copter crashes, kills 4 during severe New Mexico fire season

Crew was returning from firefighting mission

DATE: Jul 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Two new faces in New Mexico oil and gas

Ryan Merrion and Sean Dugan take over family businesses during disruptions of pandemic and war

DATE: Jul 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

State gives ‘outstanding’ designation to northern N.M. waters, enhancing pollution rules

Any activities that can cause water degradation must go through strict state authorization process

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico reaches $32M settlement over Gold King Mine spill

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico and the U.S. government have reached a $32 million settlement over a 2015 mine spill that polluted rivers in three western states. Similar environmental accidents wi...

DATE: Jun 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

10,000 people use same-day voter registration in New Mexico

More than 10,000 New Mexico voters took advantage of same-day voter registration Tuesday during New Mexico’s primary, the first time the state offered same-day voter registration for a state...

DATE: Jun 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Roswell ‘ballot bins’ urge residents to pick up, not litter

ROSWELL, N.M. – A little humor can go a long way in delivering a serious message, Kathy Lay learned, so now Roswell residents and visitors can vote with their cigarette butts on questions ab...

DATE: Jun 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

‘Viewpoint discrimination’ case may head to Supreme Court

Griffin suit could be a test case for free speech rights on social media

DATE: Jun 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

To understand the orphan well problem in N.M., someone’s going to have to count them

Will an infusion of federal cash to plug them fall short of the need?

DATE: May 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

A day in the life of a Taos hot-shot crew

SIPAPU, N.M. (AP) – After 14 days fighting the fires threatening northern New Mexico, Tyler Freeman went for a run on his day off. In the distance, he could see the plume of smoke from the C...

DATE: May 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Firefighters rescue ‘Cinder’ the elk calf from fire’s ashes

SANTA FE – Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf found amid the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire as calving season approaches its peak in New Mexico and fires rage ac...

DATE: May 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Priceless seeds, sprouts key to West’s post-fire future

A New Mexico facility where researchers work to restore forests devastated by fires faced an almost cruelly ironic threat: The largest wildfire burning in the U.S. was fast approaching. Owen...

DATE: May 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico