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Authorities identify drivers involved in Tuesday’s fatal crash south of Durango

Accident closed U.S. Highway 550 for several hours near Sunnyside Elementary

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Federal regulators deny permits for hydropower projects on Navajo Nation

Indigenous advocates and conservation groups hailed the move as a win for tribes

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

SCOTUS hears interstate air pollution case

Good neighbor plan establishes an emission trading program, imposes emission requirements on some industrial sources

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Hearing examiner recommends that PRC reject controversial LNG storage facility

Medeiros writes that the facility would not result in a net public benefit and, thus, should not be approved

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

State budget includes $200,000 for new MMIP task force

The missing and murdered Indigenous people task force’s fate now falls to Gov. Lujan Grisham and A.G. Torrez

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

N.M. Gov asks for more collaboration with Mortgage Finance Authority to tackle homelessness, housing crisis

The state lacks at least 32,000 affordable housing units to meet demand, according to a recent MFA study

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 550 slows traffic Thursday morning

One of the drivers received minor injuries, neither vehicle flipped

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Demolition derby back on for 2024 La Plata County Fair

Event will take place in Ignacio to work around liability concerns at fairgrounds

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez prepares to present ‘Hello Dolly’ in March

The play includes 100 in the cast and crew, including members of the community

DATE: Feb 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Education

Supporters of Paid Family and Medical Leave say it will return

House Speaker Javier Martinez said that the Paid Family and Medical Leave will return to next year’s legislative session. SB 3, sponsored by state Rep. Christine Chandler, D-Los Alamos, appe...

DATE: Feb 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

N.M. lawmakers endorse toughening release conditions for some defendants

Bill flies through four votes in less than two days after cabinet secretary’s urgent call

DATE: Feb 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

N.M. officials are testing high schools’ wastewater for drugs

Officials, however, lack clear plan for the results

DATE: Feb 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico