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New Mexico attorney general dissatisfied with mine spill response
Attorney general says state’s requests disregarded
New Mexico
Local News
Officials: New Mexico slighted in mine spill aftermath
‘We’re not treated like stakeholders down here’
Regional News
Search resumes in N.M. for missing treasure hunter
Officials at Bandelier National Monument confirmed that a search-and-rescue mission was underway in an area of the monument off-limits to the public. Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott declined to provide details…
Regional News
Global flight reminds New Mexico lawmaker of world’s poverty, shared humanity
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-Hobbs, said the trip brought back memories of his time as a combat pilot in the Vietnam War. Pearce, who has taken a break from the…
Local News
Environmental groups sue over New Mexico coal plant
Actions taken against several U.S. federal agencies
Regional News
New Mexico looks to limit spending on Medicaid
An advisory group delivered its recommendations Friday on reducing Medicaid reimbursement rates for medical services to health care providers. The advice was not made public. The Human Service Department that…
Visual Arts
New interactive installation in Santa Fe will blow your mind
Meow Wolf opens massive multi-media, multiple dimensional, interactive exhibit
Regional News
Drunken driving deaths at 36-year low in New Mexico
In all, there were 122 DWI deaths in 2015, down from 166 the year before. Gov. Martinez released the latest figures during a news conference in Albuquerque, saying the numbers…
Local News
New Mexico officials say rivers still tainted from Gold King Mine spill
State sends $1.5M bill to EPA
Regional News
Open records: N.M. lawmakers rarely use work email
The Legislature’s four top leaders provided their appointment calendars and hundreds of emails from the first week in February in response to the records request. Nearly all of the emails…
Regional News
N.M. Gov. Martinez endorses Marco Rubio
‘A compelling leader who can unite the country around conservative principles’
Regional News
N.M. endorses spending cuts, targeted pay increases
The Republican governor said she used her line-item veto authority very sparingly after the Legislature shaved overall state spending and shifted money toward pay increases for prison guards, State Police…
Regional News
New Mexico moves to cut budget amid oil bust
A Senate Finance Committee unveiled budget amendments that would shave spending across state agencies this fiscal year, and cut funding to all but a handful of government departments starting in…
Regional News
N.M. official blasts EPA over Gold King spill
‘When storm events occurred, the sediment was remobilized’
Regional News
New Mexico state revenues plunge on low energy prices
Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, chair of the New Mexico Senate Legislative Finance Committee, said the fall in oil prices is hurting the New Mexico’s state budget and lawmakers should…
Regional News
Some call New Mexico governor Susana Martinez‘anti-immigrant’ over ID law
The nation’s only Latina governor also has denounced GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump for his remarks on Mexican immigrants, visited a federal detention center holding Central American immigrant mothers and…
Regional News
Report: New Mexico charter schools cost more, perform same
The evaluation by staff at New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee warned that charter schools are diluting the amount of funds available at all schools, as charter schools continue to be…
Regional News
New Mexico first to issue plans to sue EPA, Colorado over Gold King Mine spill
Gold King Mine’s adit, which is about 10 feet wide and 15 feet, is where a blowout occurred on Aug. 5, 2015, sending an orange, heavy-metal laced sludge into the…
Regional News
Antique maps weather both good times and bad
Dealer has navigated Santa Fe art world for 30 years
Regional News
Judge to weigh venue change in Albuquerque police trial
Former Albuquerque detective Keith Sandy, left, and Albuquerque police officer Dominique Perez, right, talk to defense lawyer Sam Bregman, center, before a preliminary hearing begins in Albuquerque. Attorneys for the…
Regional News
N.M. governor emphasizes policing, teachers in budget
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez speaks at a news conference in Albuquerque. In the wake of a string of high-profile violent crimes and dangerously low staffing levels within the state’s…
Regional News
Albuquerque homicides up 53 percent in 2015
Spurs calls for tough sentencing for repeat offenders
Regional News
New Mexico official: Illegal to keep names of marijuana producers secret
Balderas’ office on Monday made public a letter he sent to the state Department of Health in response to proposed confidentiality changes. The changes will be the subject of a…
Regional News
N.M. finishes year with record wet weather
‘Miracle May’ began bountiful year for precipitation
Regional News
New Mexico works to unbury
After record snowstorm, officials warn of freezing temperatures
Business
New Mexico lawmakers may try again on Uber, Lyft bill
Uber driver Rebecca Reynolds stands in front of her 2008 Honda Accord parked in the Santa Fe Plaza. Reynolds will use her car to provide rides. Reynolds’ daughter, who lives…
Business
In northern N.M., Los Alamos faces an uncertain future
Possible change in nuke lab contract could affect taxes, jobs and economic security
Regional News
Recording suggests N.M. governor drunk at holiday party
N.M. Gov. Susana Martinez’s office on Tuesday reiterated that she has said she had a drink and a half on the night of a holiday party that led to a…
Local News
Water monitoring plans may bring Four Corners together
New Mexico, La Plata County discuss partnerships
Regional News
New Mexico foresees limits on infrastructure spending
New Mexico lawmakers have begun wading through some $1.8 billion in funding requests for public works projects submitted by state and local agencies. State agencies alone made capital spending requests…