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Interior head Haaland breaks leg in hiking accident

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the budget request for fiscal…

July 18, 2022

Southern New Mexico county says abortion clinics not welcome

Otero County, N.M., Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters at federal court in Washington on June. 17. The county commission…

July 15, 2022

Doctors urge access to psychedelic therapies in New Mexico

People walk under the state Capitol rotunda during the annual legislative session on Feb. 2 in Santa Fe. A legislative…

July 13, 2022

Regulators recommend license for spent nuclear fuel storage in southern New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – There are no environmental reasons that would prevent a New Jersey-based company from building a multibillion-dollar facility in…

July 13, 2022

Rule for managing endangered Mexican wolves spurs lawsuit

A Mexican gray wolf is seen in Eurkea, Mo., on May 20, 2019. U.S. wildlife managers are being sued over…

July 13, 2022

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

A worker drives a cart through a tunnel inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant No. 2, 150 feet below the…

July 13, 2022

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

A forest along NM518 in Mora County, N.M, is scorched by the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire on May 23. (Eddie…

July 12, 2022

New Mexico track confirms health status of race horses

Horses leave the starting gate at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Casino in Ruidoso, N.M., on Sept. 6, 2010. New Mexico…

July 11, 2022

Top official during massive New Mexico blaze gets new post

A forest along NM518 in Mora County, N.M, is scorched by the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire on May 23. (Eddie…

July 11, 2022

New Mexico school trust feels pressure; voters weigh changes

Spanish teacher Titi Martin-Borregon teaches fourth grade Spanish/English dual language class students at the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque,…

July 7, 2022

UNM professor recruiting Native American teachers to work in their hometowns

A school bus travels along a dirt road outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. Glenabah Martinez is looking for recent…

July 6, 2022

Western states could settle feud over beleaguered Rio Grande

The Rio Grande flows just north of Albuquerque on April 10. The fight between Texas and New Mexico over management…

July 6, 2022

Large Texas abortion provider will relocate to New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the largest abortion providers in Texas is planning to move its operations to New Mexico and…

July 6, 2022

Attorneys for Trump in New Mexico confront new scrutiny

In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, John Eastman, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump,…

July 1, 2022

1 of 2 remaining units closes at San Juan Generating Station

Customer rates fuel debate around New Mexico power plant

June 30, 2022

Top New Mexico elections regulator says she was threatened

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver helps certify results of the state’s primary election on Tuesday, June, 28,…

June 29, 2022

‘Dispatch’ from 1947 offers another look at UFO incident

A sign directs travelers to the start of the “1947 UFO Crash Site Tours” in Roswell, N.M., on June 10,…

June 27, 2022

New Mexico governor orders safeguards for abortion access

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an executive order aimed at ensuring safe harbor to people seeking abortions or…

June 27, 2022

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

A wildfire darkens the sky near Cleveland, N.M., near Mora, N.M., on May 4. U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday…

June 27, 2022

New Mexico election drama has roots in wider county movement

A ballot drop box awaits deposits at an early voting center in Santa Fe on June 1. (Morgan Lee/Associated Press…

June 23, 2022

Massive New Mexico blaze blamed on miscalculations, errors

Carson Hot Shots Tyler Freeman works to keep a burning log from rolling down a slope, May 23, as he…

June 22, 2022

Momentum grows for permanent protections for Caja del Rio

The Rio Grande runs below an overlook at the northern edge of the Caja del Rio near the Diablo Canyon…

June 20, 2022

Building anger in rural New Mexico erupts in election crisis

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, the founder of Cowboys for Trump, takes in the view from his ranch in Tularosa,…

June 20, 2022

Screams, threats as New Mexico counties try to certify vote

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters as he arrives at federal court in Washington on Friday. Griffin, who…

June 17, 2022