NM breaks ground on homes in $120M affordability push
New Mexico allocated $120 million to help increase affordable housing and reduce homelessness.
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Court: USFS lawfully approved grazing despite risk to wolves
Over environmental advocates' objections, a panel of judges ruled the U.S. Forest Service didn’t violate federal law by failing to consider the effects of livestock on the endangered Mexican gray wolf population.
Women hold majority in New Mexico legislature for the first time
Along with a female-majority Legislature and a woman overseeing the state Senate, New Mexico women also hold positions such as governor, secretary of state and a majority in the state’s supreme court.
New Mexico extinguishes mine fires burning since at least 2011
Two fires burning in abandoned coal mines since at least 2011 – and possibly much longer – were finally extinguished near Gallup.
1 dead, many rescued from hospital as NM fires rage
Two large fires in southeastern New Mexico have damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and taken at least one person’s life, according to the New Mexico governor’s office.
NM ready to defend new nuclear waste bill
The future is uncertain for a privately owned high-level nuclear waste facility halfway between Hobbs and Carlsbad due to a new state law poised to go into effect June 15.
‘Perfect storm’ coming for food insecurity in New Mexico
Universal, free school meals to come next year, in the meantime people stretch dollars to feed families as pandemic aid programs ended.
NM ready to defend new nuclear waste bill
The future is uncertain for a privately owned high-level nuclear waste facility halfway between Hobbs and Carlsbad due to a new state law poised to go into effect June 15.
Rescuing silvery minnows like ‘slapping a Band-Aid on a severed l
WildEarth Guardians asked the court to toss out the 10-year plan and require the agencies to reexamine projects and operations on the Rio Grande.
A river wounded: Crisis on the Rio Grande
Since 1918, the entire stretch of the Rio Grande has seen a 90% reduction of wetland habitat, according to a 2020 restoration feasibility study from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.