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

ALBUQUERQUE – Management of the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository will be taken over later this year by a company created by one of the largest engineering, constru...

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Matt King, co-founder of arts collective Meow Wolf, dies

SANTA FE – Matt King, a co-founder of the Santa Fe-based arts collective Meow Wolf that has grown into an offbeat, interactive entertainment juggernaut, has died. He was 37. Meow Wolf spokes...

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

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

ALBUQUERQUE – Commissioners in a northern New Mexico county urged U.S. forest managers on Tuesday to do a more comprehensive environmental review of plans to restore large swaths of forest t...

DATE: Jul 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Murder trial begins for ex-New Mexico officer in 2020 death

LAS CRUCES – A former New Mexico police officer charged with murder in a man’s death during a 2020 struggle with officers didn’t properly use a chokehold that gradually ended the man’s life,...

DATE: Jul 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico track confirms health status of race horses

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators on Monday said several horses that were feared dead by animal advocates after a weekend of racing at one of the state’s premiere horse tracks are alive an...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Top official during massive New Mexico blaze gets new post

ALBUQUERQUE – The supervisor of a national forest that erupted in flames earlier this year has been temporarily assigned to a post in Washington, D.C., as New Mexico looks to recover from it...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico plans for more electric vehicle charging stations

ALBUQUERQUE – The first in a series of electric vehicle charging stations that will be paid for with state and federal infrastructure money will be installed in Socorro, one of the few popul...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Hiker found dead at White Sands National Park

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A 27-year-old hiker who went missing while visiting White Sands National Park has been found dead, authorities said Friday. New Mexico state police and officials at the so...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico school trust feels pressure; voters weigh changes

SANTA FE – State investments are being buffeted by turbulent financial markets as New Mexico voters consider whether to divert more money each year toward early childhood education programs....

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

UNM professor recruiting Native American teachers to work in their hometowns

Glenabah Martinez knows firsthand the benefits teachers and students share when they are from the same community. She wants to help fast track Indigenous college grads to teach in public sch...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Western states could settle feud over beleaguered Rio Grande

ALBUQUERQUE – The fight between Texas and New Mexico over the management of one of the longest rivers in North America could be nearing an end as a date to resume the trial has been put off ...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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 another provider that offers telehealth services related to abortion and rep...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico