A roundup of news about federal support for New Mexicans' internet access, the state's new reproductive care hotline and Virgin Galactic's first commercial flight, set for Thursday
Today's intelligence: why the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation in water rights dispute and what caused Virgin Galactic's most recent stock tumble
Today's intelligence: The Lower Colorado River Basin states may have reached a conceptual agreement to accept equal reductions of their river water allowment. Plus: plans for stricter gun laws post-Farmington; Route 152's reopening; and Virgin Galactic's final crewed test flight before commercial operations begin
Today's intelligence: ramped-up local efforts to circumvent New Mexico's legal abortion guarantees and the surprising cause of the state's dramatic population decline
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses a nuclear waste storage facility for southern New Mexico in the face of vociferous opposition from state officials and environmental activists. Virgin Galactic continues to tell investors and the media that it will soon begin commercial flights.
Water pollution will now be addressed at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamagordo, allowing closed test wells to reopen and vital research to continue.
Today's intelligence: Can New Mexico's new bill granting the state permitting control over nuclear waste storage facilities survive a court challenge from the federal government? What will it take to get the feds to clean up a water pollution problem at Kirtland Air Force Base?
Another failed space launch and the crumbling of New Mexico's culturally significant adobe churches
Today's intelligence: a Taos-initiated court case seeks to restore access through a private property to public recreational lands and a closer look at Virgin Galactic's recent flight test.
Today's intelligence: a sign that Virgin Galatic may be inching closer to commercial operations. Plus: the death of New Mexico's pioneering Latino former governor
Wondering whatever happened to the Turtleback Trails volunteer planning effort to improve access to Sierra County's Rio Grande recreational assets? Its formal concept paper is now in the hands of the Truth or Consequences City Commission.
With water levels on the rise, it’s time for Damsite Marina at Elephant Butte Lake to be relocated.
