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.
Today's intelligence: A new Creative Industries Division of the New Mexico Economic Development Department will launch in July.
Today's intelligence: how last year's wildfires have imperiled many of New Mexico's acequias, including 30 identified as harmed in the southwest region of the state
Today's intelligence: A 400-year-old Spanish dialect spoken only in the remote corners of New Mexico is in danger of dying out. The federal government has recently launched an aerial survey of possible exploitable minerals lying deep under the surface in the bootleg of New Mexico.
Today's intelligence: possible state and federal solutions to the Southwest's water crisis, none of them pain-free
An eyewitness report on Yvette Herrell's 2024 announcement rally yesterday. Plus: Spaceport America officials decline to comment on how Virgin Orbit's bankrupty will affect Spaceport tenant Virgin Galatic's future in general and specifically its operations in Sierra County.