Late last year, Congress allocated $3.95 billion to compensate victims of New Mexico's worst wildfire ever. So far,
the Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid out only about $3 million in Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire claims.
Like Kingston here in Sierra County, Taos, New Mexico, is experiencing neighbor-against-neighbor conflicts over access to public lands. Plus: eligibility for federal compensation for Trinity downwinders again proposed in Congress and two New Mexico reporters receive national recognition
Today's intelligence: Border crossing deaths in the desert near Sunland Park, New Mexico, are on the rise. Plus: Has New Mexico become a national nuclear sacrifice zone?
Today's intelligence: New Mexico agencies divided on how to deal with the reduced allotment of Rio Grande water that is a likely outcome of the upcoming settlement of Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado. Plus: the impact of this week's Supreme Court ruling on the Navajo Nation's fight to secure adequate water for its 170,000 enrolled members
Today's intelligence: arguments for and against the federal government's recent return of the wandering Mexican gray wolf dubbed Asha to her natal Arizona. Plus: a midterm assessment of the tenure of U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland
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
With the Gila Wilderness Centennial celebration coming up on June 1 and 2, 2024, there will be many opportunities between now and then to learn more about Wilderness, it's history and it's future. Steve Brower, Leopold Scholar, presents Aldo Leopold - Roots of the Land Ethic
The people should not sign the petition to get the question of a special hospital district and five hospital trustees on the ballot. The elected officials on the hospital owners' board haven't reported to us over the years and another passel of them won't fix that.
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
Celebrating a near-normal Rio Grande irrigation water release and a first-place award for "innoventure"
Today's intelligence: What was learned overnight about the yesterday's shooting in Farmington, New Mexico; and the New Mexico Supreme Court's ruling on the proposed PNM/Avangrid merger.
