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NEWS

The Stench of Climate Change in the Permian Basin

New Mexico Environmental Groups Continue Monitoring Methane Gas Pollution

Nathalie Eddy, a field advocate for Earthworks, the environmental monitoring group, is sitting in her Jeep next to an oil well southwest of Loving, New Mexico, in the Permian Basin. A tangle of well pumping equipment is on one side of the quarter-acre pad. Ten yards away are eight storage […]

by Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main August 4, 2021August 4, 2021

WATCH: Fire Destroys Small Set At Netflix Studios In Albuquerque

Netflix Set Lost To Fire On Wednesday

13 hours agoAugust 4, 2021

State Suspends School Board Refusing To Implement Back-To-School Mask Mandate

Floyd School Board Defies Mask Mandate For Children

13 hours agoAugust 4, 2021

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ALBUQUERQUE

Federal Court Rejects Conservative Rio Grande Foundation Attempts To Hide Donors; Group Says They Won’t Comply

Court Rejects Effort To Hide Financial Contributions From Public Disclosure

13 hours agoAugust 4, 2021

EXPLAINER: Will New CDC Moratorium Keep Tenants Housed?

New CDC Moratorium To Halt Evictions Until Oct. 3

13 hours agoAugust 4, 2021

US Plans To Require COVID-19 Shots For Foreign Travelers

Biden Administration Moves To Require Foreign Visitors To Be Vaccinated

13 hours agoAugust 4, 2021

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WESTSIDE

City Councilor Introduces Bill To Study Public Safety Around Arroyos

New Study Aims to Create Warning System to Save Lives

August 3, 2021August 4, 2021

CDC Extends Pandemic Eviction Ban

Extension Comes As Country Faces Mass Eviction Crises

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

Petition Against Uranium Mines Gets Human Rights Hearing

Navajo Nation Says No To More Uranium Mining Development

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

US Plans 50 Percent More Wild Horse Roundups Amid Drought

BLM Plans Emergency Roundups Where Food Is Scarce

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

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POLITICS

BREAKING: Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton Resigns From the House

Allegations of Corruption and Kickback Scheme Spur Resignation

by Tierna Unruh-Enos July 30, 2021July 30, 2021

EXPLAINER: What Happens If Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton Resigns?

Investigation Into Lawmakers Financial Schemes Could Create Legislative Vacancy

by Adrian N. Carver July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

Bernie’s “Our Revolution” Group Rebrands As Biden-Like “Pragmatic Progressives”

Our Revolution is focusing on the more modest alternatives endorsed by President Joe Biden

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

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LEGISLATURE

New Mexico Sets Rules To Launch Pandemic Debt Collection

State Courts Take Steps To Ease Financial Upheaval As Moratorium Ends

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

State Police Deployed to Help APD With Record Homicide Rate

State Police Faced Backlash After 2019 Deployment To Assist APD

by Justin Schatz August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

New Mexico’s Largest Utilities To Resume Normal Billing

New Mexico Residents Behind On Utility Bills Could Lose Power By Mid-August

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT

Rain Brings Mixed Blessings to NM

Drought Relief Also Brings Mass Flooding

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021

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76 Years After Atomic Bomb, Residents Not Compensated

New Mexican Senators Pushing For Restitution

by Gwynne Ann Unruh July 30, 2021July 30, 2021

Where Is Albuquerque’s Flash Flood Warning System?

Deadly Flash Flooding Brings Into Question Public Safety

by Justin Schatz July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

Body Of Woman Swept Away In Albuquerque Arroyo Is Recovered

Body Of Woman Caught In Tuesday's Flash Floods Recovered

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

EXLUSIVE: Biden Mileage Rule to Beat Obama’s Climate Change Goal

Tough Anti-Pollution Rules Expected To Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021

Plans To Revitalize Downtown Include New Police Substation

Downtown to See Major Additions and Public Safety Initiatives

by Justin Schatz July 27, 2021July 28, 2021

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[WEIRD] NEWS

Unopened Legend of Zelda Game From 1987 Sells For $870,000

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021

Weird News: U.S. To Change Moon’s Orbit?

Weird News of the Week

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021

Weird News: Fees For Masks

Weird News of the Week

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021

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[COMMENTARY]

Albuquerque Resident Offers Long-Overdue Apology to Native American Students

A Reader Remembers and Reaches Out

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

“Fixing” Elections by Legislatures, Governing Boards A Danger to Democracy

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

The Benefits of a Green Amendment to the New Mexico Constitution

July 13, 2021July 14, 2021

From LGBTQ to Queer

The Thorny Topic of Words of Personal Identity

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

Medicare Advantage is Good for Both Working and Retired Seniors

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021

Gender Equity in Autism Is Missing

Be Aware During Autism Awareness Month

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021

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