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Rio Rancho Bonds Approved    RIO RANCHO - Rio Rancho voters have said yes to a ...
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Woman Accused Of Embezzlement    Norma Mermejo, 53, a member and resident of Picuris ...
Group files lawsuit over trapping in New Mexico
Environmentalists filed a lawsuit Tuesday against wildlife managers over their decision last summer to lift a trapping ban in southwestern New Mexico where the federal government is reintroducing Mexican gray wolves.
NM regulators repeal carbon cap and trade rules
New Mexico's participation in a regional cap and trade program aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions became more unlikely Monday with a unanimous vote by state regulators.
New Mexico's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in...
Jerry Hou, 17, of Albuquerque and Priscilla Duenas, 12, of Rio Rancho today were named New Mexico's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
New Mexico Space Grant: Operating at the margins...
What do Pros Ranch market and going back to the moon have in common? Hint #1: It's about looking around to see what isn't happening.
New Mexico Airlines pulls out of Lea County
By Stella Davis Current-Argus Staff Writer CARLSBAD - New Mexico Airlines, an Essential Air Service carrier, says Hobbs residents needing to fly to Albuquerque will have to drive to Carlsbad to catch a flight to the northern city.
New Mexico House panel OKs budget
A more than $5 billion New Mexico budget proposal is back on track in the House and the spending blueprint leaves nearly $42 million available for possible tax cuts advocated by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and legislators.
Editorial: Put Legislature on Tape
New Mexico's legislators do the work of the people, sacrificing their time and often their inc ...
Tax bills proliferate, but to what end?
The New Mexico Tax Research Institute reported that as of last week it was tracking 75 tax-related b ...
New Mexico cruises 65-49
Kendall Williams scored 18 points and Tony Snell added 13 to lead New Mexico to a 65-49 victory over Boise State...
After Deep Cuts, New Mexico Now Has Budget Surplus
In New Mexico, state lawmakers are figuring out what to do with a budget surplus. Republicans want to give some of the money to businesses, in the form of tax breaks. Democrats want to restore some of the cuts to services made over the last three years.
After Cuts, New Mexico Now Has Budget Surplus
In New Mexico, state lawmakers are figuring out what to do with a budget surplus. As NPR's Ted Robbins reports, Republicans want to give some of the money to businesses, in the form of tax breaks. Democrats want to restore some of the cuts to services made over the last three years.
TRAC technology donated to New Mexico school
A New Mexico school will be putting more technology into the hands of its students thanks to a donation by a White Sands Missile Range tenant.
New Mexico Celebrates Pueblo Centennial
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is celebrating the centennial of New Mexico's statehood with an exhibit.

Board questions seismic fixes
Los Alamos National Laboratory is nearing completion of structural work designed to ensure the country's premier plutonium lab can withstand a major earthquake, but safety oversight board members said Thursday they remain concerned the fixes are inadequate to protect the public from a major radioactive release.
Los Alamos teacher charged with criminal sexual...
Los Alamos police arrested a middle-school teacher and charged him with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a 14-year-old female student.
New Mexico Hams Provide Communications Support...
One month after it began, the Las Conchas Fire -- New Mexico's largest fire on record -- has burned almost 157,000 acres and is 90 percent contained. The fire, which began on June 26, is believed to have been human set. The next day, the fire threatened the Los Alamos National Laboratory, forcing the evacuation of the entire town of Los Alamos. The American Red Cross established two shelters, o...
Monitoring continues around Las Conchas Fire near...
The New Mexico Environment Department has released more air quality data, and the department and others are preparing to monitor contaminant levels in runoff from areas burned by Las Conchas Fire.
UPDATED: LANL Prepares for Possible Flooding After...
Crews at Los Alamos National Laboratory installed barriers to divert water and removed sediment as they work to prevent any trace of nuclear and other contamination from being washed downstream... Read more »
Life on the fire line: Difficult, fulfilling
Wildland firefighter Matt Dutton awoke, disoriented, to a bright light at 3 a.m. on the first night the Las Conchas Fire raged through the Jemez Mountains. For a split second, he thought he was standing on a rock outcropping amid the Horseshoe 2 Fire in Arizona, serving as a lookout for his team under a full moon. He couldn't find his radio. He thought his team had left him. "Then I realized I was in a bed," said Dutton, a 17-year veteran wildland firefighter. "We had just moved to Los Alamos,...
Las Conchas Fire still 40 percent contained
LOS ALAMOS — Despite windy conditions, firefighters report some progress in battling a wildfire still burning in the mountains near Los Alamos.
UPDATED: Fire Bosses at Las Conchas Wildfire...
The wind is picking up in northern New Mexico as firefighters continue battling a wildfire burning in the mountains near Los Alamos. The forecast called for thunderstorms and gusty, variable... Read more »
Tests show normal radiation exposure rates near...
Though Las Conchas fire continues to burn, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) reopened to employees Wednesday (July 6), and residents began returning to their homes Sunday (July 3).
Weather contributes to Los Alamos fire behavior
LOS ALAMOS — Fire crews continue reinforcing fire lines and implementing structure protection plans for the west side of Los Alamos.
Lab: Fire tab unknown, but 'snow day' costs $3...
It is too early to say how much the Las Conchas Fire will cost Los Alamos National Laboratory, according to laboratory spokesman Kevin Roark.
LANL footage surveys damage to evacuee homes
As the Las Conchas Fire made its most threatening swipe at Los Alamos National Laboratory, administrators there deployed homegrown aerial surveillance technology known as Angel Fire to take both a wider and closer view of the situation.
More New Mexico dogs sent to Colo. following...
DENVER - More shelter dogs are coming to Colorado because of the wildfire near Los Alamos, N.M.
More N.M. Dogs Going to Colo. Following Wildfire
DENVER - More shelter dogs are set to come to Colorado because of the wildfire near Los Alamos. The Santa Fe Animal Shelter had to free up room for pets... Read more »
Aura Satellite Measures Pollution From New Mexico,...
NASA's Aura Satellite has provided a view of nitrogen dioxide levels coming from the fires in New Mexico and Arizona. Detecting nitrogen dioxide is important because it reacts with sunlight to create low-level ozone or smog and poor air quality. The fierce Las Conchas fire threatened the town and National Laboratory in Los Alamos, while smoke from Arizona's immense Wallow Fire and the Donaldson ...
Heading Home
Dean Obermeyer arrived at his home in Los Alamos about 10 a.m. Sunday and ate a radish out of his ga ...
Los Alamos evacuation order lifted
LOS ALAMOS - Honking horns and waving to firefighters, residents of a New Mexico city threatened by a massive wildfire rolled back into Los Alamos nearly a week after flames forced an evacuation and the closure of a nearby major nuclear weapons laboratory.
Los Alamos Gets Rain
It's raining in Los Alamos, as firefighters had hoped. The light rain began about 2 p.m. and was still falling about 3 p.m., according to Journal reports in Los Alamos.... Read more »
Evacuees Trickle Back Into Las Alamos
Los Alamos residents are slowly moving back into their homes today after receiving news the evacuation order was lifted at 7 a.m. They were greeted by the site of New... Read more »
White Rock Town Hall Meeting Canceled
A town hall meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. today at White Rock Baptist Church has been canceled, according to Los Alamos National Laboratory spokeswoman Lisa Rosendorf. A "reverse-911" system has... Read more »
Radiation Levels Normal in Los Alamos Air
Air quality monitoring by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aircraft continues to show radiation levels that are well within the normal range for the Los Alamos area as the community's... Read more »
UPDATED: Weather Aids Firefighters as Los Alamos...
Rain that fell in the Los Alamos area Saturday didn't hit the Las Conchas Fire, but the humidity, clouds and lower temperatures were enough to "lay down" the fire, Los... Read more »
BREAKING: Los Alamos Residents Can Go Home, Lab to...
As of 8 a.m. today (Sunday 7/3/2011) roadblocks around Los Alamos are being opened and residents can return to their homes. In addition, the lab has announced that it will... Read more »
Town Of My Youth Missing Its People
LOS ALAMOS - I don't imagine you've ever walked alone through your own hometown aft ...
Social media sites become valuable link to...
Los Alamos evacuee Gordon Spingler is no tech slouch. He kept up with the Las Conchas Fire via text messages and emails while living with his son and other family members in Santa Fe last week. He also watched TV.

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