Today: September 24, 2024
Today: September 24, 2024

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Volunteers help seedlings take root as New Mexico attempts to recover from historic wildfire

Volunteers spent a few hours scrambling across fire-ravaged mountainsides Saturday, planting hundreds of seedlings

Volunteers help seedlings take root as New Mexico attempts to recover from historic wildfire
Environment|Science|Technology

US nuclear repository is among the federally owned spots identified for renewable energy projects

Federal officials have identified more than 50 square miles of government-owned property across the U.S. as having great potential for renewable energy projects

US nuclear repository is among the federally owned spots identified for renewable energy projects
Environment

A bag of Cheetos created a huge impact on a national park ecosystem

It’s pretty simple — leave no trace

A bag of Cheetos created a huge impact on a national park ecosystem
Economy|Environment|News

Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land

The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The move is in response to the revival of a uranium mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon that has drawn much criticism from environmentalists and Native American tribes in the region

Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land
News|Science

'We were expendable': Downwinders from world's 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story

Not many people know the world's first detonation of an atomic bomb was on U.S. soil

'We were expendable': Downwinders from world's 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
Environment|News|Science

Watchdogs want US to address extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos' Acid Canyon

Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb and home to a renewed effort to manufacture key components for nuclear weapons

Watchdogs want US to address extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos' Acid Canyon
Sports

Jon Jones fights charges stemming from alleged hostility during a drug test at his home

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has pleaded not guilty to a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his home in which he was accused of being hostile

Jon Jones fights charges stemming from alleged hostility during a drug test at his home
News|Political

Arizona congressional delegation introduces $5 billion tribal water rights legislation

Members of Arizona's congressional delegation have introduced legislation that would authorize a water rights settlement with three Native American tribes in the Southwest

Business|Environment|News|Political|Science

Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power

The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work at a mine less than 10 miles from the rim of the Grand Canyon

Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power
Entertainment|News

Key players: Who's who at Alec Baldwin's trial for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer

A dozen people were inside a movie set church the day Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza during a rehearsal for the Western film “Rust.”

Key players: Who's who at Alec Baldwin's trial for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer
Environment

Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety

It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history

Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety
Business|News|Political

Federal prosecutors accuse a New Mexico woman of fraud in oil and gas royalty case

A New Mexico businesswoman is accused of defrauding the U.S. government and two Native American tribes of taxes and royalties due to them for oil and gas that her companies extracted from federal and tribal lands

Environment|News

No human remains are found as search crews comb rubble from New Mexico wildfires

No human remains have been found after search and rescue crews combed through 1,300 damaged and destroyed structures in a New Mexico mountain community hit hard by a pair of wildfires

No human remains are found as search crews comb rubble from New Mexico wildfires
Environment|News

List of missing residents shrinks as New Mexico village seeks recovery from wildfires

Search and rescue crews have been able to trimdown the list of residents unaccounted for after people fled from a New Mexico mountain village from a pair of fast-moving wildfires

List of missing residents shrinks as New Mexico village seeks recovery from wildfires
Environment|News

Team combs fire-ravaged New Mexico community for remains of the missing

Residents are returning to a fire-ravaged village in the mountains of southern New Mexico

Team combs fire-ravaged New Mexico community for remains of the missing
Environment|News

Escape from killer New Mexico wildfire was 'absolute sheer terror,’ says woman who fled the flames

With little warning, thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a pair of wildfires ballooned in a single afternoon

Escape from killer New Mexico wildfire was 'absolute sheer terror,’ says woman who fled the flames
Environment|News|Political

Native American tribe is on a preservation mission as it celebrates trust status for ancestral lands

A Native American community in the heart of New Mexico has officially doubled in size as more than 93 square miles of ancestral land was taken into trust by the U.S. government for Santa Ana Pueblo

Native American tribe is on a preservation mission as it celebrates trust status for ancestral lands
Environment|Health|News

Weeklong heat wave loosens grip slightly on US Southwest but forecasters still urge caution

The weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest in temperatures well into triple digits is on its last legs, but forecasters are still urging people to be cautious

Weeklong heat wave loosens grip slightly on US Southwest but forecasters still urge caution
Economy|Environment|News

Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona

A U.S. district judge has dismissed claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who sought to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line

Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona
News|Technology

New Mexico judge grants Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from child safety lawsuit

A New Mexico judge has granted Mark Zuckerberg's request to be dropped from a lawsuit that alleges his company has failed to protect young users on its social media platforms from sexual exploitation

New Mexico judge grants Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from child safety lawsuit
Environment|News|Political

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement

Navajo officials are celebrating the signing of legislation outlining a proposed water rights settlement that will ensure supply from the Colorado River and other sources for three Native American tribes and more security for drought-stricken Arizona

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement
Environment|News|Political

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

The Navajo Nation Council has unanimously approved a proposed water rights settlement that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water
News|Technology

Undercover operation nets arrests as New Mexico's top prosecutor blames Meta for online predators

New Mexico’s top prosecutor has announced charges against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children

Undercover operation nets arrests as New Mexico's top prosecutor blames Meta for online predators
Entertainment|News

New trial denied for 'Rust' armorer convicted in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

A New Mexico judge rejected an effort by a movie set armorer challenging her conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust."

New trial denied for 'Rust' armorer convicted in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
Business|Environment|News|Political

New Mexico regulators worry about US plans to ship radioactive waste back from Texas

Top officials were gathering Tuesday in southern New Mexico to mark the 25th anniversary of the nation’s only underground repository for radioactive waste

New Mexico regulators worry about US plans to ship radioactive waste back from Texas

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