Author: Susan Montoya Bryan
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Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top White House official described as “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.″ White House budget director Russ Vought criticized the lab in a social media post…
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Judge sentences 4 defendants in US terrorism and kidnapping case to life in prison, appeals planned
A U.S. judge has handed down life sentences to four family members in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case that stemmed from the search for a toddler who went missing from Georgia in 2017 and later turned up dead at a squalid compound in New Mexico
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Antoine Predock, internationally renowned architect and motorcycle aficionado, dies at 87
Internationally renowned architect and avid motorcyclist Antoine Predock has died at his home in Albuquerque, according to longtime friends
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Mexican gray wolves boost their numbers, but a lack of genetic diversity remains a threat
The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S. is still growing
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Oil and gas producer to pay millions to US and New Mexico to remedy pollution concerns
A Texas company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal government and the state of New Mexico to address air pollution concerns in the largest oil and gas producing region in the United States
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New Mexico fire fight tops $65 million as wildfires march on
LAS VEGAS, N.M. • Many homes near America’s largest wildfire survived the latest barrage of howling winds and erratic flames, but New Mexico’s governor said Tuesday the risk remains high and she expects long-term costs of recovering from the massive blaze to soar. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said during a briefing that northern New Mexico…
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Wind whips destructive wildfires in New Mexico, Colorado
SANTA FE • Firefighters scouted the drought-stricken mountainsides around a New Mexico village on Wednesday as they looked for opportunities to slow a wind-driven wildfire that a day earlier had burned at least 150 homes and other structures while displacing thousands of residents and forcing the evacuation of two schools. Homes were among the structures…
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Sheriff: Movie set showed ‘some complacency’ with weapons
SANTA FE • Investigators said Wednesday that there was “some complacency” in how weapons were handled on the movie set where Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer and wounded another person, but it’s too soon to determine whether charges will be filed. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza noted that 500 rounds of…
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911 calls detail aftermath of deadly New Mexico bus crash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ALBUQUERUQE, N.M. — Some callers were breathless and others were crying as they flooded emergency phone lines to report the aftermath of a deadly weekend bus crash on a dark New Mexico highway. “There’s children bleeding, there’s people unconscious,” a female caller tells a dispatcher.…
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Giant telescopes in New Mexico look for cosmic discoveries
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Employing an array of giant telescopes positioned in the New Mexico desert, astronomers have started a massive surveying project aimed at producing the most detailed view ever made of such a large portion of space using radio waves emitted from throughout the Milky Way and beyond. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory announced…