Tri-Cities
Aztec, Bloomfield weigh upgrades to aging emergency water line
Officials say drought and corrosion may accelerate need for improvements
Environment
Tri-Cities
Lake Farmington officials push for zero drownings as summer crowds arrive
First-ever safety day teaches life jacket use, rescue techniques and water safety
Opinion
Paving paradise: Dismantling the U.S. Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America
A brown bear fishes for salmon in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. AP File Photo Pause for a moment and listen. What do you hear? Chances are, somewhere…
New Mexico
Tree deaths in New Mexico tripled in 2025 as warming summers increases insects, stress on forests
Forests impacted by drought and heat increased 66%
New Mexico
Top N.M. environmental official warns of possible federal retaliation in regulatory clashes
An undated photo capturing the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Labratory, with the Rio Grande valley and the Sangre de Cristo mountains in the background. Courtesy of Los Alamos…
New Mexico
U.S. Sen. Heinrich decries committee’s ‘backdoor’ vote to repeal ‘Roadless Rule’ in national forests
Heinrich’s office says 99% of comments have opposed the rule’s rescission
New Mexico
New Mexico initiates rulemaking on surface water pollution program
The Santa Fe River as an intermittent stream is one of 95% of New Mexico rivers that no longer qualify for federal pollution protections after a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court…
New Mexico
New Mexico county adopts yearlong data center moratorium
Socorro County vote follows months of forceful opposition from local ranchers, environmentalists
New Mexico
New Mexico governor appoints infrastructure adviser as Office of Natural Resources Trustee
The office is the state’s watchdog body
New Mexico
New Mexico has unusually active start to wildfire season
State Forestry statistics show relatively few acres burned so far in 2026
Associated Press
SEC moves to repeal climate-disclosure rule for companies
The rule required companies to report greenhouse gas emissions and climate risk
New Mexico
Drought prompts federal agency to offer emergency loans to New Mexico farmers
Food and agriculture industries generated more than $50 billion in economic activity last year
AP New Mexico
U.S. Supreme Court settles long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande
Settlement calls for reducing groundwater pumping and retiring some farmland water rights
Associated Press
Releasing cool water protects fish in the Grand Canyon
That comes at cost to hydropower
New Mexico
Uranium company’s finalized N.M. plan includes treating, dumping water into nearby river
Diné activist says Energy Fuels doesn’t understand Mount Taylor’s sacredness
New Mexico
Study finds fewer – but more destructive – fires in the West
Lightning-caused wildfires are destroying 84% more land than before
New Mexico
U.S. Rep. Vasquez calls for New Mexico county to approve data center moratorium
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), pictured at a June 17, 2025, news conference opposing GOP efforts to sell off public lands, is calling on Socorro County officials to approve a…
New Mexico
Bugging out: New Mexico insects face significant declines
Researchers call for dedicated funding and conservation for pollinators and other species
New Mexico
Greater Chaco landscape named one of America’s most endangered historic places
Area vulnerable to industrial development
New Mexico
70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oil field challenge
It’s a towering example of the contentious debate over what to do with the state’s ever-growing supply of oil field waste.