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Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:13:01 -0600 en-us 30 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/move-over-bears-fat-marmot-week-puts-a-spotlight-on-the-alpine-rodents-2/ Researchers trying to raise funds for studies Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:45:59 -0600 980A2384-3156-40EF-90C3-DBEC5B05B960 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/trump-picks-dr-heidi-overton-a-top-white-house-aide-to-lead-the-food-and-drug-administration/ Overton attended medical school at the University of New Mexico Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:55:44 -0600 B950F44D-BD89-445A-847C-EFED7F8E8073 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/concerns-about-the-new-world-screwworm-have-put-texas-pet-adoptions-on-hold-2/ Texas transferred nearly 89,000 dogs out of its shelters in 2025 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:00:23 -0600 46568A86-5D03-4C6E-917B-3F3DF4705803 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/trump-administration-moves-ahead-to-end-roadless-rule-on-national-forests-2/ Community can comment until Sept. 21 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:48:58 -0600 D1150662-4FE4-4614-8A5D-0508708CF22C https://tcr.durangoherald.com/an-overstep-navajo-code-talker-descendants-criticize-new-mexicos-new-plan-for-museum-2/ Museum planned for Navajo Preparatory School‘s campus in Farmington Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:29:13 -0600 9E43FD99-EFCC-434B-91DC-2AAB15C71A24 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/former-high-ranking-democratic-legislator-in-new-mexico-convicted-in-federal-fraud-case/ Williams Stapleton could face decades in federal prison when sentenced Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:06:13 -0600 C1454A9C-8714-44A9-80D3-FADF26AE4ACA https://tcr.durangoherald.com/lake-powell-hits-record-low-threatening-key-water-and-electricity-supply-for-millions/ Milestone comes about a week after Lake Mead also hit a historic low Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:10:42 -0600 A36A2C38-3A13-4CC7-B0BB-DBF6373DF3B4 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/national-code-talker-day-to-bring-101-year-old-veteran-to-phoenix/ At least 20 tribes have had members participate in the code talking programs Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:53:26 -0600 89C532B7-434C-41B7-9777-2A8469D965A6 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/a-new-mexico-judge-ordered-new-child-safeguards-for-meta/ Advocates hope other courts follow Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:20:48 -0600 99753FF5-9228-48BD-BB85-3F188ACB55C6 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/lake-mead-hits-historic-low-water-level-as-colorado-river-struggles-2/ 40 million people rely on the waterway Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:05:18 -0600 80070F5C-2929-436D-B004-2064B7554356 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/watchdog-for-46-billion-tribal-gambling-industry-cant-enforce-the-law-without-a-chairperson-2/ Commission vacancy comes as the popularity of online prediction markets explodes Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:31:00 -0600 7A259A2C-B8A2-4526-BC6D-E51BEB36A581 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/court-orders-instagram-and-facebooks-meta-to-pay-567m-to-address-kids-mental-health-online/ A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, California, April 29, 2025. Jeff Chiu/AP File Photo A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to... Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:44:17 -0600 D3DF2169-05FD-4485-A01D-29291EFF614D https://tcr.durangoherald.com/state-of-new-mexico-sues-justice-department-and-todd-blanche-saying-they-blocked-its-epstein-prob/ Crosses, flowers and other mementos are displayed outside Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch near Stanley, New Mexico, on Friday April 3. Savannah Peters/AP Photo CEDAR CREST, New Mexico – New Mexico’s attorney general sued the U.S. Department of Justice on... Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:38:51 -0600 C62C8004-2A9E-4320-844D-906EC410609D https://tcr.durangoherald.com/contractors-building-border-wall-ordered-to-stop-drilling-wells-in-drought-stricken-new-mexico-2/ At least eight wells drilled along border without permission Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:18:05 -0600 AB3C98FE-4D28-4FC2-BE31-4FC0EBAC2DE3 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/burglary-charge-could-send-man-linked-to-navajo-elders-disappearance-back-to-federal-prison-2/ Seraphine Warren, center left, is embraced by state Sen. Shannon Pinto outside the state capitol building on Feb. 4, 2022, in Santa Fe. Cedar Attanasio/AP File Photo PHOENIX – The last person known to have seen Navajo elder Ella Mae... Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:02:36 -0600 E656EAB0-F3DF-487B-9741-5945F9A6C236 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/new-mexico-ag-sues-for-return-of-teen-forced-to-cross-border-by-foster-care-staff-2/ New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez speaks on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Albuquerque. Jon Austria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File The New Mexico attorney general is requesting the state’s foster care system work to return a 15-year-old American citizen... Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:51:27 -0600 E036D882-864A-4A90-9652-5659F27966C2 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/arizona-california-and-nevada-would-share-cuts-under-federal-proposal-to-manage-the-colorado-rive/ The proposed cuts in the Lower Basin states would be the biggest to date Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:39:56 -0600 77E8B0D7-F9D6-49CB-96FD-012038648BCB https://tcr.durangoherald.com/busy-wildfire-season-tests-u-s-fire-bosses-as-they-juggle-resources-to-stay-ahead/ Firefighters monitor the Aspen Acres Fire near Colorado City as it begins to grow late July 2, 2026. (Michael Seamans/The Gazette via AP) ALBUQUERQUE – It’s already been a deadly year for firefighters, and authorities have been putting resources where... Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:06:49 -0600 5D45BBC9-1F56-4F04-9FFC-6649F3CA42E8 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/wildfire-anxiety-mounts-amid-fast-moving-blazes-and-repeat-evacuations-2/ Evacuations have been ordered in Arizona, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:56:08 -0600 9812278D-0196-4385-9944-231CF3967956 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/what-to-know-about-fireworks-and-the-risk-of-wildfires-this-july-4/ New Mexico governor urges restraint Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:05:51 -0600 B02804AD-3D48-4D12-B62B-505E50413A70 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/new-mexico-governor-says-state-could-seek-billions-after-dea-let-fentanyl-hit-streets-2/ The fentanyl went unseized amid the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:37:42 -0600 35B933A7-9F1F-45A0-8674-1644343F2F84 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/3-firefighters-killed-in-western-wildfire-were-trying-to-shield-themselves-from-flames/ The firefighters were on a specialized crew that fought in remote areas Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:06:58 -0600 A7D1F377-467F-4955-9232-0EC92C6B2D8C https://tcr.durangoherald.com/new-mexico-governor-calls-for-criminal-probe-of-dea-allowing-fentanyl-shipments-to-hit-streets-2/ The agency contends it’s not plausible to seize every drug shipment Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:30:42 -0600 171F6A70-8C61-4E16-BF90-65DB915D7FBE https://tcr.durangoherald.com/as-native-american-boarding-schools-project-ends-survivors-describe-feeling-honored-and-restored-/ The oral history project will wrap up on Friday Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:54:16 -0600 2BC2906C-5D41-4560-93E0-125BC48EAC7C https://tcr.durangoherald.com/staggering-amounts-of-fentanyl-hit-streets-as-the-dea-watched-and-took-no-action-records-show-2/ Whistleblower says agents on one case permitted the delivery of at least 1.8 million fentanyl pills Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:45:00 -0600 CA98A0A0-BBD1-42D7-AA08-904266C4ECF7 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/military-jamming-disrupted-a-medical-planes-gps-system-before-it-crashed-last-month-in-new-mexico/ The wildfire that started after the crash burned 49.8 square miles Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:56:04 -0600 3638D2AB-29FF-4C94-9696-95C1A8A4FD4D https://tcr.durangoherald.com/five-years-after-a-navajo-elder-vanished-the-man-who-robbed-her-was-released-from-prison-2/ Weavings created by Ella Mae Begay, who went missing from her home, are displayed in her son's home in Denver, April 2. Thomas Peipert/AP File Photo EDGEWOOD, New Mexico – Five years to the day that Navajo elder Ella Mae... Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:49:59 -0600 667A978D-7DF3-4B0D-9276-374F0CF30B66 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/red-white-and-blue-a-strategy-for-survival-as-native-americans-navigate-250-years-of-history-2/ A painting by Navajo artist Kee Yazzie is displayed as part of the “Stars, Stripes and First Americans” exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe on Monday, May 11. Susan Montoya Bryan/AP Photo SANTA FE... Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:55:02 -0600 53EC313A-7271-444D-9C7A-C35643429D83 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/new-mexico-judge-dismisses-a-legal-challenge-to-first-in-the-nation-universal-childcare-program/ Attorney Jacob Candelaria, center, and clients Duke Rodriguez, right, and Zachary Anaya answer questions about their challenge of New Mexico's universal childcare program following a court hearing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday. Savannah Peters/AP Photo ALBUQUERQUE – A New... Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:02:35 -0600 E92659F3-DCDF-4810-89C4-89124BC4E143 https://tcr.durangoherald.com/decades-in-the-making-deb-haalands-political-rise-spurs-both-inspiration-and-scrutiny-2/ Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks during a news conference in Albuquerque on Wednesday. Savannah Peters/AP Photo SAN FELIPE PUEBLO, New Mexico – As the sun peeked over the Sandia Mountains, Deb Haaland was at a... Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:46:05 -0600 9D481322-69F5-4DA0-A0F0-59E8DCE8FCF7