10+ hour, 19+ min ago  (554+ words) This story was originally published by High Country News. Recovery from the Hermit's Peak-Calf Canyon Fire has been daunting. Residents are still waiting for disaster relief payments even as floods sweep through the ashy burn scar, contaminating the drinking water…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (430+ words) The state Land Office and New Mexico Land Conservancy announced Monday they'd entered into an agreement to protect more than 60, 000 acres in southern New Mexico from future large developments for the next 75 years. Under the agreement, known as a "conservation…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago  (605+ words) Western states are a step closer to making their case that grizzly bears are ready to be taken off the Endangered Species Act (ESA). That's because one female bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming has reproduced. A contract…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (276+ words) The New Mexico Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would change the process by which the governor removes people from a commission that creates hunting and fishing regulations across the state. Senate Bill 104 iterates on legislation passed last…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (238+ words) U. S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), clad in a camouflage vest over his collared shirt, took the mic in the Roundhouse rotunda Friday afternoon while onlookers crowded around the third-floor railing looking down. "It makes me incredibly proud to be a New…...