By SETH BORENSTEIN As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say researchers who put people in hot boxes to see what […]
New Mexico Statewide News
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Supreme Court rejects settlement in water dispute between New Mexico and Texas
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers. The 5-4 decision rebuffs an agreement that had come recommended by a federal judge overseeing the case over how New Mexico, Texas and Colorado must share water from the Rio Grande. The high […]
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New Mexico judge rejects effort to compel new testimony from movie armorer in Alec Baldwin trial
By MORGAN LEE SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge denied a request Friday to use immunity to compel testimony from a movie set armorer in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin who fatally shot a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust.” Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March of […]
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Public records and lightning data shed new light on Salt and South Fork fire origins
By PATRICK LOHMANN Officials from many agencies responding to the unfolding natural disaster in southeast New Mexico have said an investigation is ongoing about the cause of the South Fork and Salt fires, including whether the blazes were caused by a human or nature. “When we got here we were told it was human-caused; we were […]
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37th Year of Flamenco Festival Features 126 Artists and 23 Shows
Marisol Encinias has been performing flamenco her whole life. “I’m 53 now, and I began dancing with my grandmother when I was 5,” Encinias said. Encinias’ mother started the Festival Flamenco de Albuquerque in 1987. It’s now grown to be the country’s largest flamenco festival and the largest international festival outside of Spain. This year, […]
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Pueblo of Santa Ana Doubles in Size by Reacquiring Ancestral Land
The Pueblo of Santa Ana officially reacquired 60,000 acres of ancestral land in a historic trust signing ceremony with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) on June 12 at the Prairie Star restaurant in Santa Ana. The land, once called the King Brothers’ Alamo Ranch and historically known as Tamaya Kwii Kee Nee Puu by […]
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County Commissioners Take Out the Trash
At a meeting June 12, the Sandoval County Commission ordered the cleanup of several properties filled with rubbish and debris to restore public health and safety. The county’s Planning and Zoning Department was tasked with enforcing the cleanup of six properties. Five of the properties are adjacent to each other, situated on the same block […]
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NM voters support abortion rights
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Matthew Reichbach A majority of New Mexicans believe that New Mexico’s abortion laws should be less restrictive or should remain about the same […]
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Federal disaster aid requested for NM fires, hundreds more firefighters en route
By DANIELLE PROKOP & LEAH ROMERO ROSWELL – Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) expects President Joe Biden to sign a federal emergency declaration to pave the way for funds and additional aid to address the damage in the Ruidoso area from the South Fork and Salt fires this week. “It is my understanding that he very much intends to […]
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New Mexico wildfire claims second life, while rain offers hope of relief
By MORGAN LEE and ANDRÉS LEIGHTON Heavy rain and hail fell Wednesday around an evacuated village in New Mexico threatened by wildfires that have killed at least two people and damaged more than 1,400 structures, offering the hope of some assistance for firefighters but adding the threat of high winds and flash floods. Air tankers […]