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Arizona man sold firearms to undercover FBI agent for mass shooting, indictment says

PHOENIX (AP) — A firearms dealer in Arizona sold weapons to an undercover federal agent he believed would help him carry out his plan for a mass shooting targeting minorities, an attack that he hoped would “incite a race war,” according to a federal grand jury indictment. Mark Adams Prieto was indicted Tuesday by the grand […]

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Santa Ana Pueblo is on a preservation mission as it celebrates trust status for ancestral lands

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — When the sprawling Alamo Ranch first went up for sale nearly a decade ago, it was advertised as a working cattle ranch with incredible wildlife habitat and superb potential for development and recreation not far from New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area. For Santa Ana Pueblo, […]

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LANL plans to release highly radioactive tritium to prevent explosions. Will it just release danger in the air?

This story is republished from Searchlight NM, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Alicia Inez Guzmán Last fall, the international community rose up in defense of the Pacific Ocean. Seafood and salt purveyors, public policy professors, scientists and […]

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Program administrator outlines how waitlisted community solar projects will be selected

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 Hannah Grover The program administrator for New Mexico’s community solar program released guidance Thursday for waitlisted projects. The new guidelines follow a petition […]

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Fight over constitutional provisions to guard against oil, gas pollution moves ahead in New Mexico

By MORGAN LEE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN A New Mexico judge cleared the way Monday for a landmark lawsuit to proceed that alleges the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligations for protecting against oil and gas pollution. Environmental groups and Native Americans who live near oil wells in the No. 2 producing state in the […]

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Alzheimer’s drug that can slow disease gets backing from FDA advisers

This story is republished from Associated Press as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in news coverage that matters to New Mexico. By MATTHEW PERRONE / ASSOCIATED PRESS A closely watched Alzheimer’s drug from Eli Lilly won the backing of federal health advisers on Monday, setting the stage for the treatment’s expected approval […]

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End of an era for Virgin Galactic commercial flights

By DANIELLE PROKOP / Source NM Virgin Galactic launched its seventh, and last flight with the Unity ship, out of the New Mexico Spaceport Saturday. The four passengers on the commercial flight and two experiments from Purdue University and University of California Berkeley. The four customers were Turkish researcher Tuva Atasever; SpaceX propulsion engineer Andy Sadhwani; […]

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Weeklong heat wave loosens grip slightly on US Southwest

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest in temperatures well into triple digits is on its last legs, but forecasters are still urging people to be cautious as there will be little relief from the warm weather until monsoon thunderstorms begin to […]