Posted inNational News, New Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated

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 […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated

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, […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., National News, Syndicated

House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio

By FARNOUSH AMIRI WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case, Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign. The […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, Syndicated

Enviro group files ethics complaint; request for board member removal

By DANIELLE PROKOP Environmental groups are asking the New Mexico Ethics Commission to determine if a board member must step aside from decision-making as the state attempts to create new uses for the extremely salty and often toxic wastewater from oil and gas operations. An environmental nonprofit, New Energy Economy and Navajo Nation citizens Daniel Tso […]

Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, New Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated

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 […]

Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, National News, Syndicated

President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER / Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally […]

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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 […]