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Federal officials recently announced a short-term proposal to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway, after states that rely on it — California, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah — failed to reach an agreement on how to share the dwindling resource in the long term.
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A look back at the week's top stories and interviews from KRWG Public Media. This week, the New Mexico Survivors Truth Commission issues a report, low lake levels cause ramp closures, a state representative resigns before the end of her term and a lot more. -
The New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, which monitors and approves wells across the state, said staff have counted eight wells drilled without the office’s permission along the southern border, but cautioned there could be more. -
On Tuesday, Aug. 11, a legislative listening session regarding Project Jupiter will be held at 6 p.m. in the third-floor ballroom of the Corbett Center Student Union at NMSU. -
Bob Moore, El Paso Matters President and CEO, covers top stories each week. -
Diego Muñoz, PIO with the New Mexico State Parks Division, explains the hazards, some hidden, which present when lake levels drop to extreme lows.
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Among the stores that received the recalled eggs were Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana and Brookshire Grocery stores in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. -
The combination of the worst snowpack on record and fast-spreading wildfires is changing the job description for ranchers in the Rocky Mountains. -
By narrowing the definition of "harm," conservationists said places wildlife call home will now be open to logging, drilling, mining, real estate development and more. -
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, on July 7 as he was driving to a Houston construction job site.
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Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons. -
It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday. -
Matt Rutherford is sailing 10,000 nautical miles, through ice floes and gales, to try and accomplish a world first. He spoke with NPR from the cabin of his boat. -
Oleksiy Yukov spent two decades recovering the bodies of soldiers — including many Russians. He was killed during a recovery mission after stepping on a landmine.
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