Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened.
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News Editor for USA Today Network New Mexico, Jessica Onsurez, covers top stories from southeastern New Mexico in Alamogordo NOW.
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Dr. Alan Shoho, New Mexico State University's Provost and Chief Academic Officer announced his retirement on Monday in an email to the university. Dr. Shoho said his last day was this past Friday.
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Borderland artist, Roberto Salas, will open his unique exhibit on April 5th at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, NM.
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On Tuesday night at 7, Tim Davis, a staff attorney with the non-profit environmental organization WildEarth Guardians, will lead a panel discussion about oil and gas pollution in New Mexico at the Rio Grande theatre in Las Cruces. He spoke with KRWG’s Scott Brocato about the discussion and its issues.
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The rule issued Wednesday by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management will tighten limits on gas flaring on federal lands and require that energy companies improve methods to detect methane leaks that add to planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution.
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The securities fraud case has hung over Paxton nearly his entire time in statewide office.
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After years of pressure from Texas environmental regulators, the U.S. Department of Energy announced last year that it would begin looking at ways to treat the waste so it could be safely transported and disposed of at WIPP.
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The commercial milk supply is safe and risk to people is low, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Biden officials approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."
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The Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish leaders, known largely for shared work on Civil Rights in the 1960s, has a complicated legacy--and an uncertain future between these communities.
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American artist Richard Serra died this week at the age of 85. Serra was world-renowned for his large-scale metal sculptures.
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After a fall near the first anniversary of her beloved aunt's death, a writer explored why grief can make us less sure-footed. She found answers, climbing a precarious staircase in Italy.
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Chevron operates a major refinery in Richmond, Calif. It also owns the city's dominant news site, putting its own spin on events, and runs similar sites in Texas and Ecuador.
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Two New Mexico lawmakers join KRWG to discuss the 2024 legislative session.
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Edmundo Resendez, Juan Morales and his daughter Mariah Baeza, and other local experts guide listeners through this holiday tradition.