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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New Mexico State University’s new faculty labor union, NMSU-NEA, celebrated reaching majority support of NMSU faculty, and to call on NMSU administration to voluntarily recognize the union. Scott Brocato has more.
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As part of our Gardening Confidential call-in radio show, we want to feature the gardens and yards belonging to our listeners and audience members! Here are a few images we received for this Spring Gardening Confidential. Please submit your beautiful gardening images to amalone@nmsu.edu to be highlighted for our next Gardening Confidential in the fall.
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The New Mexico State University Board of Regents convened in a meeting on Thursday to select a new interim president. Earlier this month, the Board of Regents unanimously voted to restart the monthslong process of a presidential search.
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Nick Seibel, editor and publisher of the Silver City Daily Press, covers the area's top stories.
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The New Mexico Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Forestry Division and its fire prevention partners in the southwest kicked off the Southwest Wildfire Awareness Week on Monday. Scott Brocato spoke with George Ducker with the New Mexico Forestry Division about the event, and about several ways to be fire-safe this spring.
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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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Experts say it's better to set a goal you can stick to and make reading more of a community affair.
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The debris that saved Rose's life in Titanic — and sparked a quarter-century of debate — fetched over $718,000 at an auction of iconic Hollywood movie props last week. It's based on a real artifact.
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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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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.