Environmental regulators and health officials in New Mexico are warning hunters that harmful chemicals known to cause cancer in people have been found at record levels in birds, small mammals and plants at a lake near Holloman Air Force Base.

The Tusas Mountains are to be hit with between 5 and 10 inches of snow with its peaks getting up to 12 inches, forecasters say.

A bill package that would give the state of New Mexico authority over pollution control and discharge into the state’s waterways – and allow creation of a new permitting system – is gaining traction in the legislature.

U.S. Reps. Melanie Stansbury and Gabe Vasquez addressed lawmakers during a joint session of the House and Senate Thursday.

The New Mexico legislature can only watch and wait for a formal resolution of the issues caused by a temporary federal funding freeze.

The New Mexico strike team of firefighters are back in the Land of Enchantment after a southern California deployment.

A winter storm will move into New Mexico Wednesday. Snow could bring travel impacts to western and northern New Mexico through Thursday. Warmer weather continued to move into New Mexico Monday. This also came with breezy winds,

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Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico after championing conservation and clean energy during her tenure as Interior secretary under

Google said it would rename the body of water to “Gulf of America” after it is updated in the U.S. government system in response to Trump’s executive order.

Local leaders in Texas and New Mexico are voicing their concerns over President Donald Trump's decision to temporarily freeze federal grants and loans.

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