Legal intervention defends protections for lesser prairie chickens
Views 0 A recent legal intervention was made to protect the Lesser Prairie Chickens. Scott Brocato spoke with Jason Rylander, legal director of the Climate Law Institute at the Center for Biological Diversity, about the intervention.
New Mexico businesses rewarded for sustainable practices
Views 0 NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Over $1 million in federal funding has been given to New Mexico businesses for providing sustainably-sourced wood products. The finances are from the Forest Service’s Wood Innovations Grant Program.
Contractors dig deep to build new air shaft at US nuclear waste repository
Views 0 CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy says it’s making progress on a new ventilation shaft at the nation’s only underground nuclear repository that will allow the facility to ramp up operations as it disposes of tons of waste from decades of research and bomb making.
Virgin Galactic to make first commercial space flight this month
Views 0 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic has announced the first commercial spaceflight from Spaceport America will launch between June 27 and June 30.
Four Hikers Rescued from Organ Mountains
Views 0 Four hikers were rescued on Monday from the rough terrain of the Organ Mountains. The Las Cruces Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team and three other rescue teams helped extract the hikers who became stranded on the west face of the Organ Mountains.
Mountainair games were cancelled after police were told there was a ‘rape room’
Views 0 Superintendent says allegations were unfounded MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. — Reports and lapel camera video recently obtained by Target 7 also show that state police officers were pulling students out of class to interview them after a family had reported to school officials there were numerous hazing incidents that had been going on for multiple […]
Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families
Views 0 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race.
How The ‘Godfather Of Solar’ Ron Corio Became New Mexico’s First, And Only, Billionaire
Views 0 Steering solar panels to track the sun made Ron Corio the Land of Enchantment’s richest person. Now, he’d prefer to remain out of the spotlight. Ron Corio was a teenager in New Jersey during the late 1970s when the Iranian Revolution triggered worldwide oil shortages, stranding him in bumper-to-bumper gas lines with his […]
Bill to boost pay for New Mexico educational assistants goes into effect June 16
Views 0 NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A new law going into effect June 16 will raise the minimum pay for educational assistants in New Mexico. More than half of those workers can expect a raise this fall. Around 72% of the educational assistants working in New Mexico will get a salary raise, according to the Legislative Executive Study […]
New Mexico ranks as the worst state for child well-being
Views 0 The 2023 Kids County Data Book shows New Mexico ranks last in the nation for child well-being. New Mexico was ranked on 16 different indicators for the well-being of children.
