New Mexico air quality update: Why is Albuquerque today hazy and smoky?

The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County area was under a health alert on Saturday as several locals complained about a blanket of smoke and haze in the sky. The alert by the Air Quality Program lasts until 3 PM local time. It has been issued due to smoke and …

Watch: Massive landspout swirls near homes in New Mexico

A landspout barreled through Carlsbad, New Mexico, on Thursday, May 29, amid severe weather in the area. CARLSBAD, N.M. -- A dramatic scene unfolded in New Mexico Thursday as a severe thunderstorm triggered a large landspout that swirled near some homes in …

El Paso – Ok, New Mexico – SOO Needs A Rolling Derby

Not a "roller" derby, a roll-ING derby and Sunland Park, New Mexico ... practically IN El Paso ... would be the PERFECT place to host one. Roller Derby is a fun thing to watch. I don't know how women on skates, rocketing around in a circle …

Southern New Mexico shaken by another earthquake

Southern New Mexico shaken by another earthquake The latest earthquake felt in southern New Mexico occurred Saturday morning Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 11:03 AM MDT May 31, 2025 Residents in southern New Mexico may have been awakened by …

Mexico: An Unprecedented Judicial Election on June 1st

Risks and Concerns: Judicial Independence, Corruption and Organized Crime, and Weaknesses in Institutional Design and Implementation By Daniel Zovatto (Confidencial) HAVANA TIMES – The popular election of judges, magistrates, and Supreme Court justices was …

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Oil has boomed in New Mexico

COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — On a Tuesday in March, Billton Werito drove his son Amari toward his house in Counselor, New Mexico, navigating the bumpy dirt road that winds through a maze of natural gas pipelines, wellheads and water tanks. Amari should have been …

Heinrich invites top forest official to tour Pecos; urges withdrawal from new mining claims

Undated photo of the Pecos wilderness Photo Courtesy of Ralph Vigil U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) renewed his call for the Upper Pecos watershed to be protected from mining claims in a letter sent recently to the top federal forestry official. In the …

Why there is new reason for worry about the Colorado River

Using NASA satellite technology, researchers determined that groundwater is depleting from the Colorado River basin at a "scary" rate. About 27.8 million cubic feet of groundwater — nearly a full Lake Mead — is missing from aquifers in an area …

FC Tucson Women's new head coach is a familiar face

When the FC Tucson Women had to find a new head coach the day before its first match of the season, it didn’t need to look far. Ryan Hall had been tabbed to be FCTW’s new head coach after last year’s coach, Roberto Garcia, moved. But Hall stepped down …