WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.
A New Mexico couple was granted three wishes.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A chipmunk native to New Mexico could see new federal protections. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has until August to decide if they want to name the species as endangered. “This chipmunk could go extinct if things go poorly. It could happen at any time,” said Center for Biological Diversity Senior []
Winners will be announced toward the end of summer.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, about two dozen protesters sat in the middle of a roadway blocking access
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A look back at the 2022 election reveals that 65% of voters were "very confident" that their vote counted as intended in the general election. New study reveals 7%, or around 50,000 voters, were "not at all confident." The study comes from the University of New Mexico and was supported by the New []
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed Tuesday near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico near White Sands National Park, according to a press release.The F-16 was assigned to the 49th Wing and crashed at about 1:50 p.m. ET.The pilot ejected and was transported by ambulance for medical care, according to the press release, which also said that "all non-emergency personnel should avoid the area to prevent possible exposure to hazardous chemicals onboard the aircraft.""Emergency response...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department is giving UPS (United Parcel Service) over $473,000 in grant money to replace 16 old delivery vehicles. UPS is also pitching in to cover the cost of the replacement vehicles, which run on compressed natural gas. “At UPS, we believe in contributing positively to the communities in which []
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF has informed customers that it will take a week to 10 days for service to “improve and fully normalize” on its Southern Transcon in the wake of the derailment and fire that closed the line near the Arizona-New Mexico state line for three days. In a Monday service advisory, the []Read More
The driver was detained, and Homeland Security helped charge them.
New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a Texas-based company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian Basin. The $24.5 million agreement with Ameredev announced Monday is the largest settlement the state Environment Department has ever reached for a civil oil and gas violation. It stems from the flaring of billions of cubic feet of natural gas that the company had extracted over an 18-month period but wasn’t able to transport to downstream processors....
CDC says incidents at unlicensed medical spa are first documented cases of virus transmitted by a cosmetic procedure using needlesThree women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles, federal health officials said.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its Morbidity and Mortality Report...