Zuni form coalition to block Fence Lake Mine plan
The Zuni Pueblo and environmental groups form the Zuni Salt Lake Coalition to oppose SRP coal strip mine near Quemada New Mexico that would threaten the sacred brine lake used by multiple tribes. SRP seeks permits and plans to mine about 80 million tons over 50 years, while tribes worry about water and dust impacts on the Dakota Aquifer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tempe
Ariz
Fence Lake
Quemada
N.M
Salt River
Phoenix
Arizona
SRP
Bob Barnard
Salt Lake
Coronado
St. Johns
Zuni
U.S. Bureau of Indiana
Barnard
Arizona State University
College of Law
Bowekaty
Flagstaff
The
Sierra Club
Tucson, Ariz
New Mexico
McKinley
Gallup
Judge nullifies verdict orders new trial in Espanola Hospital case
State District Judge Jim Hall set aside the jury verdict in a personal injury suit against Espanola Hospital. A nursing director provided false testimony about fall rates, prompting a new trial after the May 1998 incident where Sophia Maestas fell and broke her hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Espanola Hospital
Jim Hall
Carl Bettinger
Albuquerque
Sophia Maestas
Lennet Rendon
Maestas
Hall
Brenda Romero
Tierra Amarilla
Romero
Bettinger
Mark Komer
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Families wait to return home after Cerro Grande Fire
In Los Alamos 18 months after the Cerro Grande Fire, many survivors still live in temporary housing or rented homes. The Hemsing family plans to rebuild on their long-used lot, facing permits and red tape as 76 new permits have issued for five survivors and 35 mobile homes remain in FEMA parks.
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LOS Alamos
Hemsing
Los Alamos Canyon
Rita
Billy Hemsing
Cerro Grande
Hemsings
Karen
Julie Habiger
Los Alamos County
Habiger
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Tom
Charmaine Weber
Cattlemen explain decline on New Mexico Gate to Plate tour
A New Mexico Beef Council tour highlights shrinking profits in cattle ranching as costs rise, packer consolidation, and land loss strain family ranches. Rancher Dennis Braden notes groceries take a large share of family budgets while aging breeders worry about land and heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
New Mexico Beef Council
J.D. Bullington
Association of Commerce and Industry
Dennis Braden
New Mexico
Iowa
Braden
Darrell Brown
Yates Ranches
Artesia
Taylor Springs Ranch
Greg Moore
Moore
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Snowy
Terri McBurney
Farmington
McBurney
Billy
Thomas
Denver
Fuller Lodge
Abiquiu
Joleen Walters
First Presbyterian Church Chapel
Berg Park
Animas River
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