New Mexico

Water managers across the West say they do not expect a new Trump administration will alter post-2026 Colorado River talks.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren says Navajo Vice President Richelle Montoya no longer represents his administration. The move was announced Tuesday during a news conference.

The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover. Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive — and where — as climate change makes it difficult or impossible for many forests to regrow.

Engineering hurdles, high costs and political challenges stand in the way of an easy fix to the West's water shortages.

After the departure of Utah State, the 7 remaining Mountain West schools have agreed to stay in the league amid overtures by the Pac-12 and other conferences to lure away more of its teams.

Not many people know the world's first detonation of an atomic bomb was on U.S. soil. While the damage in Japan has been well documented, the story of New Mexico downwinders and the health effects from the Trinity Test fallout is relatively unknown.

The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River.

Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar joined with members of the New Mexico congressional delegation to call on voters to put more pressure on Republican House leaders to revive the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

Negotiations over the water supply for 40 million people are hinged on how you interpret the words "will not cause," written into the century-old Colorado River Compact.

Thunderstorms are hopscotching around the Southwestern U.S., bringing much-needed moisture to a region where every drop counts.

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expired on Friday, June 7, leaving many people who were affected by nuclear testing and research in the West without a way to get monetary support for their suffering. Supports of the act are still fighting for expansion of the act and trying to find other ways to revive the program.

State, federal and tribal leaders met in Boulder, Colorado to talk about the Colorado River's next chapter. They don't appear close to an agreement.