ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A voting rights activist and the wife of a Democratic state representative who say they regularly cast ballots are among more than 177,000 New Mexico voters whose status has been deemed inactive. The move is raising questions about the criteria being used by Republican Secretary of State Dianna Duran as she begins a cleanup of voter rolls three months before the presidential elections.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - Navajo Nation officials say the tribal budget will be strained further if three units of the Four Corners Power Plant close sooner than 2014. The plant's operator says decommissioning will start once it acquires ownership of the other two units, which is expected later this year. A tribal spokesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A voting rights activist and the wife of a Democratic state representative who say they regularly cast ballots are among more than 177,000 New Mexico voters whose status has been deemed inactive. The move is raising questions about the criteria being used by Republican Secretary of State Dianna Duran as she begins a cleanup of voter rolls three months before the presidential elections.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - Navajo Nation officials say the tribal budget will be strained further if three units of the Four Corners Power Plant close sooner than 2014. The plant's operator says decommissioning will start once it acquires ownership of the other two units, which is expected later this year. A tribal spokesman says that would mean a $9 million annual loss from coal royalties.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two northern New Mexico pueblos will share more than $5 million in federal funding to prevent another round of post-fire flooding in their communities. Santa Clara Pueblo will get about $4.1 million. Officials say that's in addition to more than $11 million the tribe received in federal money last month to deal with the aftermath of the 2011 Las Conchas Fire. Cochiti Pueblo will receive nearly $1.3 million.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has signed an order calling for the shooting of a female Mexican gray wolf that was accused of killing too many cows in southwestern New Mexico. It's the first time since 2007 that the agency will be killing a wolf due to depredation problems.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)man says that would mean a $9 million annual loss from coal royalties.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two northern New Mexico pueblos will share more than $5 million in federal funding to prevent another round of post-fire flooding in their communities. Santa Clara Pueblo will get about $4.1 million. Officials say that's in addition to more than $11 million the tribe received in federal money last month to deal with the aftermath of the 2011 Las Conchas Fire. Cochiti Pueblo will receive nearly $1.3 million.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has signed an order calling for the shooting of a female Mexican gray wolf that was accused of killing too many cows in southwestern New Mexico. It's the first time since 2007 that the agency will be killing a wolf due to depredation problems.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
