WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., along with U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M. CD-2, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm opposing the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste (HLW) in New Mexico. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was also quick to sign onto the letter. Granholm …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has largely been a state divided by region when it comes to such issues as environmental regulations, pandemic-related school closures and gun rights laws. But a proposal filed Monday by a Roswell Republican would take those divisions a step further by allowing counties to petition the Legislature to actually secede from the state …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As New Mexico’s oil and gas industry struggles with lower prices and slowing production brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, some members of Congress and state officials are urging the U.S. Interior Department to allow operators to temporarily plugs wells until prices stabilize. U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small’s district includes part of the Permian Basin, one …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the top priorities for officials who oversee New Mexico’s system of museums and cultural offerings will be forming more partnerships with rural communities and Native American tribes over the next year. State Cultural Affairs Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego testified Thursday before a legislative committee that oversees crafting of the state budget. She told …

Six to eight years. In a perfect world, Michael Sandoval believes that is the amount of time needed for three of Southeastern New Mexico’s major roads used for oil and gas traffic to be rebuilt to meet the ongoing traffic issues. Those roads are N.M. Hwy. 285, from the Texas border to Carlsbad, N.M., Hwy. 31 from Hwy. 285 to …

SANTA FE — New Mexico’s growing oil and natural gas industry is poised to attract as much as $174 billion in new infrastructure investments through 2030, according to a new study prepared by the global consulting firm ICF. The report was commissioned by the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association and the American Petroleum Institute and announced Tuesday by NMOGA. …

A group of major oil and gas companies with plays in the Permian Basin and related service companies has announced the formation of an energy alliance, collectively committing more than $100 million over the next several years to spur additional private-sector investment in the region. The announcement of the Permian Strategic Partnership is scheduled to appear in op-ed pieces today …