Asha the wolf is back in the wild www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

The money needed to maintain and modernize U.S. nuclear weapons has risen, according to a new 10 year cost estimate www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

The latest Mexican gray wolf news www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

After partnering on a bill earlier this year to make selling federally owned public lands harder, Reps. Gabe Vasquez and Ryan Zinke launched a bipartisan Public Lands Caucus this morning.

Rep. Stansbury's sign definitely made a splash last night. Democrats also showed their displeasure by not attending, like Sen. Heinrich, and by walking out. It's certainly not the party's first walkout. Dems also walked out of Gerald Ford's 1975 state of the union.

A look at the guests NM's congressional delegation brought to Trump’s address. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Energy Sec. Chris Wright visited Los Alamos National Laboratory today www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Congressman Gabe Vasquez sat down Thursday evening with farmworkers from New Mexico’s Hatch and Rincon valleys. #NewMexico #farmworkers #CD2 #NM02 #GabeVasquez

Around 40% of the crews that oversee the 3.3 million-acre Gila National Forest in southern New Mexico were laid off, according to Justin Schatz, a former field lead for a trail crew there.

Guided tours at Carlsbad Caverns are on hold and all the tutors at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute have been fired. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Wildland firefighting is a male-dominated field. U.S. Forest Service fire workforce was 87% male in 2024. A camp meant to help women enter the profession is on hold www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

A little tragic to see a pair of Gannett owned newspapers, one in Las Cruces and one in Mississippi, with the same typo in their social media posts on a Red Lobster celebration in a week when there is actually so much substantive news to cover

A look at what Sens. Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich say in their letter to Trump about potential Indian Health Service layoffs www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Sen. Ben Ray Luján, along with several of his Democratic Senate colleagues, sent President Trump a letter Friday urging him to stop potential layoffs of 850 Indian Health Service staff

It was a pretty cordial environment right until the end, when a spat broke out. Democrats tabled legislation yesterday that would prevent transgender athletes from participating in women's sports, similar to Trump's recent executive order.

New Mexico’s congressional delegation is urging President Donald Trump to stop firing federal workers, which they believe could have a significant economic impact in the state www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

The congressional DOGE subcommittee will meet for the first time next week. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

I had so much fun spending a weekend there last year, and appreciated finding pet friendly lodging. It turns out my dog is scared to enter a trailer, which was unexpected

I am in D.C. for two more days and some change for work. Where should I eat before I leave?

I wrote about some of the funding questions raised for New Mexico by the Tump administration's attempt to pause federal grants and loans that have not been spent yet. That temporary freeze is itself on hold, so for the moment funding can still flow www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Sen. Martin Heinrich won't be making a run for New Mexico governor, because "New Mexico needs a strong voice in Washington now more than ever—the stakes are simply too high," he said in a statement this morning.

Los Alamos National Laboratory needs more electricity by 2027 to power a new supercomputer, according to Lab Director Thom Mason's State of the Lab www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

As part of the DOGE subcommittee, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury said she is ready to make the government work for every American, but is skeptical that is what President Donald Trump and his allies have planned www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Listening to Los Alamos National Laboratory state of the lab, and it sounds like lab employees will not be affected by Trump’s return to office order for federal employees, because the lab is managed and operated by Triad National Security

Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury of NM will be ranking member on the new DOGE subcommittee

Three members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation continued the push for a Caja del Rio national monument designation last week with a new letter to the Agriculture secretary

For one listing, rent jumped nearly 86% since September. In an interview with LAist, the agent said she told her client, “People are desperate, and you can probably get good money.” via @laist.com

This wildlife corridor project should make it easier for mountain lions, elk and bears to travel between the Jemez and Sandia mountain ranges www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Visited Page 1 Books for the first time today, and I have been missing out. Lots of New Mexico history and New Mexico poets

Recently, we reported in @sourcenm.com / @propublica.bsky.social about the limbo NM wildfire victims are in as they await payment from a $4B fund. This summer, six elderly victims sat for depositions to save their stories in case they die before being paid. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/life...

The Pueblo of Santa Ana is getting a $6.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to design wildlife corridors on I-25 and Highway 550

Moving this uranium mine waste and building a repository to put it in could cost $183 million www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

The EPA approved a plan earlier this week to move 1 million cubic yards of uranium mine waste off the Navajo Nation into a disposal cell near Thoreau, New Mexico

I got a chance to talk about federal fire recovery funding on the Albuquerque Journal's new podcast, The Leading News, hosted by Gino Gutierrez Episode link: open.spotify.com/episode/2Y7G...

Roswell Mayor Tim Jennings told me told me the city has at least $260 million in damages from flooding www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

A $137 million HUD grant for disaster recovery in NM was announced today. The millions will help the Ruidoso area recover from the South Fork and Salt fires and help the Roswell area deal with last year's devastating flooding

In December Chancey Bush and I visited Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary to learn about it's expansion plans and operations. The story that stuck with me two weeks later was Balto, a wolf dog with a broken tooth because a previous owner kicked his face and broke his jaw. Now he has a safe home.

Buying a house seems like such a daunting process

In September, I joined my first book club and realized a book club is just the easiest parts of a high school English class. Now I'm on the verge of joining two more. How many book clubs is too many?

Friday was day 1 of the 119th Congress. I asked NM Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury about her expectations for the session

ICYMI I asked Sen. Martin Heinrich about what he thinks the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee could tackle in the coming congressional session. Making geothermal project permitting easier will be on their radar www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Albuquerque's zoo plays a key role in conserving the Socorro dove, which is extinct in the wild www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

The Colorado River Basin 2024-25 water year is off to a lousy start: www.inkstain.net/2024/12/lous...

Congress managed to pass an 11th hour funding bill, averting a government shutdown. In New Mexico that also means over $1 billion for fire recovery, millions to help farmers and hundreds of thousands for water lines in western New Mexico www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Tribal and faith leaders are still pushing for the Caja del Rio to become a national monument www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez was frustrated by Elon Musk's role in upending House negotiations on a government funding bill. Congress has little time left to avert a government shutdown. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Lots of water news in New Mexico this week, including federal protection from mining for one of the most popular trout fishing destinations in the state and a new state water quality designation in northern and central NM waters www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

As Biden's presidency draws near its end, some Santa Fe and Pueblo officials are pushing for a new national monument in New Mexico in the Caja del Rio Plateau. Caja del Rio just got some protection from mining, courtesy of the state land commissioner www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

A bill sponsored by Sen. Martin Heinrich to make mine cleanup easier passed through Congress and will soon head to President Biden's desk. New Mexico has 26,000 known abandoned mine features. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

Mediation over how Rio Grande water should be shared was set to begin today. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...