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LifestyleApr 24, 2026

Miss Indian World pageant winners mark the end of a decades-long tradition

It’s the final year of an event that bills itself as the largest powwow in North America, and the winners of the pageant that headlined it for decades are mourning the end of the tradition

LifestyleOct 11, 2024

Hot-air balloon strikes and collapses radio tower in Albuquerque during festival

Authorities say a hot-air balloon struck and collapsed a radio tower in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the city’s famous festival

LifestyleSep 25, 2023

Pilot dies in crash of an ultralight in central New Mexico

Authorities say one person has died in the crash of an ultralight in central New Mexico

HealthNov 24, 2022

Lujan Grisham positive for COVID-19, not celebrating holiday

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the second time she has gotten the virus

Government and politicsNov 15, 2022

New Mexico pays for empty buildings as remote work lingers

Inspections have found that New Mexico state is paying to maintain entire buildings and several building floors of unused office space while many state workers continue to telecommute from home in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic

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LifestyleNov 12, 2022

US outlines effects of withdrawing land from oil drilling

The U.S. Interior Department's plan to withdraw hundreds of square miles in New Mexico from oil and gas production for the next 20 years is expected to result in only a few dozen wells not being drilled on federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park

LifestyleNov 4, 2022

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta saw more than 820,000 visitors

Despite some days of bad weather, this year’s cavalcade of hundreds of hot air balloons in New Mexico’s high desert drew nearly 830,000 people

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LifestyleOct 28, 2022

Approval of oil leases in New Mexico prompts legal challenge

The Biden administration's approval of oil leases in a corner of New Mexico that has become a battleground over increased development and the preservation of Native American sites has prompted another legal challenge

Social affairsOct 12, 2022

Hopi curator to lead New Mexico's Native American art museum

An expert in the field of Indigenous art has been named as the executive director of New Mexico's Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe