Conservationists hoped Biden-era mining restrictions for the upper Pecos would be extended. That seems uncertain now.

While the name of former President Donald Trump is, as of now, poised to be excluded from the presidential primary ballot in neighboring Colorado, the same won’t be true in New Mexico.

SANTA FE — Deb Haaland ... The former New Mexico congresswoman, who spent nearly four years as U.S. interior secretary under Joe Biden until stepping down last month, has been quietly laying ...