New Mexico

A Wyoming smokejumper has died of injuries suffered last month while fighting a wildfire in New Mexico. 

U.S. nuclear regulators are considering a proposal to transfer 1 million cubic yards of waste from a former uranium mine in western New Mexico to a mill site less than a mile away as part of a cleanup effort. 

First Lady Jill Biden is kicking off a three-day, two-state visit to the U.S. Southwest with a tour of a vaccination clinic in Albuquerque. 

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is making her first official trip to her home state to meet with Indigenous leaders. 

As several states in the American West face intense drought, water managers say it's shaping up to be a very difficult year for New Mexico farmers because of limited irrigation supplies.