Susan Montoya Bryan

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  • New MexicoEnvironment

    ‘It’s so dystopian. It’s sad’: The Rio Grande River is so dry that Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are squabbling over groundwater

    By Susan Montoya Bryan, Morgan Lee, and others
  • A natural gas basin in New MexicoEnvironment

    Vomiting, headaches, and the smell of rotten eggs: New Mexico students living near natural gas wells ‘just keep getting sick’

    By Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico, and others
  • Gene Hackman smiles with his wife Betsy ArakawaLifestyle

    Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife, and their dog all found dead in their New Mexico home

    By Susan Montoya Bryan, Felicia Fonseca, and others
  • Plane flying in the skyPolitics

    Only 10% of airports actually have air traffic control towers; here’s why aviation experts are sounding alarms over flight safety

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, head of US tech giant MetaTech

    Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from a lawsuit that alleges Meta failed to protect young users from sexual exploitation is granted by New Mexico judge

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell along the Upper Colorado River Basin are pictured, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. In a vote on Thursday, May 23, 2024, the Navajo Nation Council has unanimously approved a proposed water rights settlement that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Politics

    Native American tribes approve proposal to ensure their Colorado River water rights—a deal that could become the most expensive enacted by Congress

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • Marisshia Sigala secures her son Mateo in his car seat after picking him up after work from the Koala Children’s Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Like most other New Mexico families, Sigala and her husband qualify for subsidized child care in New Mexico, providing them more flexibility to see more clients as they build their careers. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)Success

    32-year-old mother who dropped out of the workforce is back as state starts funding day care with oil lease money: ‘It’s been a blessing for us’

    By Moriah Balingit, Susan Montoya Bryan, and others
  • New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez speaks on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico’s top prosecutor announced charges Wednesday against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children. (Jon Austria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)Tech

    New Mexico AG blames Meta for online predators as state charges 3 men accused of using firm’s platforms to solicit sex with underage children

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • Little girl using nebulizerEnvironment

    Austin-based company fined for releasing 7.6 million pounds of gases known to cause respiratory issues into New Mexico

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • Tohono O'odhamEnvironment

    Judge throws out tribes’ legal challenge to $10 billion power line running through ‘one of the most intact, prehistoric and historical … landscapes in southern Arizona’

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The sun shines through the clouds as it begins to set behind a pumpjack, March 30, 2022, outside of Goldsmith, Texas. In an agreement announced Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, Apache Corporation has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal government and the state of New Mexico to address air pollution concerns in the largest oil and gas producing region in the United States. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)Environment

    Texas oil company Apache to spend over $9m to address air pollution in settlement with federal government and New Mexico

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • Rebecca RooseEnvironment

    New Mexico’s 50-year plan to squeeze out every last drop of water prompts Google deal to locate leaky pipes

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • GE Vernova has received a record order for 674 turbines that will be used for the SunZia Wind Project in central New Mexico.Environment

    GE spinoff will build 674 turbines to power the SunZia wind farm, the Western Hemisphere’s largest wind project

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • A person smell a jar with marijuanFinance

    Two cannabis businesses in New Mexico hit with $2 million fine and have licenses revoked over ‘illicit activity’

    By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated Press
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden to sign executive order making it easier for Native Americans to access federal funds

    By Colleen Long, Susan Montoya Bryan, and others