by Jessica Barron
KRQE
September 11, 2026
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Uranium mining and its impacts on residents have become a controversial topic in New Mexico. Most recently, the State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richards announced a ban on new uranium mines on state land. A resident impacted by uranium mining shared their story with KRQE News. “The desecration of the environmental environment is huge,” said Larry King, resident of Church Rock, New Mexico. …