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Uranium transport through Native Nation sparks concerns in New Mexico
Advocates worry contract could lead to truckloads of uranium from Mount Taylor to Utah
By Patrick Lohmann
Source NM
April 7, 2025
A provision in the secret, controversial agreement allowing a private company to transport uranium ore across the Arizona side of the Navajo Nation has New Mexico anti-nuclear advocates increasingly worried about the prospect of new mining activity near a mountain sacred to the Navajo people. …
Sunland Park residents with discolored drinking water demand action
Lauren Elizabeth Shults
El Paso Times
March 19, 2025
Friday, March 7, Sunland Park residents demanded the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority require water quality testing and arsenic testing when potential disruptions to water quality occur, implement a rate freeze for the next four years and provide free, third-party clean water when discolored water incidents happen, among other requests. …
Residents raise concerns over discolored water in southern New Mexico
KOAT 7
March 12, 2025
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. —People living in Sunland Park people are demanding clean water, regular testing and a pause on changes to water service rates.
This week the city’s water service, Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, held a board meeting where residents showed samples of recent discolored water. …
CRRUA Meeting: Residents demand clean water
Paul Schulz
KIVA-7
March 10, 2025
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Several Sunland Park spoke at Monday’s Camino Real Regional Utility Authority board meeting, demanding clean water, regular testing and no changes to the rate over the next four years. …
Long-stalled NM uranium mines now ‘priority projects’ at Cibola Forest, leader tells employees
Leaked recording reveals firings and disarray at agency
By Patrick Lohmann
Source NM
March 3, 2025
The leader of the Cibola National Forest told Forest Service employees at a staff meeting Wednesday that the agency would be refocusing on “mission critical” areas like uranium mining, according to a recording of the meeting Source New Mexico obtained. Officials also told staff that 15 employees had been fired. …