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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top water official has issued an order establishing the framework for dealing with future water shortages on the Pecos River.

In one the country’s most drought-plagued states, a water official is calling out legislators for not doing enough to prepare for increased...

New Mexico’s top water official says a persistent lack of financial support to protect the state’s water resources is behind his decision to step down.

Governor Gordon announced on Wednesday that he has appointed both an Interim State Engineer and an Interim Director of Water Development.

PORTALES — The Portales City Council on Tuesday got a first glimpse of possibilities for redistricting as a result of 2020 U.S. Census results. The

Representatives from the Colorado Division of Water Resources visited water rights owners in Craig Monday to discuss over-appropriations of the Yampa River.

Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico are considering voluntary demand-management programs to avoid mandatory curtailment.

As it contemplates a separate application process for water projects which may be eligible for funding through the approximately $82 million N.M. Unit Fund, the New Mexico Water Trust Board is seeking comments from residents, governments and quasi-governmental organizations — like ditch associations, mutual domestic water associations and watershed districts — within the four southwest New Mexico counties of Grant, Hidalgo, Catron and Luna. According to Southwest New Mexico Council …

Construction industry players are deluged with documents. Aside from the essential contract documents, there are record documents, critical communications, billing records, testing and...

U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandem...