northwestern new mexico

Away from any cities or streetlights, the nights here at Chaco Culture National Historic Park are dark. Looking up, it takes a little longer than usual to…

There used to be big talk about a big boom coming to the San Juan Basin. Industry thought they’d sink 20,000 new oil wells. Companies wanted to take…

Thanks to technologies like hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, New Mexico is one of the top natural gas producers in the world – 27th according…

Last month, citizens, local officials and state regulators from New Mexico and Colorado gathered in Farmington, N.M. to learn more about the methane…

Scientists published a paper on methane levels across the globe last year—and their satellite images show the largest methane anomaly in the United States…

Inevitably, when talking about oil and gas development, the word fracking comes up in conversation.In the coming weeks, KUNM will be airing more feature…

When the US Bureau of Land Management's Farmington District Manager, Victoria Barr, came into the KUNM studio for the Call In Show, she brought a…

UPDATE 2/12: All told, the BLM ended up receiving about 30,000 comments on the proposed Piñon Pipeline. That's according to Victoria Barr of the BLM's…

In December, KUNM reported that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management was extending its public comment period for a proposed oil pipeline until January 30,…

Last week, The Washington Post ran a story about the enormous plume of methane being produced in New Mexico.As reporter Joby Warrick writes:According to…