Susan Montoya Bryan

Associated Press

White industrial CNC machining center with dark blue interior cavity and control panel

Mass-Production Internal Gear Grinding Machine Compatible with Large Internal Gears Up to 350 mm Outer Diameter

October 19, 2026

Row of electric vehicles charging at outdoor station with multiple chargers

Americans Want Electric Cars – They Just Can't Find Them

October 19, 2026

Two orange and silver robotic arms working together in a modern manufacturing facility with white structural elements and industrial equipment.

Siemens Cuts Engineering Effort by 85%, Time-to-Market by 40% at AI Pilot Plant

October 19, 2026

Modern FANUC Training Academy building with glass and tan facade, featuring yellow accent entrance and landscaping

Fanuc Opens Largest Automation Training Center in the U.S.

October 19, 2026

Vintage truck parked in front of Route 66 mural on brick wall

Route 66 Turns 100: How the 'Mother Road' Linked the Industrial Midwest to the West

The father of the highway saw it as the ultimate marketing and logistics tool.

April 8, 2026

Wind

Tribes Want U.S Appeals Court to Weigh In on $10B SunZia Energy Transmission Project

Supporters say SunZia will bolster the agenda for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

April 26, 2024

Dignitaries, including U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, center, break ground on the new SunZia transmission line project, Sept. 1, 2023, in Corona, N.M. Work on the $10 billion project that will funnel renewable energy across the West came to a halt in southwestern Arizona, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, with Native American tribes saying the federal government has ignored concerns about effects that the SunZia transmission line will have on religious and cultural sites.

Work Resumes on $10B Energy Project Despite Tribal Objections

The transmission line has been described by the Biden administration as an important part of the nation’s transition to renewable energy.

December 1, 2023

Brendan Shaughnessy, left, with the Nuclear Issues Study Group, protests with other activists ahead of a meeting of a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019.

New Mexico Opts for Veto Power on Spent Nuclear Fuel Debate

The bill will impact a proposed multibillion-dollar facility.

March 20, 2023

This undated file image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows an electric continuous miner machine run by Randy Wilson, left, and Blas Castaneda, chewing through a wall of salt during the excavation of Panel 8 at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. On Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, New Mexico officials outlined new conditions for a proposed permit for the U.S. government to continue disposing of nuclear waste in the southeast corner of the state as part of a multibillion-dollar federal cleanup program.

New Mexico Seeks Tougher Provisions for U.S. Nuclear Dump

As a hedge against becoming the nation’s only permanent dumping ground, New Mexico wants to raise the bar.

December 9, 2022

This May 20, 2012 file photo shows one of the major transmission lines that runs to the west of Albuquerque, N.MThe federal government has finished another environmental review of a proposed transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from rural New Mexico to big cities in the West and similar reviews are planned for two more projects that would span parts of Utah and Nevada, the U.S. Interior Department announced Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Big U.S. Energy Projects Inch Closer to Approval

The SunZia transmission project in New Mexico has been more than a decade in the making.

April 29, 2022

The U.S. government's nuclear waste repository in New Mexico has major issues in fire training and firefighting vehicles, with its fleet in disrepair after years of neglect, according to an investigation by the U.S. Energy Department's Office of Inspector General.

Report: Fire Training, Equipment Lacking at U.S. Nuclear Dump

Issues go back to at least 2016.

April 22, 2022

Truckers block the entrance into the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in Ciudad Juarez going into New Mexico on April 12, 2022. The truckers blocked the port as a protest to the prolonged processing times implemented by Gov. Abbott which they say have increased from 2-3 hours up to 14 hours in the last few days.

Texas Keeping Most Truck Inspections Despite Border Gridlock

Trade groups and experts warn U.S. shoppers could soon notice shortages on shelves and higher prices.

April 14, 2022

Backlogs

Frustration Grows Over Truck Backlogs at Texas-Mexico Border

Orders by Texas' governor require extra inspections of commercial trucks.

April 13, 2022

This March 6, 2014 file photo shows the idled Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, near Carlsbad, N.M. There's no way of knowing if cost increases and missed construction deadlines will continue at the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository. That's according to a report made public Tuesday, March 15, 2022, by Government Accountability Office.

Watchdog Has Concerns with Projects at U.S. Nuclear Repository

A multimillion-dollar project is underway.

March 16, 2022

The utility in sun-drenched New Mexico is struggling to get enough solar-generated electricity as it prepares to shut down a coal-fired power plant amid supply chain disruptions, one of the problems threatening to delay or cancel projects around the world amid pressure to reduce carbon emissions and tackle climate change.

Solar Project Delays Create Hurdles for New Mexico Utility

State law requires publicly owned utilities and cooperatives to roll into their portfolios more renewable sources and eliminate carbon emissions.

February 18, 2022

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson waves to school children while heading to board the rocket plane that will fly him to space from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Branson Flight Sparks Optimism in New Mexico

It's been a long and difficult road that started with many unknowns for both the state and the space tourism company.

July 13, 2021

In this April 24, 2015 file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Environmentalists and Native American activists say the Biden administration's review of the federal oil and gas leasing program should result in more protections for an area of northwestern New Mexico that's considered sacred. They have cited concerns about air pollution from venting and flaring at natural gas collection and processing sites, wastewater leaks and unchecked development in southeastern New Mexico's share of the Permian Basin.

Groups Take Aim at New Mexico Drilling Plan

Some consider sacred the area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

April 15, 2021

In this April 29, 2015, file photo, an illustration depicts a planned interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in southeastern New Mexico as officials announce plans to pursue a project by Holtec International during a news conference at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, N.M. On Monday, March 29, 2021, New Mexico sued the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission over concerns that the federal agency hasn't done enough to vet plans for a multibillion-dollar facility to store spent nuclear fuel in the state. New Jersey-based Holtec International wants to build a complex in southeastern New Mexico where tons of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation could be stored until the federal government finds a permanent solution.

New Mexico Sues US Over Nuclear Waste

A proposed complex would store tons of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation.

March 30, 2021

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity, attached to mothership.

Virgin Galactic Rocket Fails to Ignite in Test Flight

The spaceship’s onboard computer lost connection with the rocket motor.

December 14, 2020