America’s 47th Inauguration Day was notably different and not just for record cold temperatures bringing events indoors and January 20 coinciding with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the College Football Playoff National Championship Game (where my alma mater, Notre Dame, did not pull off a necessary Hail Mary play to beat Ohio State). […]

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Kevin Hendricks is a local news editor with nm.news. He is a two-decade veteran of local news as a sportswriter and assistant editor with the ABQ Journal and Rio Rancho Observer.
WATCH: Gov. Lujan Grisham’s 2025 State of the State Address
Courtesy of New Mexico PBS, the video of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s State of the State address to the New Mexico Legislature is below. The governor gives the speech to a joint session of the Legislature, along with many guests of legislators and dignitaries, on the first day of each legislative session.
Poverty Fell More Than a third in New Mexico Due to Tax Changes, But There’s More to Do
This story was originally published by NM In Depth By Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth The first cars arrived before dawn. By 9 a.m., vehicles snaked through the food distribution event at the state fairgrounds in Albuquerque. It was a week before Christmas, and thousands of families would come for groceries to get them […]
Trump Inauguration Draws Reactions from Local Political Leaders
By Nicole Maxwell President Donald Trump took the oath of office Jan. 20, making him officially the 47th president. New Mexico political leaders reacted to the event including Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján who attended Trump’s inauguration ceremony. “As the new administration takes office, my work for New Mexico remains the same, and I will […]
Trump Inauguration Draws Reactions from Local Political Leaders
By Nicole Maxwell President Donald Trump took the oath of office Jan. 20, making him officially the 47th president. New Mexico political leaders reacted to the event including Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján who attended Trump’s inauguration ceremony. “As the new administration takes office, my work for New Mexico remains the same, and I will […]
NMDOH Reports Decline in Alcohol-Related Deaths
This story was originally published by Source NM By Source NM Staff Alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico declined for the second consecutive year, according to data released by the New Mexico Department of Health on Friday. The state has posted a 17.3% decline in the age-adjusted rate of 102.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2021 to […]
NMDOH Reports Decline in Alcohol-Related Deaths
This story was originally published by Source NM By Source NM Staff Alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico declined for the second consecutive year, according to data released by the New Mexico Department of Health on Friday. The state has posted a 17.3% decline in the age-adjusted rate of 102.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2021 to […]
Public Access Victory for State
This story was originally published by New Mexico Political Report By Susan Morée New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a victory for public access on Thursday when a federal district court judge dismissed a lawsuit to prohibit access. Lucia Sanchez and four other landowners asked a federal district court judge last year to consider […]
Public Access Victory for State
This story was originally published by New Mexico Political Report By Susan Morée New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a victory for public access on Thursday when a federal district court judge dismissed a lawsuit to prohibit access. Lucia Sanchez and four other landowners asked a federal district court judge last year to consider […]
New Mexico invests $750k in NewBridge’s CBD Production Expansion in Estancia Valley
An agriculture technology company plans a major expansion in the Estancia Valley to grow and integrate its farming, processing, manufacturing and distribution businesses centered around industrial-scale hemp and CBD. NewBridge Global Ventures and the New Mexico Economic Development Department announced last week that the San Francisco-based AgTech company is close to finishing a CBD processing […]