SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has received final federal approval to pursue $675 million in federal grant funding to expand high-speed internet across the state, officials said Monday. […]
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Gov. Lujan Grisham about ABQ street corners: ‘God help you if you’re out there at night’
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will be in Albuquerque Monday night for the second of three public safety town hall meetings. Following an anticlimactic special legislative session earlier this month aimed […]
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Six tribal water rights settlements for NM heard on Capitol Hill
By Danielle Prokop The Navajo Nation president and leaders from Acoma, Ohkay Owingeh and Zuni Pueblos joined tribal leadership from across the nation on Capitol Hill, offering testimony about the […]
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Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices
By DEEPA BHARATH MESCALERO, New Mexico (AP) — Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To her, and many others in […]
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Job boom: New Mexico employers continue setting new records for job creation
New Mexico has totally wiped out — and exceeded — its COVID-era job losses and private employers are setting new records for job creation each quarter. New Mexico reported the […]
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Dozens of Doña Ana Co. residents speak up at late night public safety town hall
By Leah Romero, Source New Mexico LAS CRUCES – Hundreds of Southern New Mexicans packed into the Las Cruces Convention Center Thursday evening for over five hours of public discussion […]
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Federal court won’t block New Mexico’s 7-day waiting period on gun purchases amid litigation
By MORGAN LEE SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that New Mexico can continue to enforce a new, seven-day waiting period on gun sales while a […]
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Preventable heat injuries and deaths rising in New Mexico
BY DANIELLE PROKOP Heat and degraded air quality harming New Mexicans is projected to worsen in the coming years, as climate change fueled by burning and extracting fossil fuels cranks […]
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NM Democratic delegates rally behind Harris
BY AUSTIN FISHER President Joe Biden handily won New Mexico’s primary election earlier this year, and most of the state’s delegates who were pledged to him are starting to coalesce […]
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New Mexico village battered by wildfires in June now digging out from another round of flooding
RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — A southern New Mexico village that was ravaged by wildfires in June and then battered off-and-on by flooding across burn scars was cleaning up Monday from […]