New Mexico

PED says it issued 4,000+ new teacher licenses. But there are still hundreds of vacancies.

Unpacking the numbers of applications, unfilled positions in New Mexico public schools

December 19, 2022

Lawsuit seeks access to withdrawal medication for prisoners

SANTA FE – Civil rights advocates have filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Corrections Department seeking to ensure access…

December 16, 2022

New Mexico

With social safety nets about to shrink, HSD asks for more staff and tech

everyone getting food benefits instate will see payment drop by one-third

December 15, 2022

Thinking Green

Celebrating Conservation Gains

Clearer skies, reduced emissions part of conservation gains

December 14, 2022

Southwest Life

Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns

Experts say system is in ‘dire condition’

December 13, 2022

New Mexico

Flora Vista couple face felony child abuse charges

Children taken into protective custody by the state

December 13, 2022

Local News

Durango man suspected of jail escape, police shooting pleads guilty to gun charge

Buck, 23, faces up to 10 years in prison after signing plea deal

December 12, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexicans waiting on Congress for public education funding

Democratic federal delegation is trying to push a bill through before the end of the year and a government shutdown

December 12, 2022

Sports

Third time a charm as Bloomfield wins N.M. state football title

Bobcats football establishes a winning tradition

December 9, 2022

New Mexico

Lawmakers question whether statewide school internet network will function in rural areas

officials aim to set up same broadband connection for all NM schools by 2027

December 7, 2022

New Mexico

Farmington school district reports 12 vacancies, but a high retention rate

District rebounds from challenging pandemic years

December 6, 2022

AP New Mexico

NM relaxes testing for students on track to graduate in 2024

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is relaxing requirements for some high school students by eliminating the need to pass standardized tests…

December 5, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico’s largest electric provider seeks rate hike

Executives say increase is needed to modernize grid, transition from coal and gas This Sept. 20 image shows the San…

December 5, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico lawmaker avoids ethics hearing over committee job

SANTA FE – Outgoing New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf, who appointed himself to the Public Regulation Commission nominating committee,…

December 5, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico visits new political landscape in four-day trip

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, including State Canvassing Board members Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and state Supreme…

December 5, 2022

New Mexico

Ex-deputy who used stun gun on Espanola teen gets plea deal

SANTA FE – A former New Mexico sheriff’s deputy who faced charges for using a stun gun on a teen…

December 5, 2022

New Mexico

Former Congressman Pearce reelected as NM GOP chairman

ALBUQUERQUE – Former U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce was elected Saturday to a third consecutive term as chairman of the Republican…

December 5, 2022

New Mexico

Albuquerque has record 115 homicides and counting this year

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque has set a record for the most homicides in one year at 115 and counting, according to…

December 5, 2022

New Mexico

Oil, gas operator pays millions for Clean Air Act violations

prosecution ‘a great model’ for future suits against polluters

December 5, 2022

Local News

Navajo dictionary provides scientific terms for Native speakers

Sterling Martin studied biochemistry in college but found some words don’t translate into Diné Bizaad

December 4, 2022

New Mexico

Fixing TANF in New Mexico is ‘one of the most important’ tasks for 2023 session, senator says

rules, old requirements could be preventing more than half the people who need aid from accessing it

December 2, 2022

New Mexico

Native American Heritage Month brings Ed Kabotie and band to San Juan College

Kabotie and the Yoties got the crowd howling Saturday night

December 1, 2022

AP New Mexico

New Mexico sues tobacco companies over settlement payments

State Attorney General announces legal challenges after portions of multistate settlement withheld Overall tobacco use fell among teens in 2012,…

November 30, 2022

New Mexico

Experts call on lawmakers to remove a barrier to rural methadone treatment

can give treatment a fighting chance in rural America

November 29, 2022