New Mexico

UNM faculty imagine ‘more liberated futures’ at Gaza solidarity encampment

Teach-in and art build honors creative and artistic response to Israel’s war in Gaza

As U.S. spotlights those missing or dead in Native communities, prosecutors work to solve their cases

People gathered around the nation on Sunday to spotlight the troubling number of disappearances and killings in Indian Country

Out of the ashes: Crews work to improve habitat for Gila trout

The Gila trout was first listed as endangered in 1973

N.M. fire survivors raise concerns about smoke damage payments

Governor tells fire survivors she thinks FEMA has turned a corner, but skeptics remain

2 women found dead and 5-year-old girl critically injured in New Mexico park, police say

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Two women were found dead and a 5-year-old girl critically injured at a park near Clovis,…

May 5, 2024

Advocates to recognize day for Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons this Sunday

Department estimates there are about 4,200 cases of unsolved missing and murdered Native individuals in the U.S.

Authorities arrest man suspected of fatally shooting 1 person, wounding 2 others in northern Arizona

Charges include second-degree murder

New Mexico Environment Department gives UPS funding to replace 16 delivery trucks

Diesel delivery vehicles that UPS is replacing currently serve include Farmington

Democratic lawmaker defends campaign spending

Complaint says Ambrose Castellano spent thousands of his campaign funds on personal expenses

Rep. Vasquez inquires about troubled water utility in Southern New Mexico

Congressman is asking the state and utility officials for more information on operations and water quality concerns

Democrats representing Western states ask for more federal funds for drought

‘There is more work to do as the places and people we represent are on the frontlines of climate change’

Exxon Mobil deal with Pioneer gets FTC nod

Former Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield barred from board

Authorities arrest man suspected of fatally shooting 1 person, wounding 2 others in northern Arizona

TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding two others in a domestic…

Biden administration rolls back Title IX restrictions put in place by Trump

New rule expands protections for students who experience sexual violence as well as LGBTQ students

AI expert tells New Mexico lawmakers to go further with regulation

UNM professor asks interim legislative panel to set guardrails on AI in consequential decisions like public benefits and jail time

U.S. House approves definition of antisemitism as campus protests continue

New Mexico delegation splits; Vasquez votes yes, Leger Fernandez and Stansbury oppose

Federal agencies release operating plans for Rio Grande and Pecos River

Runoff expected to be about average this year

UNM Gaza Solidarity Encampment still in place after arrests

‘We aren’t going anywhere,’ protesters say

Biden administration to greatly ease marijuana regulations

Proposal is to move Marijuana from a Schedule I substance, like, meth, to a Schedule III drug, like Tylenol with…

Indigenous midwives and doulas provide critical support to maternal health

An effort is growing to make it easier for Indigenous people to access doulas and midwives from their own communities