By Hannah Grover The electric sector is facing new challenges nationwide as demands for electricity increase and extreme weather events become more common.  These challenges are contributing to the…

U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján each reflected on the first 100 days of the Donald Trump administration, and both were highly critical of the job the president was doing in his second…

New Mexico’s two U.S. Senators signed onto new legislation to help address housing shortages. The bill, dubbed the Housing for All Act, would help address the shortage of housing that has contributed…

By Hannah Grover About eight years ago, I joined reporters at a small municipal airport in southeast Utah waiting for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to arrive.  The tension was obvious. At one…

As part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport millions of those in the country without legal status, U.S. Northern Command said earlier this week that service members are authorized to…

New Mexico joined a lawsuit with nearly a dozen other states challenging the tariffs that have rocked the stock market and, experts warn, will impact the overall global economy. The lawsuit, led by…

By Kevin Hendricks The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico granted a temporary restraining order to “K.O.D.,” a Ghanaian doctoral student at New Mexico Tech, allowing him to maintain…

By Hannah Grover While many New Mexicans in the extreme low-income category face severe housing cost burdens, the percentage of those who do in the state is less than neighboring states.  A new fact…

President Donald Trump tried once again to use the threat of losing federal funding to force local governments, including Santa Fe, to aid in immigration efforts. Once again, a judge blocked the…

By Kevin Hendricks Over 200 students, friends, families, educators, legislators and community leaders gathered Wednesday outside of RioTECH, a new high school focused on skilled trades, to celebrate…

By Hannah Grover Major cities in New Mexico continue to struggle with ozone levels. Both the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos metropolitan statistical area and the El Paso-Las Cruces metropolitan…

By Kevin Hendricks Less than a month after students at least three universities in New Mexico had their student visas revoked by the U.S. Department of State, the American Civil Liberties Union of…

As Earth Day arrives and the legislative session just behind New Mexico, we took a look at new laws areto protect the state’s environment. Each year, legislators bring hundreds of proposals to…

By Hannah Grover The Food Depot staff sometimes travels for hours to move food to communities in rural areas, including parts of Rio Arriba and Union counties. “If we could build regional food hubs…

By Hannah Grover New Mexico’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum this week urging him not to rescind national monument designations or reduce the size of…

By Hannah Grover Public comments about the New Mexico Environment Department’s proposed Heat Illness and Injury Prevention rule have ranged from people expressing strong support for the regulations…

By Hannah Grover Navajo Nation advocates urged their leaders to stand against federal attempts to increase uranium extraction on Diné lands and the transport of uranium ore across the reservation. …

Staff Report Rain and even what might be Albuquerque’s final snow of the season couldn’t dissuade hundreds of protesters from voicing their displeasure with President Donald Trump Saturday. The…

By Hannah Grover The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation broke ground this week on a water treatment plant that is a key component of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The groundbreaking included a…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice this week in the Federal Register announcing rulemaking that would rescind the definition…

By Rodd Cayton Ill-considered Trump administration budget cuts and staff reductions in the name of efficiency are having profound negative impacts on  veterans in New Mexico and elsewhere, U.S. Sen.…

Staff Report University of New Mexico students and others voiced their outrage over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions during a campuswide walkout Thursday. Several hundred students,…

By Hannah Grover When Old Barrel Tea Company decided to start manufacturing their tea blends in New Mexico, Paola Huffmon, one of the co-owners, thought “how hard can it be to manufacture our own…

By Hannah Grover New Mexico’s three investor-owned utilities say they are prepared for the increased summer electricity demands this year. That means the utilities will have enough electricity to…

New Mexico will elect a new Secretary of State for the first time in a decade next year. And one Democrat already announced she will run to fill the state’s top elections post. Doña Ana County Clerk…

By Kevin Hendricks U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich hosted a roundtable discussion with educators in Rio Rancho on Wednesday to address concerns about federal funding cuts and their impact on public…

By Hannah Grover Jerry Pacheco, the president of the Border Industrial Association, was working with an automotive company for more than a year to help the business expand its operations in Santa…

By Kevin Hendricks U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury took to social media Monday to bring attention to a looming crisis as President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency…

Kevin Hendricks The mayor of Rio Rancho will run for the Republican nomination for governor of New Mexico next year.  Gregg Hull, who is in the middle of his third term as mayor of New Mexico’s…

By Matthew Reichbach State health officials reported the first case of measles in Doña Ana County, the most populous county in southern New Mexico. The case was an unvaccinated child. In all, the…

By Hannah Grover Changes in federal policies under President Donald Trump have left renewable energy funding and incentives in a state of uncertainty. “Unfortunately, a lot of tax credits and federal…

An Albuquerque man faces federal charges in connection with two reported firebombing incidents. Federal agents arrested Jamison Wagner, 40, after executing a search warrant at his residence. The…

Renewable energy development on public lands has skyrocketed in recent years amid efforts at both the national and state levels to transition away from fossil fuels.State Land Commissioner Stephanie…

By Kevin Hendricks Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman threw a party on Thursday in Las Vegas, N.M. to announce his campaign for governor of New Mexico in 2026.  Thursday afternoon at…

By Matthew Reichbach Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed 16 bills on Friday, the deadline for making decisions on legislation passed during the final days of this year’s legislative session, and used…

By Hannah Grover The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will no longer conduct environmental impact statements evaluating decisions about oil and gas leasing on approximately 3.5 million acres of federal…

By Hannah Grover The Water Quality Conservation Commission is set to vote on a rule that will allow pilot projects to seek groundwater discharge permits for produced water — a byproduct of oil and…

By Kevin Hendricks A new candidate is throwing his cowboy hat in the ring as a candidate to be New Mexico’s governor in 2026.  Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman will hold a rally at…

By Hannah Grover Rep. Gabe Vasquez, a New Mexico Democrat, is calling on Elon Musk to resign from his role in the federal government effective May 30 as required by law. Vasquez and a group of other…

By Kevin Hendricks A day after New Mexico State University announced that the Donald Trump administration revoked the visas of six international students, the University of New Mexico said “a small…

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will deploy members of the New Mexico National Guard to Albuquerque to help police address crime in the city. The governor made the announcement Tuesday, and it came after…

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill into law that advocates say will help restore the protections that waters in New Mexico lost following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. the…

The New Mexico Department of Health announced a confirmed case of measles in Chaves County, the third county with a confirmed case of the highly contagious disease.

By Kevin Hendricks Three international students at New Mexico State University recently had their visas revoked by the Donald Trump administration, according to an email from NMSU Interim Provost and…

By Hannah Grover Conservation advocates decried sweeping changes in national forest management that the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary calling for increased logging. The call by Secretary…

New Mexico continued its move toward fully open primaries with a bill that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law on Monday. SB 16 will allow those who are not part of a major political party to…

By Hannah Grover A wildlife advocate says there are resources available to help ranchers reduce the number of cattle killed by wolves, even as Catron County issued an emergency declaration this week…

By Matthew Reichbach Measles cases grew slightly this week, to 56 cases on Friday up from 48 confirmed cases on Tuesday. The cases remain cloistered in southeastern New Mexico, with 52 cases in Lea…

By Matthew Reichbach New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Friday that he joined other attorneys general in suing the Donald Trump administration over an executive order that seeks to…

By Hannah Grover U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, is calling on U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Christopher Wright to uphold funding commitments for projects authorized under…