New Mexico voters turned out to vote in the June 2, 2026 primary election, which features Republican and Democratic gubernatorial contests

An Albuquerque protest Friday over the death of Renee Good at an ICE facility turned physical and resulted in detention for two protesters

An Albuquerque protest Friday over the death of Renee Good at an ICE facility turned physical and resulted in detention for two protesters

“We learn who is furloughed when we send an email to someone and get the out-of-office message,” one employee tells WIRED.

Up to one-third of the 4,000 attendees at the Downtown Growers' Market receive SNAP. Farmers are dreading Nov. 1, they said.

New Mexico congressional members back legislation to ensure funding for food assistance through federal SNAP program

Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes.

USDA first notified states that the federal government shutdown could end funds Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program come Nov. 1.

New Mexico lawmakers continue pushing through to pass five bills in the special session and finish in time for the weekend.

New Mexico lawmakers thus far have 11 bills to consider in the special legislative session, but six are unlikely to survive.

A bomb threat at NM Democratic Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth's house caused an evacuation at a nearby prep school on Thursday, Sept. 11.

A bomb threat at NM Democratic Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth's house caused an evacuation at a nearby prep school,

New research shows that filtration systems that remove PFAS can also get rid of other harmful substances. Whether they’ll actually be introduced is a different matter entirely.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency in December told the state that it would receive about $30 million in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding.

Federal requests for states' voter rolls prompt questions about what they intend to use the information for ahead of the 2026 midterms

WASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t appear inclined to leave her post, despite the Trump administration announcing Wednesday that she’s no longer runnin...

Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants the border barrier with Mexico painted black.

Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants the border barrier with Mexico painted black.

Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants the border barrier with Mexico painted black.

The state tracked 80 heat-related deaths last summer, which is the highest on record, according to state Health Department officials.

Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health problems and stigma have echoed down the generations.

A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

Longtime climate journalist Laura Paskus defends New Mexico's rivers and the non-human world around them as the Middle Rio Grande dries.

Longtime climate journalist Laura Paskus defends New Mexico's rivers and the non-human world around them as the Middle Rio Grande dries.

People are beginning to dig out from the July 8 Ruidoso floods, as forecasts warn of potential rain for the weekend.

New Mexico health officials urge preventing mosquito bites and breeding after West Nile virus was detected in insects populations last week.

Las Cruces is moving forward with a project to cool the city's hottest homes, but on a much smaller scale, city officials said.

New Mexico has decreased Bernalillo County’s backlog of untested sexual assault evidence kits, but prosecutors say new delays are forming.

Dozens of countries have promised to end deforestation. They’re failing.

A pattern of record-breaking warmth near Iceland is contributing to stormy weather and unusually cool temperatures in the United States this week.

A proposed change in the interpretation of "harm" would degrade the power of the law that protects plants and animals from extinction.

David Scrase has worked as a geriatrician in New Mexico for nearly 30 years, and served several stints as the secretary of the Health and Human Services Departments. He is on the frontlines when it co...

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

Do you realize how many thousands of balloons it takes to predict the weather?

Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals.

Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals.

Parties in a 12-year-old legal fight over Rio Grande water on Monday told the federal judge supervising the case for the U.S. Supreme Court that a potential settlement has been reached. The dispute,…