New Mexico
Friday, May 26, 2023
SCOTUS Narrows 50-Year-Old Clean Water Act, Affecting NM Rivers
Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling making it harder for the federal government to enforce clean-water rules has New Mexico environmental groups …
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Study: New Mexico Homelessness Up Nearly 50% in 2023
Rent for New Mexicans has increased 70% since 2017, while wages have only grown by 15%, which is one factor pushing more people into homelessness…
Analysis: DoD's PFAS Spending Not Enough to Fix Escalating Backlog
New Mexico has eight military sites with known or suspected discharges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, also known as "forever …
New Mexico Mural Art Features Endangered Species, Migration Themes
The Village of Doña Ana is New Mexico's oldest federally designated settlement, and about to be the newest destination for public art. The …
NM Environmentalists: New Rules, Same Spills at State's Oilfields
Environmentalists and citizens in New Mexico believe the state agency charged with overseeing oil and gas activity is not doing enough to enforce rule…
'Stamp Out Hunger' Food Drive Returns to New Mexico Saturday
One in five children in New Mexico is at risk of hunger, and this weekend you can make a difference. Hunger-relief organizations are promoting the …
NM Parents Encouraged to Know When Kids Need Mental Health Intervention
More behavioral-health providers may be enticed to move to New Mexico after a bill passed by the Legislature this year made treatment for behavioral h…
New Mexico's Drinking Water in Crosshairs of Sackett v. EPA
A favorable ruling in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the federal Clean Water Act could remove protections nationwide, and affect 90%…
ABQ Bus Driver, Others Praised for COVID Response at Testy D.C. Hearing
The American Federation of Teachers president was grilled in Congress on Wednesday about the union's response to the coronavirus pandemic - but manage…
Sharpen Your Pencil – It's National Letter-Writing Month
If not for the colonial postal system, newcomers to the frontier soon to be known as New Mexico would not have kept up with relatives to the south in …
Rio Grande River Water Usage Accountability Heats Up
A conservation group which has fought to know how water from the Rio Grande is being used by a regional irrigation district in New Mexico will continu…
$1.3M Grant Introduces NM Middle, High Schoolers to College Options
Research shows college graduates have 60% more job opportunities than non-graduates, and a New Mexico program will make sure kids - starting in …