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NM attorney general and two manufacturers cap diabetes drug costs in settlements

By Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico | June 9, 2025

This story was originally published at Source New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. By Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico Under settlement…

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NM’s 2025 Wildfire Season: Preparation, Resilience and Recovery

By Nash Jones | June 6, 2025

New Mexicans are weathering another wildfire season while the residents and forests in and around the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon burn…

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Beaver fever

By Molly Montgomery, Searchlight New Mexico | June 5, 2025

As conservationists know, these clever dam-building rodents are a boon to recovering wetlands. But they can also contribute to flooding…

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Confusion reigns in New Mexico’s militarized border zone

By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico | June 2, 2025

Feds err in some trespassing charges, border ranchers reveal deal allowing them access This story was originally published at Source…

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APD on Its Own

By Jeff Proctor | May 30, 2025

Public attention has waned, as it so often does, during the last few years of federal oversight at the Albuquerque…

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With billions on the line, New NM federal funding legislative subcommittee meets for the first time

By Leah Romero, Source New Mexico | May 30, 2025

Study shows New Mexico ranks first for federal dollars This story was originally published at Source New Mexico, a NMPBS…

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The 11-Year Police Reform Effort in Albuquerque Should Not End ‘With a Whimper’

By Jeff Proctor | May 23, 2025

I have written many thousands of words about police violence in Albuquerque, the city that has allowed me space to…

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The boots on Buck Jackson Road

By Molly Montgomery, Searchlight New Mexico | May 23, 2025

New Mexico is the second-largest oil producer in the U.S., behind Texas. Drawing immense wealth from the Permian Basin, the…

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Many on Navajo Nation Blindsided by Hydrogen Pipeline Change

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main | May 19, 2025

Pipeline company touts helping the nation; letter writing campaign raises questions. Critic says, “Just pipe the natural gas.” This story…

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Volunteer programs halted across New Mexico with AmeriCorps ‘in shambles’

By Nash Jones | May 16, 2025

This week New Mexico in Focus took on the dismantling of an agency that’s made service to others part of…

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Protect and serve: Did county officials enable Ryan Martinez’s violent actions at a 2023 protest in Española?

By Joshua Bowling | May 15, 2025

Two survivors have filed suit against Rio Arriba County office-holders, alleging that their civil rights were violated when they failed…

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A woman sits on a red couch holding a San Juan College certificate, surrounded by framed photos and posters featuring a young man and family pictures.

Six years after her son’s homicide, a Navajo mother still searches for answers

By Bella Davis | May 12, 2025

This story was originally published at New Mexico In Depth, a NMPBS partner. This reporting was supported by the International…

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