Cruel and Usual
Spending unmasked
Chaos and cannabis
Wired for success
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Our lives now
Searchlight photographer Don J. Usner is traveling around New Mexico, documenting life as the COVID-19 crisis unfolds. Each day, look for a new image.
October 19, 2020
October 15, 2020
October 13, 2020
October 12, 2020
Aaron Martinez and his dog, Norman, in Cañon Plaza.
October 8, 2020
October 7, 2020
October 6, 2020
October 5, 2020
October 2, 2020
October 1, 2020
September 30, 2020
September 29, 2020
September 24, 2020
Intruders holding handmade signs with swastikas, racial slurs disrupt Democratic Party Zoom meeting
Grant County Democratic Party Zoom meeting interrupted by agitators holding handmade Trump signs with swastika, racial slurs
Cruel and Usual
Taos County jail accused of abuse and dysfunction
Spending unmasked
How NM overpaid $330,000 for face masks and the corrections department profited
Chaos and cannabis
A massive hemp empire is accused of growing illegal marijuana and sowing violence on the Navajo Nation
Wired for success
How Navajo Technical University prepared for an unprecedented school year
A virus knows no bars
Private prison operator CoreCivic is accused of ignoring a COVID-19 outbreak, putting inmates and the community at risk.
The working sick
At a Santa Fe rehab, masks were optional — but showing up at work with COVID-19 symptoms was mandatory
Down for the count
The 2020 census is doing a number on rural America. In places like Lordsburg, New Mexico, that could spell doom.
Empowering the public
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Empowering the public
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The family of Rob Dean has asked that donations in his honor be made to Searchlight.
State of hope. State of mind.
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