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Water shortages and climate change: a conversation with the governor
Searchlight New Mexico sits down with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to discuss the state’s mounting water crisis.
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
A new chapter for Dorris Hamilton
Guardianship took away Hamilton’s freedoms. Her son is getting them back.
Posted inFeatured, New Mexico's Children, Politics
The battle over critical race theory reaches New Mexico
Conservatives are fighting educational reforms with a single war cry: “It’s CRT!”
Posted inEnvironment, Featured
When the well runs dry
Nobody knows how much water New Mexico has. Finding out is the best way to ensure survival against drought and climate change.
Posted inFeatured
Ignoble gas
The Hydrogen Hub Act hopes to help New Mexico solve its reliance on fossil fuels. But is hydrogen just another dirty energy option?
Posted inEviction, Eviction Epidemic, Featured, Housing
Helped out
New Mexico landlords tried to evict nearly 200 households whose rental assistance applications were pending
Posted inEnvironment, Featured
Against the flow
For centuries, Picuris Pueblo says its water has been stolen and shunted over a mountain to the Mora Valley — where irrigators claim rights to it, too. Can anyone win this battle?
Posted inFeatured, Health
Stay or go?
As the pandemic remains unpredictable, travel nurses are trading long-term stability for much higher pay while staff nurses wonder: Why aren’t we worth more?