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Coronavirus

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Politics, Your Right To Know

Oil boom feeds NM budget, but environmental agencies left wanting

Avatar photo by Lindsay Fendt February 28, 2022July 10, 2022

Lawmakers decline to give needed funds for regulating oil and gas pollution

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Politics, Your Right To Know

New Mexicans asked to repay unemployment benefits that the state sent by mistake

Avatar photo by Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi February 24, 2022August 9, 2022

Thousands received benefit overpayments through no fault of their own. Now the state wants them back.

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Your Right To Know

Pandemic death benefits going unused

Avatar photo by Ike Swetlitz February 17, 2022January 10, 2023

A federal program covers funeral costs for COVID-19 victims, but few New Mexicans are applying
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Posted inCarlsbad, Carlsbad Part 3, Coronavirus, Featured, Hitting Home

The wind cries money

Avatar photo by J. Weston Phippen June 17, 2021July 10, 2022

With ample wind and sun, Carlsbad stands to be at the epicenter of renewable energy for the Southwest. But can the state diversify from oil and gas dependence before it’s too late?

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, New Mexico's Children, New Mexico's Children

The great disconnect

Avatar photo by Alicia Inez Guzmán June 16, 2021July 10, 2022

Thousands of at-risk students in New Mexico still have no access to the internet, making remote learning impossible. Will the state ever bridge the divide?

Posted inChild & Family Welfare

Seeking shelter

Avatar photo by Ed Williams June 9, 2021February 16, 2023

After suffering one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country, this New Mexico town on the edge of Navajo Nation is reaching a breaking point as the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire.

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Tribal Affairs

A broken system

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi, Christine Trudeau and Jourdan Bennett-Begaye June 8, 2021July 10, 2022

From medical health privacy laws to a maze of siloed information systems, a true accounting of COVID-19’s impact on Indian Country is impossible to know.

Josh Jasso, farm manager at La Semilla, holds an okra start while talking to the staff about the day’s planting plans.
Posted inAnthony, Anthony Part 3, Coronavirus, Featured, Hitting Home

Crossings to bear

Avatar photo by Alicia Inez Guzmán May 26, 2021July 10, 2022

For years, drought and poverty have taken a harsh toll on this border town’s agriculture and migrant workers. Then came the coronavirus.

A leading image showing local teen Kyle Conway dons gloves as he gets to work during the night shift in the kitchen at The Skillet.
Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Hitting Home, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Part 3

Viva Las Vegas

Avatar photo by Ike Swetlitz May 12, 2021July 10, 2022

COVID-19 has kept local youths from leaving home. They’re taking the opportunity to make their town better.

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, In their own words, New Mexico's Children

In their own words: Zuni Pueblo and Navajo Nation

Avatar photo by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi April 14, 2021July 10, 2022

What children say about online learning and a school year lost to COVID

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