Author – The Durango Herald

State aroma bill passes its first sniff test in legislature

A classroom of Las Cruces fifth graders ignites the debate over whether New Mexico should have an official smell on the books

DATE: Jan 31, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

PED says it issued 4,000+ new teacher licenses. But there are still hundreds of vacancies.

Unpacking the numbers of applications, unfilled positions in New Mexico public schools

DATE: Dec 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Fixing TANF in New Mexico is ‘one of the most important’ tasks for 2023 session, senator says

Tricky rules, old requirements could be preventing more than half the people who need aid from accessing it

DATE: Dec 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Buttigieg gets an earful about tribal roads during his stop in N.M.

Feds aren’t meeting their obligations to Indigenous communities, leaders say

DATE: Nov 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Families searching for loved ones bring criticism of law enforcement to first Missing in NM Day

State event officials say they’ll need a bigger venue next year

DATE: Oct 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Tribes look to preserve natural sonic environment in Bears Ears

Wells, uranium extraction and recreation concern tribal leaders

DATE: Sep 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI assembles 177 active cases of Indigenous people missing from N.M. and Navajo Nation

Scan of databases is the first attempt by law enforcement to quantify the crisis after pressure mounts for years

DATE: Jul 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

UNM professor recruiting Native American teachers to work in their hometowns

Glenabah Martinez knows firsthand the benefits teachers and students share when they are from the same community. She wants to help fast track Indigenous college grads to teach in public sch...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Five tribes sign agreement to preserve Bears Ears National Monument

Agreement means tribes and BLM will work together to determine land use and long-term goals

DATE: Jun 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Abortion is not restricted in N.M. But is it protected?

Lawyer implores lawmakers to make rights explicit in light of case before Supreme Court

DATE: Dec 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

NASA grows green chiles in space, but it hasn’t figured out how to roast them

Open flames are a no-no on the International Space Station

DATE: Nov 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor boasts zero shark attacks; here’s the story of New Mexico’s lone incident

Polis’ joke raises questions about an encounter with a sand tiger’s prolonged teeth in the high desert

DATE: Oct 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico