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Native students in New Mexico’s largest school district miss class more than their peers and score lower in reading, science and math. Now, the district is partnering with Native-led groups in what ...
On a small patch of land north of Albuquerque, Orenda Martine reached for a red onion, trimming the root and then the stem, its papery skin rustling in her hands. Once she finished with one onion, she ...
A new alert system meant to help find Native people who go missing in New Mexico went into effect Tuesday, but a key detail ...
As the crow flies, the Pojoaque Primary Care Center is about 20 miles from New Mexico’s 400-plus-year-old capital, Santa Fe, with its art galleries, well-known opera and tourist destinations. But it’s ...
Though the Rio Grande runs through the heart of New Mexico’s biggest city, you can easily miss it. Even from places where you’d expect to see water — designated parking areas near the river or paths ...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration has quietly ended a state task force created to find solutions to a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The group hasn’t met since May, a few ...
Native American students in New Mexico are expelled far more often than members of any other group. One school district, Gallup-McKinley County Schools, is responsible for most of that disparity.
Education Native students are expelled in New Mexico far more than any other group. This school district is ground zero for the disparity. By Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth, with additional ...
On a vast shrubby mesa in Southeast Albuquerque, local politicians and developers for years have envisioned a master-planned urban community with more than 10,000 homes in close proximity to a jobs ...
In February 2021, as New Mexico lawmakers considered landmark legislation to loosen restrictions on alcohol sales, the state’s alcohol epidemiologist Annaliese Mayette set out to assess the bill.
Freeport-McMoRan is betting on it. The company’s 2020 annual report estimates that the demand for copper is expected to double in the next five years as a result of growth in electric vehicles and ...