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BREAKING: APD was "mistaken," spokesperson says. There were no federal warrants out for Qiaunt Kelley last week when SWAT was called to the ID, where a home burned down and a teen died. APD relayed bad info to the press. It was repeated in most coverage.
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Just confirmed: Incumbent U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell conceded a short while ago. Democrat challenger Gabe Vasquez wins CD2 with a narrow victory of just over 1,200 votes.
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Hundreds gathered in Tiguex Park in support of abortion rights tonight in Albuquerque. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is supposed to speak soon. (Photo by Marisa Demarco / Source NM)
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Breaking: Democrat Melanie Stansbury wins reelection to U.S. House in New Mexico's 1st Congressional District.
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Eyes will turn towards New Mexico with the premiere of "Oppenheimer," but New Mexico Downwinders have a counter-narrative. Theirs is one of the community's health becoming "collateral damage," from Trinity Test site detonation, said Tina Cordova.
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BREAKING: Mark Ronchetti has conceded the race for New Mexico governor to incumbent Michelle Lujan Grisham.
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After yesterday's gun protest in Old Town Albuquerque, the governor's office said the public health order banning guns in public "Is being enforced, and citations will be forthcoming from the State Police."
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Over 8,000 people registered and voted on the same day during today's Primary Election for the first time ever in N.M.
Megan Gleason reports:
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Trump supporter shoots someone attending peaceful rally in Northern New Mexico.
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With Gabe Vasquez eking out a victory over incumbent U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell, who conceded this evening, Dems swept New Mexico's congressional seats:
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The New Mexico Attorney General's Office has revealed it is working with special counsel Jack Smith’s team to gather evidence related to the investigation.
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A crowd arrived at Chaco Canyon this morning to celebrate a recent 20-year federal ban on new oil, gas and mining leases. Instead, people couldn't get to the national monument because communities from the Navajo Nation blocked off the road in protest.
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BREAKING: Students, families and community members have marched into the UNM Student Union Building, where they set up tents on the second floor. Someone with a bullhorn said they don’t plan to leave any time soon. We are reporting on the ground:
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U.S. Dept. of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said "tribal communities like Santa Ana Pueblo have frankly been ahead of the rest of the country" in setting up wildlife crossings.
@nashjonesradio
reports for
@KUNMnews
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Here is what we know about Ryan Martinez, the Trump supporter charged with attempted murder in Española shooting
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BREAKING: Former Republican Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin failed to explain to New Mexico’s highest court how he would challenge his removal from elected office, so the court threw out his appeal.
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NEW: SCOTUS turns away convicted Jan. 6 insurrectionist and former Otero County commissioner from ever again holding elected office in NM
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Guest commentary on “Oppenheimer” from
@AthertonKD
:
"The film does not show the people already living in New Mexico, neither before the first shovel hits the dirt nor after Trinity’s radioactive fallout creates the first downwinders."
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BREAKING—We've obtained a copy of the US Forest Service’s review of the prescribed burn that became the
#HermitsPeak
fire. The agency has identified multiple shortcomings. Full story on the 85-page report coming in next few hours, but first, a few findings via
@PatLohmann
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Our news outlet brings together a team of familiar names: Marisa Demarco, Shaun Griswold, Pat Lohmann and Austin Fisher. They’re longtime journalists with expertise in reporting on public health, criminal legal reform, police, tribal affairs, education, climate change and more.
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A Starbucks in Albuquerque became the first store in the chain to unionize in New Mexico today. The National Labor Relations Board will certify the union vote in coming weeks, and then a date will be set for contract negotiations.
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Shannon McCabe drove more than 700 miles round trip to vote early in New Mexico for state and Congressional races and in Arizona to vote in the Navajo Nation election. She shares a similar voting experience for many urban Native Americans.
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"The story of the Trinity Test Site is mapped onto the bodies of thousands of New Mexicans, slipped between stories of losing family member after family member to cancer." Today is a national day of remembrance for
#Downwinders
.
@ProkopDani
reports:
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Demonstrators head up Central in Albuquerque’s International District protesting police violence after a SWAT standoff last night ended in a home burning down and the death of a 14-year-old boy who was inside.
(Photo by Marisa Demarco / Source NM)
Look for the story tomorrow.
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Ash rained down at the Allsup's on Highway 70 between Roswell and Ruidoso.
Here, people pour off the mountains to get away from the South Fork and Salt Fire, or make their way back to fight them.
They get chimichangas, water, gas or just a stretch.
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Jeff Apodaca, the founder and president of the dark money group facing an ethics lawsuit, was driving the large black pickup truck that accelerated into a crowd of protesters in Albuquerque in March.
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A NASA instrument on the International Space Station was searching for minerals in the desert. Instead, it discovered a 2-mile-long methane plume near Carlsbad, NM, that appears to be a massive gas well leak:
By
@jerryredfern
with
@capitalandmain
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The U.S. Forest Service won't turn over the agency's plan for the prescribed burn that ignited the Hermits Peak wildfire. The Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon blaze is still expanding in northern N.M., reaching 190,000 acres this morning.
@patlohmann
reports:
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BREAKING — Phillip Francisco is stepping down from his post as Navajo Nation police chief. In this interview with
@ABecenti
, he talks about why, including poor support from government officials and fractured criminal investigations:
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We've launched! Check out this morning for stories about health care, education and equity, water issues and more.
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School's out but the cafeteria is open, kids.
Las Cruces Public Schools will offer free breakfast and lunches to kids ages 1 to 18 for the summer, and you can check out which school is closest to you, with our map:
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Fearing political violence, more states ban firearms at polling places; This month, New Mexico joined at least 21 other states that ban guns where people vote.
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Trump supporter shoots someone attending peaceful rally
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UNM Gaza Solidarity Encampment still in place after arrests
‘We aren’t going anywhere,’ protesters say
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Navajo leaders outraged after a Lakota student’s tribal regalia was removed at graduation;
New Mexico officials trying to sort out if 2021 law should have prevented incident at the Farmington High School graduation
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Meskee Yatsayte has been working via social media to bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. She's astonished at swift action for a social media influencer compared with the many years-old cases of missing Navajo people.
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Good morning. Source NM is here! We’re your news resource for info about government in the state and its impact on our lives.
Find us at .
Stories will begin appearing on Aug. 31, but you can sign up for our daily newsletter today.
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We are so excited to say that Source took home some
@najournalists
awards! Many thanks to NAJA and congratulations to the many journalists recognized.
Links to our winning stories in this thread.
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The first time a nuclear bomb ever detonated on Earth, it happened in NM. The US government failed to warn or evacuate any of the people here beforehand. Fallout's lasted decades, traveling down family lines through generations. Today is Downwinders Day
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“I don’t feel safe with how UNM uses police, let alone who they let on campus to talk. I’m more concerned about the police presence and how they use that as a weapon. That’s just crazy coming from the university.” — UNM Law Student Diego Guerrerortiz:
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Source New Mexico turns 2 today!
We launched on this day in 2021. It's been a fun ride and we're working to make more great news for New Mexicans. Thanks for reading!
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Indigenous voters were betrayed by Sen. Sinema’s actions, officials and advocates say. The 2021 Native American Voting Rights Act is part of the package meant to protect ballot access that's tied up in the U.S. Senate.
@ABecenti
reports for Source NM:
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COVID cases and hospitalizations are rising. What harm would come from the state holding regular news conferences again and taking questions?
@austieJFish
talks with the
@SantaFeReporter
's Julia Goldberg about trying to get info:
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“That young man lost his life … because the police did not stop and think about what they were doing,” said Sundra Coleman, who lived in the house that burned down after a SWAT standoff that started Wednesday night in ABQ. “That was somebody’s son.”
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Breaking: The City of Albuquerque has closed Coronado Park, an encampment home to about 100 unsheltered residents. Mayor Keller will provide more info at 4 p.m. today.
(In the photo: Crew opened water lines and soaked the ground in the park Wednesday.)
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Thousands are still awaiting compensation for the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire last spring. Because of the delay, a lawyer is deposing her elderly clients about their losses in case they die before FEMA pays them.
Our latest story with
@ProPublica
:
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Native American leaders in Albuquerque are shaping the response from the city for a park built over a mass grave site of children who died at the Albuquerque Indian School during the earliest period of U.S. boarding school policies.
@shaun505
reports.
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At one of Gallup's two hospitals, all the nurses and doctors resigned from the labor and delivery unit, describing broken equipment and a culture of fear. Many soon-to-be parents will be forced to find a faraway delivery room.
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of Source New Mexico's launch! Hear from our reporters about what it’s been like behind the scenes to build this news organization from scratch in this commentary from Editor-in-Chief Marisa Demarco:
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The labor movement doesn’t typically get sustained media attention, but it is alive and well in New Mexico. In recognition of Labor Day and as part of our reflections on our first year, we’ve collected our coverage of work and workers since we started:
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Source New Mexico has a new reporter joining the team. You've already read so much from Danielle Prokop and now you'll see more from her starting in April. Welcome, Dani! And anyone that wants to read her work can start here.
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The only possible cause of the fire that killed Brett Rosenau, 15, last month was a grenade thrown by a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputy, local fire officials said Friday.
We will have more on this story next week.
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Following a shooting at Michigan State University where 3 people were killed, Michigan lawmakers are demanding gun reform with a direct statement “F—k your thoughts and prayers."
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The
#SouthForkFire
in southeastern New Mexico has covered an area more than 21 square miles, according to the latest estimates, causing frenzied evacuations of the picturesque Village of Ruidoso and surrounding areas.
#nmfire
The latest here:
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President Joe Biden approved Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s request for an expedited Major Disaster Declaration in response to the South Fork and Salt fires, a White House official said Thursday.
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The Rio Grande existed long before humans. It may not outlive us. Today, we launch a special series that travels the Rio Grande, learning about people, communities and ecosystems in a changed climate.
@ProkopDani
@Dee_Sea_
@statesnewsroom
@TheWaterDesk
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As of 3 pm today (SAT 4/23) there are 20 active wildfires in 16 NM counties, says
@GovMLG
during a news conference right now. Half of the state's counties are dealing with fire. Yesterday, 26,760 acres burned in a single day in the state.
—Live-tweet from
@marisa_demarco
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The University of New Mexico invests in at least two mutual funds that own shares in Israeli companies, according to records obtained by the Daily Lobo. UNM also holds bonds in a weapons manufacturer that supplies the Israel Defense Forces.
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In a 7-2 ruling on Brackeen v. Haaland, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which determines preference to place Native American children with family or tribes during welfare proceedings. SourceNM will have more on this story later today.
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Sweeps of encampments in ABQ continue despite federal guidelines recommending against doing so, because they create an increased risk of spreading COVID-19.
While reporter Austin Fisher was in the field yesterday, APD ordered everyone out of Wells Park.
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New: The Santa Fe National Forest requested weather forecasts ahead of the prescribed burn that spun out of control to become the
#HermitsPeakfire
. The forecasts showed 25 mph gusts and humidity at 9%.
Via
@PatLohmann
#NMFire
#Calfcanyonfire
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Source NM Reporter Megan Gleason got an aerial view of the burn scar in northern New Mexico today as a passenger on a small plane alongside locals assessing acequia and watershed damage. She'll have a story for us soon.
In the meantime, a few photos:
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A Rio Grande conservation model to preserve groundwater could become a national program if it makes it into the 2023 Farm Bill.
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NEW: Reporting by
@source_nm
sheds new light on
#SouthForkFire
and
#SaltFire
origins, including:
-A cluster of new starts near fires' origins
-Few lightning strikes in area beforehand
-Forms list cause as "human." Officials say that was an error.
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Tenants of the Artisan Village in Albuquerque’s Sawmill neighborhood have formed a union to demand that the owners and property managers address ongoing issues. They held a rally this week at the property.
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Tune into KUNM News during “All Things Considered” tonight around 5:40 to hear Source NM Reporter Shaun Griswold talk about the Ronchetti camp denying him access to the campaign event in Carlsbad, N.M., with Host Nash Jones.
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Many thanks to the Indigenous Journalists Association for recognizing our staff and contributors. Congratulations to Shaun Griswold, Sharon Chischilly, Patrick Lohmann, Arlyssa Becenti, Austin Fisher and Shelby Wyatt for these well-earned awards!
@najournalists
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Source New Mexico is now an award winning publication. We've earned accolades from articles we published in our first few months since launch.
@marisa_demarco
has the stories in a thread, check it out
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Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta came home to NM yesterday to talk 70 years of activism and Build Back Better. She firmly backs the bill but says she's disappointed key immigration policy change was cut.
#immigration
#DoloresHuerta
#labor
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A former Bernalillo County official alleged on Wednesday that the Republican candidate for New Mexico attorney general has not lived in New Mexico for long enough to be qualified to run for the office.
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The Mexican gray wolf is now receiving more management protections in Arizona and New Mexico.
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A corporation is asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to transfer mine waste from the site of the biggest radioactive spill in U.S. history to a spot that's still near the Navajo Nation and people's homes. The Navajo Nation government is pushing back.
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Rank-and-file members of the unions representing graduate workers at the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University said in interviews they are happy with the contracts but consider them only a starting point for much more work to be done.
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To’hajiilee residents eager to see long-awaited water pipeline construction set to begin in 2024
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We're doing this in partnership with KUNM and other news outlets across NM. Currently working to get this on air down south.
Reporters interviewing people evacuating the South Fork and Salt Fires in Ruidoso Village continue to get names of loved ones they are trying to reach. We've set up a page to help those people connect.
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Economists say public subsidies for privately owned stadiums are bad investments. They conclude that “stadiums, arenas and sports franchises have no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income and tax revenues.”
Austin Fisher reports
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After more than two years in court, San Juan County officials agreed to adopt a new county commission voting map that supporters say gives Native American voters a bigger voice in who is elected to the local seats.
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Reporter Patrick Lohmann and Source are excited to be collaborating with
@propublica
. For much of this year, Lohmann covered the wildfire in northern N.M. He'll devote 2023 to digging into the aftermath as part of ProPublica's Local Reporting Network:
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What’s now known as the
#HermitsPeakFire
began as the Las Dispensas Prescribed Burn, one federal forestry officials set in dry, windy conditions.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has called on the feds to change their rules around prescribed burns:
#NMfire
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Another attempt by
@Rep_Stansbury
to fund irrigation projects in 18 Pueblos across New Mexico was introduced to Congress yesterday. She also proposed several other initiatives to support the state's water infrastructure network.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaking at a rally to support abortion rights at Tiguex Park in Albuquerque right now (Photo by Marisa Demarco / Source NM)
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In October, Photojournalist Sharon Chischilly and Reporter Shaun Griswold teamed up to cover Indigenous People's Day, creating this top-notch photo essay:
We're looking back as Source NM approaches its first birthday, every day at 6 p.m.
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Ronchetti camp can’t stop a scrappy, independent press. Turning reporters away from campaign events is ‘a troubling new low,’ journalism association writes. Commentary from Source EIC Marisa Demarco:
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Facing threats from the South Fork and Salt fires, Ruidoso was inundated Wednesday as a fierce storm dropped an estimated 2 to 4 inches of rain as it swirled above the Sacramento Mountains.
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Hi everyone, Shaun here.
@ABQJournal
wrote about the importance of press access stemming from my issues in Carlsbad. Take a read if you'd like to learn more. Of course, questions are always welcome. sgriswold
@sourcenm
.com
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Some goats got a job to do in Albuquerque. They're eating their way to restoring a stretch of the Bosque to its natural state.
@shaun505
reports:
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BREAKING: The Forest Service just announced the cause of the Calf Canyon wildfire in April was a prescribed pile burn the agency lit in January. A source suggested this to our reporter
@PatLohmann
days ago, but it seemed unlikely to other experts:
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New Mexico’s second-largest city has a higher minimum wage than most of the state, after Las Cruces enacted its own local ordinance in 2014 that ties minimum wage increases to higher inflation rates measured by the national Consumer Price Index.
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A dive into the language of our police reporting this week, responding to criticism of passive voice and not using the word "lie." EIC Marisa Demarco offers a commentary piece about our process and the decisions behind this coverage:
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Most of NM has climbing rates of new cases of COVID-19, because of “reduced indoor masking” and an omicron variant that is evading vaccines more often than others, according to modeling by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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FEMA's temporary housing program was supposed to help people who lost homes from the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon fire, but so far just 13 of the 140 eligible households had received FEMA housing. Only two of them are on their own land.
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Balloon Fiesta. State Fair. NM United. In the past seven months, oil and gas companies dramatically stepped up PR sponsorships for NM's best-known, best-loved events. Meanwhile, a volunteer Legislature works evenings & weekends to regulate the industry:
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Young Black and Latino voters were critical in holding off the Republican “red wave” in battleground states for U.S. Senate seats and in tight U.S. House races in the midterm elections, according to analyses by researchers and grassroot organizations.
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Democrats swept statewide midterm elections in New Mexico. Read about your next round of N.M. public servants here:
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A local TV station will datacast school materials to rural students' computers in a pilot program meant to skip past broadband connectivity problems in the state.
@NMPBS
will send transmitters the size of a playing card deck to 100 families.
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Are drones part of the solution for delivering medicine, food and other essentials to folks in remote areas of the Navajo Nation?
Photos by
@schischillyy
. And
@ABecenti
reports:
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NM's gov and secretary of state yesterday proposed an expansion of
#votingrights
, allowing people who are 16 to vote in local elections and automatically restoring someone's right to vote when they're released from incarceration after a felony conviction.
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As a protest vote to convince President Joe Biden to stop supporting Israel's war on Gaza, as many as 12,852 registered Democrats in Tuesday’s primary chose “Uncommitted” as their preference for president, according to the unofficial results.
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