Even in blue New Mexico, state representative Angelica Rubio is seen as idealistic — but her strong stances have also helped ...

Unanimously, the newly appointed regents at Western New Mexico University have approved a plan to strike down former ...

Following passage of the Radiation and Exposure and Compensation Act expansion, which includes post-1971 miners for the first time, Searchlight spoke with three tribal members whose lives were changed ...

Video obtained by the Albuquerque Journal in 2014 captured the moment police leveled their weapons at James Boyd, a 38-year-old homeless man camping in the Sandia Foothills. Courtesy Albuquerque ...

To get a sense of how the next wave of compensation will really work, Searchlight spoke with Julian Duque, communications ...

Decades-old nuclear waste persists in a popular recreation area near the Los Alamos National Laboratory, study finds ...

Oil and gas funds everything from campaigns to government functions in New Mexico, complicating the state’s transition away from fossil fuels.

Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance.

New Mexico’s tough new pollution rules rely on oil and gas operators to report their methane emissions. Can self-policing work?

For years, the public had no clear picture of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium footprint. Had the ubiquitous plutonium at LANL infiltrated the soil? The water? Had it migrated outside the ...

Dashcam footage from the night of Elijah Hadley’s death shows him tossing his BB gun into the brush. Courtesy of Tyson Logan Criminal Justice When a call for help ends in gunfire ...