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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham spoke out against reports that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency allowed fentanyl to enter New Mexico communities as part of a strategy to capture larger drug dealers.
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Governor says New Mexico could seek billions after reports that DEA let fentanyl into the state
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At a Monday press conference Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said overdoses increased when the federal agency allowed narcotics into communities.
USDA Wildlife Services rabies biologists take a tissue sample from an anesthetized raccoon. The test will determine whether or not this animal ingested enough rabies vaccine to be protected. Baiting rabies vaccines is part of Wildlife Services' National Rabies Management Program.
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Fox in McKinley county tests positive for rabies for the first time on record
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On January 9, 2007, members of the Navajo Nation, faced with the devastating health and environmental effects of yet another coal-burning power plant, staged a peaceful demonstration in Window Rock, Arizona, on the day that returning Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley was sworn in. Peaceful demonstrators were forcibly stopped and blocked from attending the inauguration by the Navajo Nation Police.
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Exhibit tells the story of three Diné women who defeated the Desert Rock power plant
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New courts HelpLine aims to improve access to legal information
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New Mexico State Sen. Harold James Pope Jr. (D-Albuquerque) announced June 29, 2026, he was staying in the race to become lieutenant governor, despite Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland’s endorsement of another candidate a few days prior.
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TUES: Pope staying in Dem lieutenant governor race even after losing Haaland endorsement, + More
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Pope says his experience makes him a “front runner” in what he sees as a continuation of the campaign for lieutenant governor he launched last year.
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A woodcut of an anatomical figure showing viscera from the Margarita Philosophica circa 1503. As recently as the early 1990s, the concept of microbes in the gut being able to affect the brain was almost laughable, but emerging research shows the gut plays an important role in everything from the immune system to mental health.
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Let's talk about gut health
Daniel Montaño
Gut health plays an important role in overall health, but social stigma and taboos constrain conversations about anything at that end of digestion. This week we're breaking through the taboo and discussing all things gut health and emerging research on the gut-brain connection.
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People cool off at the fountain in Millennium Park in Chicago as temperatures topped 90 degrees on Monday. Forecasts predict extreme heat this week across the Midwest and East Coast.
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