Eddie Moore
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Albuquerque Journal
In the New Mexico city that shared its namesake with the pope, local residents and tourists alike bowed their heads Monday and reflected on the death of Jorge Mario Bergoglio — known to most as Pope Francis.
Alex Hager
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KUNC
Utah is using a technology that can add more water to the state's supply. Others in the Colorado River basin are looking to expand.
Shelby Wyatt
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Source New Mexico
Discovery Time Learning Center
Let's Talk New Mexico
Thomas G.
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Pixabay
In 2018 a New Mexico judge ruled the state was failing to provide a constitutionally sufficient and equitable education to at-risk students. Years laters, the state is still out of compliance with that ruling and the plaintiffs have taken the case back to court.
University Showcase
Courtesy of Dennis Holloway, Architect, and Matthew Schmader
Archeologist Matthew Schmader uncovers new details of the first Spanish incursion into the territory that became New Mexico, led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and the battles that ensued with the Tiwa inhabitants.
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Pope Francis died Monday at the Vatican's Casa Santa Maria. He was 88. -
A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to reach a spiritual wellspring. -
Native American writer and director Billy Luther will be screening his latest film “Frybread Face and Me” in Santa Fe this Friday. The film is a coming-of-age- story about an urban Native American kid trying to reconnect with his culture and family who live on the Navajo Nation. -
In New Mexico, spring is a time of rebirth, with wildflowers blooming across the high desert, cottonwoods beginning to bud, and snowmelt cascading from the mountains. It’s also a critical season for fish like the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow, which rely on influxes of cold water to reproduce. -
Hundreds gathered outside Scholes Hall on the University of New Mexico campus today as part of a walkout, criticizing what protestors called the university giving in to demands from the Trump administration. Plus, the state’s biggest electrical utility said it shut off power to about 2,300 customers in Las Vegas Thursday in a pre-emptive move to prevent wildfires.
Child welfare in New Mexico
Dean Hanson
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Albuquerque Journal
New Mexico has ranked consistently near the bottom when it comes to child well-being. The Children, Youth and Families Department, which is supposed to protect the most vulnerable children, has also battled scandals, secrecy, and staffing instability for decades. In the first of a series, KUNM looks deeper into the legacy of these longstanding challenges and how they affect families in the foster care system.
Nenad Stojkovic
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rawpixel.com
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