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Alice Fordham/On Friday evening, crowds of people gathered in Tiguex Park in Albuquerque to protest the Supreme Court's decision that overturned Roe v Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion. -
Liberation News via Facebook/Clinics here are already stretched, especially since Texas banned abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy last year, but with several neighboring states now set to all but completely ban the procedure, more people are likely to travel to New Mexico for abortion care.
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With New Mexico’s monsoon season and a historic fire season now both underway, there is a serious risk of flash flooding on the fresh burn scars. One way to receive emergency weather alerts is through a weather radio. But a key transmitter serving the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire zone is damaged. -
New Mexico Democratic State Representative Pamelya Herndon, a lawyer and politician, tells what she knows of her enslaved family's roots in Texas, and what Juneteenth means to her.
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The White House along with state politicians announced Thursday that New Mexico, along with Minnesota, Maine and Washington DC, would extend post-birth Medicaid coverage from two months to one year after birth.
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After days of higher activity on the two largest wildfires in New Mexico history due to hot, dry weather, relief appears to be on the way as the monsoon season starts up. But rains on a burn scar can bring new trouble: flash floods.
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A warming Southwest is actively changing our daily life here in New Mexico––from wildfire smoke in the air, to power blackouts and record drought. A national solar energy conference coming to Albuquerque will focus on how the transition from fossil fuels and into equitable, renewable energy sources can help address these devastating effects of climate change.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced Wednesday it will foot 100% of the costs for debris removal and watershed repair through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program for areas scorched by New Mexico’s historic wildfires.
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Up to 350,000 people die every year from cardiac arrest outside a hospital. It can happen at any time, anywhere, and to any person. That’s why knowing how to perform CPR and use an automated external defibrillator, or AED, is critical to saving lives.
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In response to years of concerns raised by residents along the Lead and Coal corridor in Albuquerque, the city ordered an independent audit of its safety. The auditors identified a number of high-priority problems along the one-way streets, and made recommendations to the city.
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As New Mexico’s largest wildfire continues to burn, residents are trying to focus on rebuilding. The federal government has pledged help for those who lost property or jobs due to the fire. But residents living on land grants distributed by Spanish rulers centuries ago may not qualify for that aid.
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President Joe Biden is due to visit Santa Fe for a briefing on the state's unprecedented fire season. Homes and livelihoods have been destroyed, and there is deep resentment of the U.S. Forest Service's role in starting the fire. Those affected by the fire are also worried the federal response isn't robust or fast enough
