Statewide elections take place on Nov. 4 and each year many voters rely on the guides created by the League of Women Voters of New Mexico. The organization is non-partisan, which means it doesn’t support or oppose any candidate or political party.

Elections take place Nov. 4 and early voting is underway. Saturday Nov. 1 is the last day to vote early.

Nicolás Lell Benavides has released an album titled Canto Caló. It’s a two part work in Spanish and accompanied by a four string quartet that he calls a love letter to New Mexico and his heritage. He spoke with KUNM’s Mia Casas.

“Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth” is an architectural history in the form of a memoir about author Nora Wendl’s experience researching the history of the Farnsworth House.

Starting Nov. 1, New Mexico will offer free child care to every family in the state. There will be no fees to pay and no income limits to sign up. But the state might not have enough child care centers to actually take care of all the children whose families want help.

This month marks the one year anniversary of the state’s first 24/7 statwide hotline for sexual assault survivors.

SNAP benefits used to purchase food by nearly a half-million low-income New Mexicans are being used as a bargaining chip in the government shutdown.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Gene Grant’s appointment to lead the NM Office of African American Affairs on Wednesday. He previously spent nearly two decades as host of “New Mexico in Focus” on the local PBS affiliate.

In the final installment of our series taking a look at Albuquerque’s mayoral candidates, we hear from former Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, who also served as the Chief Public Safety Officer for Albuquerque before stepping down after an incident involving his wife’s DWI stop. He is now the programming manager for KKOB News Radio.

Saturday’s event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. across New Mexico, with dozens of collection sites around the state. One of the Albuquerque locations is Sandia Pharmacy, located at 201 San Pedro Dr. SE Suite C, where Health Equity Council staff will be assisting.