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Kapp, whose mother was of Nuevomexicano ancestry, was celebrated by Sports Illustrated as "The Toughest Chicano."
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New Mexico has long struggled with education outcomes. The Yazzie/Martinez education equity case, settled in 2018, was meant to close gaps for the state’s most at-risk students. But a court recently found the Public Education Department still wasn’t meeting the requirements, prompting the agency to file a new action plan.
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Members of the New Mexico congressional delegation and Pueblo leaders held a press conference at the All Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Friday to urge Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to visit Chaco Culture National Historical Park and continue protecting it from oil and gas drilling.
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Future climate modeling predicts New Mexico will have far less water in the coming decades, which will likely shift the migratory patterns of large birds to the state – including the beloved sandhill crane and Ross’s goose.
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Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, is making just three stops in the United States. The exhibition comes to New Mexico after appearing at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and is scheduled to travel to the Minneapolis Institute of Art after its run in Albuquerque concludes in January.
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The latest artist in residence at a community studio in Albuquerque’s South Valley has created an art book that reflects on the connections between animals, the land, and people. It’s called Sacred Herd and launches on Friday at Risolana. Jacob Gutierrez spoke with KUNM’s Mia Casas about the process of his residency.
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It’s that time of year again where respiratory diseases like COVID-19, the flu, and RSV are spreading. The New Mexico Department of Health is urging folks to get shots in arms in order to prevent the most serious and dangerous symptoms of these three seasonal respiratory diseases.
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Diné artist Akilah Martinez calls herself a creative technologist and uses extended reality to incorporate her Indigenous culture and language into her art. She will give an artist talk in Santa Fe on Thursday at the School for Advanced Research and said her passion for video art stemmed from her family.
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North America’s largest interactive dinosaur tour is coming to Albuquerque. Jurassic Quest brings life-sized animatronic dinosaurs and museum-grade fossils spanning 165 million years of history around the continent for folks to experience.
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A small affordable housing complex in Albuquerque’s International District is getting a renovation and revitalization through partnerships with local companies and lawmakers. The project’s administrators say they can leverage those partnerships to keep costs low for tenants.
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After several confusing interactions with the City of Albuquerque, KUNM has finally learned from officials that the speakers playing loud Chinese opera music are among 20 speakers installed around the city through a security initiative headed by the Department of Technology and Innovation called “Smart Cities.”
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Maybe the most overlooked part of going anywhere in a car is parking once you’re there. We assume there will be a spot for our car, either at a business, or on a street, or in a garage. But should we expect parking? How much should it cost us and how much does it cost to provide? And should we presume it will be safe for us and our property?