In late December, President Donald Trump’s administration announced how much all 50 states would get under its new Rural Health Transformation Program, assigning them to use the money to fix systemic problems that leave rural Americans without access to good health care. Now, the clock is ticking.

Social media influencers, big companies, and even supermarkets are constantly pushing shoppers to buy the newest product, but there’s a growing trend of resistance to this pressure by people turning to something called "underconsumption core.”

With the New Mexico legislative session only a week away. New Mexico in Focus Host Nash Jones spoke with Democratic House Speaker Javier Martinez about the upcoming session and how lawmakers plan on balancing the budget while other states are tightening their wallets.

In 2014, three teenagers were researching the effects of fire on forest health as part of preserving the Gila River. Michael Sebastian Mahl, Ella Sala Myers, and Ella Jaz Kirk took to the skies in a private plane to observe a burn scar. But the plane crashed upon landing and all three were killed. A new film focuses on the grieving mothers of those teens, who kayak down their children’s beloved river. New Mexico Wild will screen Journey Down the Gila on Wednesday at the South Broadway Cultural Center.

The New Mexico Department of Justice arrested an Albuquerque man Tuesday for allegedly using AI apps to create child sexual abuse materials.

Fewer people are dying of overdose in New Mexico. Monday the state’s Health Care Authority announced a decline in overdose deaths for the second consecutive year.

On Friday two people were detained during a protest at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Albuquerque. Protestors were responding to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by ICE earlier this week.

New Mexicans are in need of affordable health care now more than ever, but the Legislative Finance Committee is proposing to cut the Health Care Authority’s budget for Fiscal Year 2027 by a significant amount.

The state of New Mexico has expanded its grant program aimed at getting more primary care physicians working across the state. In the past, this effort focused on funding new or expanded residency programs. The grants will now also go to support existing programs in need of funding.

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is closed for renovations, but the museum is continuing its tradition of putting on free public programs at local libraries and community spaces.