Alice Fordham
ReporterAlice Fordham joined the news team in 2022 after a career as an international correspondent, reporting for NPR from the Middle East and later Latin America and Europe. She also worked as a podcast producer for The Economist among other outlets, and tries to meld a love of sound and storytelling with solid reporting on the community. She grew up in the U.K. and has a small jar of Marmite in her kitchen for emergencies.
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In the pueblo of Laguna on September 8, officials held a small ceremony to celebrate a grant of more than $9 million which officials said would help pay for nearly 200 miles of cable, serving 1500 homes. -
The patients who identified as American Indian/Alaska Native were on average younger, and had fewer pre-existing conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), than those who identified as Hispanic or non-Hispanic white patients. But their illness tended to be worse anyway.
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So far, there have been 45 indictments in connection with the fraud by the Arizona Attorney-General's office, and more than 300 facilities have been suspended.
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The scale of a scam to recruit Native Americans into fake treatment for substance in Phoenix and bill the government fraudulently is now emerging. It's huge.
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After a long wait, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced a final set of rules for New Mexicans claiming compensation after the Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak fire.
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Although nearly $4 billion was appropriated by Congress for the compensation program, only a small percentage of that has been paid out. The Legislative Finance Committee got an update on Tuesday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA.
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The report analyzed water use in the state and criticized dairies, alfalfa farming and pecan farming as, "egregious examples of water misuse."
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The grant comes from the publicly funded nonprofit the Legal Services Corporation which announced on Monday, Aug. 14 that it was directing the money to help low-income New Mexicans who survived the fires and subsequent floods of 2022.
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In the Carson National Forest, rangers recently conducted their first prescribed burn since the pause, near Tres Piedras in Taos County.
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The USDA is investing in new offices nationwide to help people growing food in cities. One of these new Urban Service Centers is in Albuquerque.
