Just hours after President Biden announced Sunday he will be dropping out of the race for President in 2024, KUNM hit the streets to get reactions from Albuquerque Locals.

The only bill passed by legislators in the special session in part gives courts $3 million to continue funding pilot programs for assisted outpatient treatment programs, rather than completely updating the law to include widespread involuntary treatment.

Last month, New Mexico experienced the hottest June it has ever had with more records expected to be broken going forward. On this episode we’ll discuss some of the extreme consequences heat has on public health in the Southwest.

During the Second in a series of meetings seeking public input on how to spend millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds, community members pushed local lawmakers and politicians to listen to experts and healthcare providers when developing solutions to the opioid crisis.

Albuquqerque's Human Rights Board has been much more active over the recent months than it has been in the preceeding years, passing resolutions, advising the city's government to update laws and hosting public hearings for the first time in nearly 50 years. They said they don't plan on slowing down anytime soon.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Tuesday that his office is investigating allegations that a Las Cruces hospital has denied care to cancer patients with low incomes or who are uninsured.

After an assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump left two people injured and two people dead including the shooter, Albuquerque Locals gave their reactions on Saturday night mere hours after the shooting.

Amid a recent uptick in heat, a large group of health professionals held an extreme heat summit Thursday to identify and discuss the dangerous public health consequences of climate change.

Another round of flooding Wednesday struck the small southern New Mexico village of Ruidoso, after flooding forced the evacuation of more than 170 people, and 64 swiftwater rescues on Tuesday, and more floods could be on the way.

New Mexico’s health care staffing shortage continues to worsen, with a recent report noting nearly all counties say this is their top occupational need. During a recent hearing of the Legislative Health and Humans Services Committee, an official with Presbyterian Medical Services spoke about the impacts of these shortages and offered recommendations to lawmakers to recruit and retain more workers.