Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury

A former elementary boarding school site will close and federal dollars will now go to building a new campus for tribally-run K-12 program in this story from Source New Mexico.

This past summer, we brought you a story on U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury’s effort to obtain funding for schools under the Bureau of Indian Education which serves over 40,000 Native students across the country.Stansbury announced that she helped secure $90 million to build a new facility for the To’Hajiilee community school here in New Mexico.

Early voting begins October 11 and voters will choose who will represent them in the U.S. House of Representatives. In District 1 Republican challenger Michelle Garcia Holmes and independent write-in candidate Victoria Gonzales are running against Democratic incumbent Melanie Stansbury.

U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and city councilors gathered at Civic Plaza Wednesday to announce initial funding for a new youth center serving teens experiencing homelessness.

Schools run by the Bureau of Indian Education serve over 40,000 Native students across the country. But a recent congressional hearing heard that some, including in New Mexico, are dilapidated and unsafe.

Melanie Stansbury last night praised the House of Representatives for passing a law that would make cannabis legal for adult recreational use across the United States. The legislation is unlikely to pass the Senate.

The issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives is a national crisis, especially here in New Mexico, which leads the country in the…