The post Trouble with the law appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. Moriarty Police Chief Adan Urbina and one of his officers, Christopher Costa, spent the summer of 2023 taking inventory of everything in their evidence room. The pair began the tedious work of inspecting and cataloging the boxes of seized possessions after Cpt. Mark Satterfield, the lone evidence custodian for this small police force some 40 […] The post Trouble with the law appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.| Searchlight New Mexico
The post A New Era for Investigative Journalism in New Mexico appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. Searchlight New Mexico and The New Mexican Public Service Journalism Fund have announced an agreement to combine resources focused on investigative journalism for greater impact and sustainability. The post A New Era for Investigative Journalism in New Mexico appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.| Searchlight New Mexico
The post Hospitals on the brink appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. A court settlement revealed that a lobbying group opposing medical malpractice reform was funded by personal injury lawyers — but not before it helped kill legislation aimed at reducing costs for health care facilities. Now, looming federal changes could put rural providers out of business. The post Hospitals on the brink appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.| Searchlight New Mexico
The post The progressive who’s riding into the wind appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. Even in blue New Mexico, state representative Angelica Rubio is seen as idealistic — but her strong stances have also helped cross political divides The post The progressive who’s riding into the wind appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.| Searchlight New Mexico
The post “Memories that do not heal”: the legacy of uranium mining at Laguna Pueblo appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. Following passage of the Radiation and Exposure and Compensation Act expansion, which includes post-1971 miners for the first time, Searchlight spoke with three tribal members whose lives were changed forever by a toxic industry. The post “Memories that do not heal”: the legacy of uranium mining at Laguna Pueblo appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.| Searchlight New Mexico
To get a sense of how the next wave of compensation will really work, Searchlight spoke with Julian Duque, communications director for Representative Teresa Leger Fernández| Searchlight New Mexico
The post WNMU regents ax Joseph Shepard’s severance and teaching contract appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. Unanimously, the newly appointed regents at Western New Mexico University have approved a plan to strike down former President Joseph Shepard’s previously awarded $1.9 million severance payment and five-year teaching contract, on the grounds that they were awarded in violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act. “Shepard’s separation agreement and faculty appointment are...| Searchlight New Mexico
The post Fact-checking miracles: inside the multiyear effort to canonize Sister Blandina Segale appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. The Vatican may grant sainthood to a nun who knew Billy the Kid, tended the sick, taught children and advocated for immigrants. Making that happen requires a unique blend of faith and boots-on-the-ground dedication. The post Fact-checking miracles: inside the multiyear effort to canonize Sister Blandina Segale appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.| Searchlight New Mexico
Albuquerque police fatally shot unarmed Collin Neztsosie, who had called 911 during a mental health crisis. Did it have to happen?| Searchlight New Mexico
In more than 350 police shootings across New Mexico in the last decade, only two officers were charged with a crime. Why?| Searchlight New Mexico
Crisis intervention by civilians seen as way to protect the vulnerable from interactions with armed police| Searchlight New Mexico
The post “They didn’t want to see us” appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. New Mexican downwinders, receiving financial compensation for the first time, reckon with the ongoing tragedy of the Trinity bomb detonation — and fight to ensure remembrance The post “They didn’t want to see us” appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.| Searchlight New Mexico
The post Another life lost in New Mexico’s foster care system appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. Makamy Anderson’s death is the most recent tragedy to come to light amid a string of deaths of children in the state’s care. The post Another life lost in New Mexico’s foster care system appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico.| Searchlight New Mexico
A new lawsuit in the 2024 fatal police shooting of teenager Elijah Hadley could shed light on a persistent problem in New Mexico: an outsized portion of police violence begins with a welfare check| Searchlight New Mexico
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New Mexico Safety Over Profit successfully fought against medical malpractice reform during the 2025 session. A state commission now says it broke the law.| Searchlight New Mexico
A new book by New Mexico-born author Mariah Blake explains how a previously unknown Manhattan Project program ushered in the age of toxic “forever chemicals”| Searchlight New Mexico
Meet Howard Hutchinson, a private property rights activist who is quietly organizing county-level rejection of a landmark law: the Antiquities Act of 1906| Searchlight New Mexico
The importance of acequias in traditional New Mexico agriculture| Searchlight New Mexico
As conservationists know, these clever dam-building rodents are a boon to recovering wetlands. But they can also contribute to flooding that causes catastrophic damage to acequias, which are crucial to traditional farmers in villages like Chimayó, New Mexico| Searchlight New Mexico
New Mexico is the second-largest oil producer in the U.S., behind Texas. Drawing immense wealth from the Permian Basin, the state relies on a workforce — often Latino men — who are subjected to harrowing conditions that lead to death, injury, disease and terrible tolls on mental health and family life.| Searchlight New Mexico
Two survivors have filed suit against Rio Arriba County office-holders, alleging that their civil rights were violated when they failed to control dangerous conflicts surrounding the proposed reinstallation of a statue depicting Juan de Oñate| Searchlight New Mexico
Undocumented immigrants face an excruciating choice if they need medical help: Should they risk the highway checkpoint?| Searchlight New Mexico