States boost child care money as congressional effort stalls
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Difficulties in finding affordable child care cost Enoshja Ruffin her job…
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California not counting methane leaks from idle wells
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer California claims to know how much climate-warming gas is going into the air from within its borders. It’s…
Continue Reading Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from group
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages…
Continue Reading Southwest rains flood deserts, cascade into Vegas casinos
By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Intense summer thunderstorms that drenched parts of Las Vegas — causing water…
Continue Reading ‘Breaking Bad’ statues shine light on actors, Albuquerque
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Bronze statues of mythical methamphetamine cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were…
Continue Reading States hope for revenue boost with Mega Millions craze
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, JAMES POLLARD and GABE STERN Associated Press A bump in college scholarships for New Mexico students. A new bike trail nestled…
Continue Reading Navajos narrow list of 15 presidential hopefuls in primary
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Natalia Sells has a list of qualities she wants to see in the next Navajo Nation…
Continue Reading Election conspiracies grip Nevada community, sowing distrust
By SAM METZ Associated Press TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — The Nye County Commission is used to dealing with all sorts of hot-button controversies. Water…
Continue Reading Election conspiracies grip Nevada community, sowing distrust
By SAM METZ Associated Press TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — The Nye County Commission is used to dealing with all sorts of hot-button controversies. Water…
Continue Reading Highway double take: Albuquerque sign spelled without ‘R’
ALBUQUERQUE, N,M. (AP) — It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of…
Continue Reading Feds: $401M will add high-speed internet to rural US places
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government is pledging $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve…
Continue Reading Wounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BARRE, Mass. (AP) — One by one, items purportedly taken from Native Americans massacred at Wounded Knee Creek…
Continue Reading Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty…
Continue Reading Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty…
Continue Reading 2 dead, 10 injured in SUV rollover near US-Mexico border
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — Two people died and 10 were injured Wednesday when the SUV they were in rolled over in southeastern New Mexico about…
Continue Reading Canada says pope’s apology to Indigenous not enough
NICOLE WINFIELD and ROB GILLIES Associated Press QUEBEC CITY (AP) — The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to…
Continue Reading 3 who died in New Mexico floodwaters were from West Texas
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have identified the bodies of three people who died in fast-moving floodwaters in Tecolote Canyon in northern…
Continue Reading Foundation returns Indigenous items to Mexican officials
By TERRY TANG Associated Press Small, ancient sculptures that have been gathering dust in an Albuquerque storage box are returning home to Mexico,…
Continue Reading New Mexico expands gun safety efforts
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gun-safety advocates in New Mexico say police, prosecutors and even judges are still learning how to harness a 2020 red-flag…
Continue Reading Body of a man missing in New Mexico floodwaters is recovered
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — The body of a man reported missing after flash floods hit the wildfire burn scar in northern New Mexico last week has been…
Continue Reading Pope in headdress stirs deep emotions in Indian Country
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers…
Continue Reading Pope in Canada prays for healing for ‘terrible’ colonization
By NICOLE WINFIELD, PETER SMITH and ROB GILLIES Associated Press LAC SAINTE ANNE, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis prayed for healing Tuesday from the…
Continue Reading US judge OKs online publication of New Mexico voter records
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A conservative-backed initiative to publish voter registration records from across the country…
Continue Reading Official: Grass fire torches as many as 20 Dallas-area homes
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A grass fire apparently sparked by a mower swept about 300 yards across a tinder-dry open field to…
Continue Reading FBI: 170 missing Native Americans in New Mexico, reservation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In an effort to address the crisis of missing Indigenous people, the FBI announced Monday it is releasing a list of more…
Continue Reading Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada
By NICOLE WINFIELD and PETER SMITH Associated Press MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic…
Continue Reading Albuquerque park that’s been a homeless encampment to close
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said Monday that the city’s most visible unsanctioned homeless encampment will close next…
Continue Reading Tribal leaders, members react to pope’s apology on schools
MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis’ apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the…
Continue Reading Former Colombian soccer players to teach their skills in US
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Colombian soccer fan who came to the U.S. as a political refugee is creating a training camp…
Continue Reading US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion…
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