As conservationists know, these clever dam-building rodents are a boon to recovering wetlands. But they can also contribute ...

Running from the rivers are channels with dams, which the mayordomo can open to direct the water down the acequia to the parciantes. Sometimes several acequias depend on a single diversion dam, called ...

Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance.

Susan Montoya Bryan has been a reporter in the AP’s New Mexico bureau since 1999, working as a night supervisor, all-formats ...

A lawsuit filed Monday in Santa Fe’s First Judicial District Court by two survivors of gunman Ryan Martinez claims that government and law enforcement officials in Rio Arriba County violated their ...

Ryan Martinez, the gunman who severely wounded a Native American man at an Española protest against the proposed installation of a controversial Juan de Oñate statute in 2023, is serving the first ...

For nearly two weeks, Western New Mexico University’s website and digital systems have been held hostage by what officials in internal emails have called the efforts of a “foreign hacking group.” The ...

Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, 16-year-old Jaydun Garcia took his own life at a makeshift home for youth who lack foster placements. Jaydun’s family included four brothers and a ...

In January and February, county governments in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and North Carolina began passing resolutions containing nearly identical language. The resolutions oppose what they refer to as ...

When public records reveal sensitive details, the desire for privacy collides with the need for government transparency. The recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa-Hackman have ...