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Senate Finance Chair Holds Sway over Funding

    The car tire blew. The 1948 Ford sedan rolled off the highway from Columbus, throwing the 16-year-old driver nearly to his death.     For...

Childhood Trauma Informed Stewart’s Legislative Success

    Santa Fe – She was 3 years old when her father died in a car crash and 17 when her mother committed suicide....

Children Face Two-Hour Commute

    ALAMO-HUECO RANCH—The boys wake before dawn, eat sausage and biscuits in the cookhouse and saddle their horses at first light.     James Hurt is...

Co-Op Names New General Mgr.

    Donna Trujillo will be the next general manager of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative.     The Board of Trustees reached their decision, Tuesday, after...

No Promise for 2018-19 Library Funding

    Rio Arriba Independent Library Board members, directors, volunteers and supporters left the Rio Arriba County Commission meeting, Jan. 25, with many words of...

Meet Kate: She’s One of 40 at School in Sparsest County

    She lives in the least populated place in New Mexico  —  fewer than 700 people spread across 2,100 square miles in Harding County...

7-Year-Old Girl Revels in Rural Life

    “I have two cars — one’s a VW Bug, one’s an Impala,” 7-year-old Heaven Chacon declares from the driver’s seat of a red...

Albuquerque Children Face Risk Factors

    It’s June and it’s hot and Alexxus Prudhomme’s  17-month -old son, Zymiir, teeters about in a diaper on an apartment balcony, grasping a can...

NORA General Manager Retires

    After 16 years as the vice president and general manager of the Northern Rio Arriba Electric Cooperative, Benjamin Leyba will vacate the position,...

Investing in the Future: Kids’ Success Has Impact

    Over the last two decades, New Mexico has turned its pockets inside out to keep old businesses from leaving and attract new ones...

County to Take Over Alcalde Cemetery

    After more than 25 years managing La Loma Vista Cemetery in Alcalde, Don Johnson, 76, decided it was time to ask for help.   ...

The Trouble with Being in 49th Place

    For almost 30 years, New Mexico has maintained an iron grip on the bottom rung of key rankings.     Why is it that even...

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