Demonstrators gather to voice support for prisoners
By Sky Willard and Nash Reynolds / NM News Port / Demonstrators gathered in Albuquerque’s Roosevelt Park on Saturday, Sept. 8 to condemn inequality in modern penal... Read more.
Miniature horses allowed on Southwest Airline flights
By Sol Traverso / NM News Port / Starting Sept. 17, Southwest Airlines will allow miniature horses as service animals in the cabins of their aircrafts. The new rule... Read more.
Camp offers support and community for athletes with disabilities
By Elizabeth Sanchez / NM News Port Colorful kayaks, a striped sailboat and white canopy tents lined the shore of Abiquiu Lake on Sept. 9. The sounds of motors,... Read more.
Risky buildings: New Mexico’s schools run on old infrastructure
DESPITE INVESTING BILLIONS, THE STATE SAYS MOST SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE OUT OF DATE OR HAZARDOUS By John R. Roby / Searchlight NM New Mexico’s public... Read more.
New Mexico Adopts Straight Party Ballot Option This Fall
By Madison Spratto / NM News Port / New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced Wednesday, Aug. 30, that straight-party voting will be an option... Read more.
Years of frustration lie behind landmark school lawsuit
TIRED OF HEARING ‘NO,’ PLAINTIFF SAYS, TAKING NM TO COURT WAS HER ONLY OPTION By Amy Linn / Searchlight NM For Wilhelmina Yazzie, joining... Read more.
How the Yazzie case could be a ‘game-changer’ for NM
JUDGE’S LANDMARK RULING IS A CHANCE FOR REFORM, EXPERTS SAY. By Amy Linn / Searchlight NM Behind the recent ruling in the New Mexico school funding... Read more.
College-focused charter network eyes New Mexico
By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM / EL PASO, Texas – The kindergarteners of IDEA Edgemere walked quietly single-file down the hall, their uniforms embroidered... Read more.
Charter schools target N.M.’s at-risk students
By Ed Williams / Searchlight NM/ Sara Tafoya never pictured herself as one of New Mexico’s at-risk students. She came from a supportive, college-educated family... Read more.
Underfunded, undercounted
NEW MEXICO AT RISK IN THE 2020 CENSUS By Christian Marquez / Searchlight NM / You won’t find James Ironmoccasin’s house on Google Maps. To get to his... Read more.