By Elizabeth Sanchez / NM News Port Colorful kayaks, a striped sailboat and white canopy tents lined the shore of Abiquiu Lake on Sept. 9. …
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DESPITE INVESTING BILLIONS, THE STATE SAYS MOST SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE OUT OF DATE OR HAZARDOUS By John R. Roby / Searchlight NM New …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Native communities harnessing the power of data
By Sara Solovitch / Searchlight NM / Marriages and births. Allies and enemies. Wild game, migration patterns, the number of days of rainfall. For hundreds, …