Citizens want Rio Rancho to be commercialized
By Daniel Zuniga / NM News Port / Citizens want Rio Rancho to ditch the title of being a suburb of Albuquerque and put more focus on increasing commercial land use. Rio Rancho is expected to grow from 96,000 residents to 143,000 residents over the next two decades, an increase of 33 percent Citizens of […]
New Mexico looks at possibility of legalizing recreational marijuana
By Shayla Cunico and Makayla Grijalva / NM News Port / A bill allowing the recreational use of marijuana in New Mexico has a high chance of making it to the Roundhouse in the upcoming legislative session– and this time, it could pass. Democrats took over the governor’s seat and increased their majority in the […]
Rural NM community divided on copper mine
By Justine Lopez and Anthony Jackson / NM News Port / Drivers on I-25 in southern New Mexico may admire Sierra County’s vast canyons and rolling hills, dotted with native flora, but what they may not appreciate is the controversy surrounding a copper mine just out of sight, near the historic town of Hillsboro. Since […]
Prosthetics Project Offers Hope, More Affordable Devices
By Elizabeth Sanchez / NM News Port / Two years ago, Edie Steinhoff, a marketing and publications coordinator at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, was completing a do-it-yourself project when she lost all of her fingers on her left hand. “I was remodeling my kitchen, and I was using the table saw, […]
Health is Wealth for HFC Recipients
Roadrunner Food Bank Helps Clients Improve Eating Habits By Sky Willard and Nash Reynolds / NM News Port / A little over a year ago, retired X-ray technician Elizabeth Abeyta was diagnosed as a pre-diabetic. “I just reunited with my sister after 20 years, and she’s got diabetes,” Abeyta said. “She keeps telling me […]
ASUNM Senators urge President Stokes to oppose Title IX changes
By Anna Padilla / NM News Port / The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Senate voted to oppose the Department of Education’s suggested changes to Title IX. According to the Department’s one-page summary of the proposed change, sexual harassment would be defined as “unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex that is […]
UNM’s Draft & Table serves up a ‘World of Beer’
University of New Mexico students asked for it, and they got it: New Mexico’s first ever tap room on a college campus. The idea of a campus taproom was first proposed in 2016 — partly as a nod to the booming beer industry in New Mexico. The proposal sparked petitions, leading to the UNM Regents […]
NDI shares passion for dance with the children of New Mexico
By Taylor Rains, Brooklyn Green and Alea White / NM News Port / It’s an October Saturday morning at The National Dance Institute of New Mexico (NDI). The stage of the Hiland Theater is filling up as instructors and dancers gather for rehearsals. Children can be seen reuniting with friends as parents take their waiting […]
Netflix deal to bring thousands to the film workforce
By Justine Lopez / NM News Port / The Albuquerque City Council approved, and Mayor Tim Keller has signed, an economic incentive package for Netflix to help them purchase Albuquerque Studios as their first owned-and-operated production house in the United States. The deal will bring jobs to the local film industry and will tap into […]
Special Olympics Athlete Inspires Others Daily
By Elizabeth Sanchez / NM News Port / Earlier this semester, Lucinda Ciddio walked into Santa Fe High School for a Homecoming assembly. She and her son, Santos Leyba, 18, were feeling nervous before the announcement of this year’s king and queen, she said. Basketball players helped Leyba prepare by jumping, chanting and huddling. Then, […]