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The Greater Chaco landscape includes ancestral sites that remain culturally significant to Pueblo communities. (Courtesy of the All Pueblo Council of Governors)

Congress & Federal Gov., Statewide News

“Chaco is not for sale”: NM lawmakers and Pueblo leaders fight to preserve protections

by Jesse Jones July 22, 2026

Elections & Politics, Statewide News

Miyagishima bows out of gubernatorial race, throws support behind Gregg Hull

by Kevin Hendricks, Editor July 20, 2026

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., led a dozen Senate Democrats in a July 17 letter urging leaders of two Senate committees to add tribal and state gaming protections to pending cryptocurrency legislation, arguing the bills as written would let prediction markets offer sports and casino-style betting nationwide while sidestepping tribal sovereignty and state law.

Congress & Federal Gov., Statewide News

Betting on sovereignty: Heinrich fights to protect tribal gaming from prediction markets

by Kevin Hendricks, Editor July 20, 2026

The Roswell Daily Record announced Monday it is ceasing operations and liquidating its assets. (Courtesy)

NM.news, Statewide News

We’re working to save the Roswell Daily Record, an American journalism institution. Here’s how.

by Jesse Jones July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

The New Mexico Forward Party sued the state Tuesday, arguing New Mexico's ballot access law punishes a newly qualified minor party by forcing its candidates to gather far more signatures than Democrats or Republicans ever have to touch.

Courts, Justice & Safety, Elections & Politics, Statewide News

The battle for the ballot: New Mexico Forward Party challenges state law

by Kevin Hendricks, Editor July 15, 2026

Sen. Martin Heinrich gathered small business owners, food bank leaders, and workers at the Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST) Albuquerque headquarters to discuss how federal tariff policy and rising energy costs are straining household budgets and threatening jobs across the state. (Kevin Hendricks)

Congress & Federal Gov., Statewide News

Heinrich wants more NM workers on the path to hardhats

by Kevin Hendricks, Editor July 14, 2026July 14, 2026

Healthcare, New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico State Gov., NM Political Report, NM.news, Statewide News

After Republican cuts to subsides, Obamacare enrollment dropped in every state except one: New Mexico

by Pat Davis July 14, 2026

The July 8, 1947 front page of the Roswell Daily Record, which reported the alleged recovery of a "flying saucer" near Roswell — the story that made the newspaper internationally known. (Wikimedia Commons)

NM.news, Statewide News, The Paper.

The newspaper that broke the Roswell UFO story is shutting down

by Jesse Jones July 13, 2026July 13, 2026

Aerial photos taken on June 26, 2026, show the construction site for Project Jupiter, the Oracle and OpenAI data center project planned for southern New Mexico. (Courtesy of Alexa Reynaud, Food & Water Watch, with aerial support provided by LightHawk)

Environment, Conservation & Climate, Statewide News

New Mexico Environment Department to hold hearing for Project Jupiter data center air quality permit

by Source NM July 8, 2026

New Mexico's overdose crisis just got a new villain, according to the governor: the federal agency that's supposed to be fighting it. — Roberto E. Rosales

Courts, Justice & Safety, Statewide News

Governor, AG accuse DEA of letting fentanyl flood NM streets, demand investigation

by Kevin Hendricks, Editor June 30, 2026