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WEBIt’s unclear. It is unclear who is on a state advisory council on missing and murdered Indigenous people announced nearly eight months ago by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham amid upset over her decision to disband a task force focused on the crisis. A story New Mexico In Depth published Friday about the council meeting behind closed doors ...
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WEBStaff. Ted Alcorn, contributing reporter. Ted Alcorn is an independent journalist raised in Albuquerque whose reporting on health and justice has appeared in various local and national publications.He was previously the founding research director of Everytown For Gun Safety and a policy analyst in the Office of the Mayor of New York City.
A century of federal indifference left generations of Navajo homes ...
WEBWhen Julie Badonie was growing up in the small Navajo community of Tohatchi in the 1940s, her father drove a horse-drawn wagon early each morning to a nearby spring. There, he filled wooden barrels with water the family would use that day to drink, cook, and wash. Badonie, the youngest of seven children, including brothers […]
Remembering the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history
WEBJul 7, 2014 · But the largest spill of radioactive material in the United States happened three and half months after Three Mile Island and several thousands of miles west of Pennsylvania. July 16 will mark the 35th anniversary of the day in 1979 when a dam on the Navajo Nation near Church Rock, N.M., broke at an …
Little-known public health councils are key to public health but ...
WEBJan 20, 2022 · The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the limits of New Mexico’s understaffed and highly centralized public health system. Unlike most other states, New Mexico does not have county-based health boards. Instead, public health services like vaccination have traditionally fallen to the chronically understaffed state health department, which has struggled to contain the pandemic’s spread.
Blind Drunk - New Mexico In Depth
WEBResource: PDF version of article 7, A Sober Appraisal, which can be used as a solutions handout. Alcohol is killing New Mexicans at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country — yet the state has largely neglected the growing crisis. In this multipart series, New Mexico In Depth investigates the state’s blind spots and shines a light on ...
Federal judge slaps NM attorney in bail reform lawsuit
WEBJan 5, 2018 · Blair Dunn / Credit: Facebook. A federal judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a politically ambitious New Mexico attorney to pay back the state for filing a “frivolous” lawsuit aimed at undoing efforts to reform the state’s commercial bail system. The attorney, Blair Dunn, a Libertarian who earlier this week announced a run for ...
Wary of Gila diversion plans, Silver City moves on conservation
WEBOct 24, 2016 · For his part, Brown is confident in Silver City’s water future. “And it’s not costing a ton of money,” he says. In all, conservation programs cost about $2.7 million, and the Grant County Regional Water Plan will cost about $19 million: “We’re trying to be as fiscally conscious as possible for our residents.”.
Politics trumps health in state’s response to alcohol crisis
WEBNew Mexico’s alcohol epidemiologist wrote an analysis for lawmakers about the potential harms of alcohol legislation in 2021, but the memo was never passed on by her supervisor to lawmakers. So, Mayette drafted a confidential analysis for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, recommending she veto the bill. Lujan Grisham instead signed it into law.
A dam's 'painful' history - New Mexico In Depth
WEBAug 7, 2013 · Cochiti Dam is one of the 10 largest earthen dams in the United States. It contains more than 65 million cubic feet of earth and rock, stretches more than five miles across, and rises about 250 feet above the Rio Grande. Driving past the dam on my way to check out the reservoir’s waters I was reminded of a talk the Pueblo of Cochiti’s Regis ...