The program so far has affected 167 children, most of whom have been placed with relatives or other foster families.
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Navajo Parents at Rural School Ask: Where Is Money Going?
Pickup time is always tense. As the boys climbed into the back seat, the usual questions dogged their father.
Pickup time is always tense. As the boys climbed into the back seat, the usual questions dogged their father.
Medically Fragile and Sleeping in Office Buildings
Following an executive order ending office stays for foster youth, where will kids with serious health conditions go?
Following an executive order ending office stays for foster youth, where will kids with serious health conditions go?
Devastating Loss Led State Suicide Prevention Coordinator to Her Role
Then Clarie Brown, she returned to Albuquerque — where she grew up — from Maine in 1998, planning to visit family and get a glimpse of the mountains.
Then Clarie Brown, she returned to Albuquerque — where she grew up — from Maine in 1998, planning to visit family and get a glimpse of the mountains.
The Long Path of Plutonium: A New Map Charts Contamination at Thousands of Sites, Miles From Los Alamos National Laboratory
Plutonium hotspots appear along tribal lands, hiking trails, city streets and the Rio Grande River, a watchdog group finds
Plutonium hotspots appear along tribal lands, hiking trails, city streets and the Rio Grande River, a watchdog group finds
Wipeout: New Mexicans Talk About What Mass Firings Mean for the Future of Public Lands
Searchlight connected with three abruptly terminated federal employees, who offer deep insights on the meaning of the purge that just happened.
Searchlight connected with three abruptly terminated federal employees, who offer deep insights on the meaning of the purge that just happened.
“Some of Them Fell to Their Knees”
A Navajo citizen describes being questioned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
A Navajo citizen describes being questioned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Why New Mexicans Addicted to Opioids Can’t Get the Medicine They Need
Buprenorphine is the best tool doctors have for patients trying to end dependency on drugs like fentanyl and OxyContin. Unfortunately, DEA regulations keep it in dangerously short supply.
Buprenorphine is the best tool doctors have for patients trying to end dependency on drugs like fentanyl and OxyContin. Unfortunately, DEA regulations keep it in dangerously short supply.
On the Southern Border, a Brief Moment of Reunion
Families from the U.S. and Mexico gathered on a makeshift bridge across the Rio Grande
Families from the U.S. and Mexico gathered on a makeshift bridge across the Rio Grande
Plutonium Just Had a Bad Day in Court
In a major decision whose consequences are still being assessed, a federal judge declared that plutonium pit production — one ingredient in the U.S. government’s $1.5 trillion nuclear weapons expansion — has to be performed in accordance with the nation’s strongest environmental law
In a major decision whose consequences are still being assessed, a federal judge declared that plutonium pit production — one ingredient in the U.S. government’s $1.5 trillion nuclear weapons expansion — has to be performed in accordance with the nation’s strongest environmental law
The Navajo Lawmaker Bridging Past and Future
Senator Shannon Pinto, the only Diné member of the New Mexico Senate, serves a constituency whose lives have been threatened over time by industry, exploitation, and violence
Senator Shannon Pinto, the only Diné member of the New Mexico Senate, serves a constituency whose lives have been threatened over time by industry, exploitation, and violence
Elemental Questions
After Searchlight New Mexico and other news outlets published a researcher’s findings of 80-year-old plutonium contamination in Los Alamos’s Acid Canyon, lab director Thom Mason deemed the local recreation area a “cleanup success.” Is it? And according to whom?
After Searchlight New Mexico and other news outlets published a researcher’s findings of 80-year-old plutonium contamination in Los Alamos’s Acid Canyon, lab director Thom Mason deemed the local recreation area a “cleanup success.” Is it? And according to whom?
Racehorses, Slot Machines and Election Campaigns
Politicians, businessmen and cartel operatives have all benefited from the hundreds of millions of dollars New Mexico’s horse racing industry brings in annually. Those who have criticized it say it’s cost them.
Politicians, businessmen and cartel operatives have all benefited from the hundreds of millions of dollars New Mexico’s horse racing industry brings in annually. Those who have criticized it say it’s cost them.
An Inmate Went on a Hunger Strike. So the Jail Shut Off His Tap.
Three days without water: “I almost lost my mind.”
Three days without water: “I almost lost my mind.”
Life, Death or Deportation
Undocumented immigrants face an excruciating choice if they need medical help: Should they risk the highway checkpoint?
Undocumented immigrants face an excruciating choice if they need medical help: Should they risk the highway checkpoint?
Burning Question: What’s the Right Place for a Solar Farm?
Fire hazards have Eldorado residents dead set against a solar project, underscoring a national quandary: Some renewables come with risks.
Fire hazards have Eldorado residents dead set against a solar project, underscoring a national quandary: Some renewables come with risks.