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State, nonprofits brainstorm overcoming 2020 census hurdles

ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. – New Mexico officials are pulling out the stops to encourage 2020 census participation, from promotional recordings in Native American languages to outreach to military ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico county wants app to track found heroin needles

ALBUQUERQUE – A smattering of heroin hotspots dotted an online map of New Mexico’s largest city on Friday as officials announced the new mapping tool, saying they plan to use it to track dru...

DATE: Aug 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mom of slain Navajo girl urges tribes to use Amber Alerts

ALBUQUERQUE – The mother of a Navajo girl who was kidnapped and killed in 2016 urged tribal officials and children’s advocates Tuesday to take advantage of tools and funding under a law that...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

N.M. wants sex offender law changed amid Epstein probe

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s attorney general wants to change a law that allowed billionaire businessman Jeffrey Epstein to avoid registering as a sex offender in the state, where authorities ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico sheriffs’ protest of gun laws follows other states

Governor indicates sheriffs have no standing to refuse enforcement

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Study: Weak reporting on missing, murdered Native American women

ALBUQUERQUE – Numerous police departments nationwide are not adequately identifying or reporting cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls as concerns mount about the level of...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Feds: Sale of U.S. tribal items declines in Paris

Report notes decline began after outcry

DATE: Sep 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo Nation commemorates anniversary of 1868 treaty

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A group of Navajo runners had reached a dusty New Mexico hilltop while retracing a 400-mile desert route that their ancestors had crossed a century and a half earlier. ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Native American teenager blames discrimination in campus ordeal

Brothers were touring Colorado State University when police questioned them

DATE: May 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mom suspects racism after Native teens are pulled from tour

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The mother of two Native American teenagers who campus police pulled from a college tour in Colorado after a parent reported feeling nervous about them said she believes ...

DATE: May 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Albuquerque City Council votes to decriminalize marijuana

ALBUQUERQUE – The Albuquerque City Council voted to decriminalize marijuana possession in small amounts Monday night, after lengthy testimony from citizens mostly urging them to approve the ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tribes get more money for victims of crime

ALBUQUERQUE – Roughly $133 million is expected to be made available to tribes to support Native American and Alaska Native crime victims who advocates say had been largely left out of a fede...

DATE: Apr 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News