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Stuff you need to know, 8.5.22

Dry stretch of Middle Rio Grande in September 2018

Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: snapshots of how the federal government, state authorities and New Mexico citizens are dealing with the Southwest's existential water crisis.

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  • Diana Tittle
  • August 5, 2022
  • Environment, Government, Social Issues
  • Perspectives

Monsoon sky

moonsoon sunset

One of the joys of the monsoon season in New Mexico (besides the rain) is the spectacular skies that appear before, during and after the showers.

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  • Véronique De Jaegher
  • August 4, 2022
  • Environment, Visuals
  • Perspectives

Stuff you need to know, 8.4.22

ranch fence ruined by Black Fire

Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: a partial assessment of the Black Fire's damage to southern New Mexico ranchlands and notification of a agriculture-related wildfire recovery effort meeting.

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  • Diana Tittle
  • August 4, 2022
  • Economy, Environment, Government
  • Analyses

Stuff you need to know, 8.3.22

pro-choice marchers

Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: dissecting the meaning of yesterday's reproductive freedom vote in Kansas.

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  • Diana Tittle
  • August 3, 2022
  • Politics, Social Issues
  • Analyses

Like jury tampering, municipal court’s dissolution almost guaranteed

The city commission's "public" representatives on a committee that will weigh whether to dissolve the court are the city manager and an ex-city commissioner.

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  • Kathleen Sloan
  • August 1, 2022
  • Government
  • Analyses

Stuff you need to know, 8.1.22

oil derrick

Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: the influence of high oil and gas prices and the industry's political contributions in New Mexico's 2022 election.

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  • Diana Tittle
  • August 1, 2022
  • Economy, Politics
  • Analyses

Truth or Consequences City Commission approves $47-million final budget

The biggest budget the city has ever passed, a final budget massively different from the draft budget, and yet no questions and no discussion from city commissioners.

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  • Kathleen Sloan
  • July 28, 2022
  • Government
  • Analyses

Stuff you need to know, 7.28.22

Alcohol aisle in grocery store

Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: the high cost of and possible remedies for New Mexicans' record rates of alcohol abuse.

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  • Diana Tittle
  • July 28, 2022
  • Government, Health, Social Issues
  • Perspectives

Cicadas among us

close up of a cicada.

Learning a bit about them makes them more interesting, much more interesting than "a whole lot of noisy bugs."

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  • Véronique De Jaegher
  • July 27, 2022
  • Education, History/Natural History, Visuals
  • News

Stuff you need to know, 7.25.22

Yvette Herrell

Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: U.S. Representative Yvette Herrell's influential new appointment; the Rio Grande's dessication; and New Mexico's new mental health hotline.

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  • Diana Tittle
  • July 25, 2022
  • Environment, Government, Health, Politics
  • Perspectives

Dow and out

When it comes to government ethics violations we need look no further than within the borders of Sierra County and our own state representative Rebecca Dow.

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  • John Ofalltrades
  • July 22, 2022
  • Government, Politics, Social Issues, Statewide News & Information
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Stuff you need to know, 7.22.22

Vote? graphic

Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the nation. Today's intelligence: Sandoval County seeks state approval for voter-regulation measures and a death pronouncement for American democracy.

Read MoreStuff you need to know, 7.22.22
  • Diana Tittle
  • July 22, 2022
  • Government, Politics, Social Issues
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