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‘Wonderful scholars’ in New Mexico: 50 full-ride scholarships to be awarded in Santa Fe Saturday
By Savannah Howe | May 19, 2022
Every young person deserves the opportunity to pursue higher education, and the Davis New Mexico Scholarship is making that opportunity a reality for first-generation college students in the state.
'This is not the compassionate way': Councilor Lewis speaks out against homeless encampment proposals in ABQ
By Savannah Howe | May 13, 2022
Homeless numbers are on the rise in Albuquerque, and local lawmakers are at odds over how to address the problem.
AG office: AG will 'make up the difference' if Congress doesn't step up to stop human trafficking on Facebook
By Savannah Howe | Mar 1, 2022
While New Mexico works to combat human trafficking rates, the state's momentum may be slowed by companies like Meta — formerly known as Facebook and the owner of the widely-used social media platform — which made a recent internal announcement that human smuggling solicitation will remain allowed on all of its platforms,
'We have to put an end to it': Shots fired by Walmart shoplifter Tuesday indicative of armed robberies on the rise
By Savannah Howe | Feb 8, 2022
Authorities are searching for the woman who reportedly open-fired at an Albuquerque Walmart Tuesday morning after employees attempted to apprehend her for theft.
WSJ: Facebook safety measures inconsistent across the globe
By Savannah Howe | Sep 21, 2021
One of the world's biggest social media giants may be acting negligently in its protection of overseas users to ensure that its markets in foreign nations continue to grow.
'Mosquero accepts people': Tiny village offers more than movie similarities in New Mexico desert
By Savannah Howe | Sep 15, 2021
Parents and Pixar lovers are likely familiar with the 2006 motion picture where vehicles are brought to life and live in humanized realities—that film is situated around a middle-of-nowhere desert town buried in the past by the installation of an interstate highway and the neglect of the humble two-lane state road that feeds into the frozen-in-time community.
New Mexico Stands Up counsel criticizes governor's suggestion of vaccine requirement
By Savannah Howe | Aug 17, 2021
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham earlier this month, along with other state and federal lawmakers called on private businesses to make COVID-19 vaccinations a condition of employment and patronage through an open letter that boasted over two dozen signatures.
NM Right to Life Committee: 'Life is precious and we don't have the right to take it'
By Savannah Howe | Jul 24, 2021
Earlier this year, the New Mexico Legislature pushed through a package of 70 new bills, one of which was the "aid-in-dying" bill that allows physicians to prescribe "life-ending medication" to people suffering from a terminal illness.
NMSSA president frustrated with recent gun legislation 'driven by partisan ideology'
By Savannah Howe | Jul 20, 2021
Although it can be argued that New Mexico meant well with its firearms-related legislation of recent years, advocates of responsible gun ownership say the efforts are doing more harm than good.
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson launched into space from NM's Spaceport: Voyage trip is 'the dawn of a new space age'
By Savannah Howe | Jul 11, 2021
Richard Branson, British billionaire and owner of the Virgin Group, on Sunday made history when he safely returned to Earth aboard the first fully crewed Virgin Galactic test flight to space.
'Whatever you do in life, do it with passion' – Santa Fe restaurateur takes father's words to heart
By Savannah Howe | Jul 1, 2021
One evening many decades ago, a 17-year-old boy in Bombay, India walked through his front door knowing he had to break the news to his parents that he had not been accepted into medical school.