New Mexico Sun


The best chile in the galaxy is still in New Mexico

And NM lawmakers try again to make clean water and air fundamental rights


Indigenous population nearly double what was counted 10 years ago, Census shows

Federal vax mandate for private businesses with more than 100 employees to kick in Jan. 4 ‌


Why the stadium bond failed

Plus, what Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham are talking about at COP26


People are back to driving

There were many more pedestrians and cyclists as the pandemic set in, but folks are back in their vehicles, MRCOG reports



"Rust" cast member from NM says the production was rushed, the crew overworked

And after historic protests against police violence here, all three ABQ mayoral candidates are promising more


Crops wilt as Middle Rio Grande farmers get paid this year to stop watering

And filmmakers get into firearms safety on sets after Alec Baldwin kills a cinematographer with a prop gun in New Mexico



Navajo Nation pushes for radioactive waste remnants to be fully removed

Plus, juvenile justice advocates talk extreme sentences for young people



NM tenants faced rent spikes, extreme heat and evictions during the pandemic, records show

A small number of renters are also being investigated for fraud after seeking emergency pandemic rent money ‌ ‌


"Forever chemicals" more prevalent in NM than previously reported, records show

Dangerous PFAS contamination threatens water and food supply.