Even in blue New Mexico, state representative Angelica Rubio is seen as idealistic — but her strong stances have also helped ...

Following passage of the Radiation and Exposure and Compensation Act expansion, which includes post-1971 miners for the first time, Searchlight spoke with three tribal members whose lives were changed ...

To get a sense of how the next wave of compensation will really work, Searchlight spoke with Julian Duque, communications ...

Aviva Nathan grew up in Santa Fe. As a high school student, she wrote for the Santa Fe New Mexican as part of a program for teenagers called Generation Next. She graduated from United World College in ...

Unanimously, the newly appointed regents at Western New Mexico University have approved a plan to strike down former ...

Nuclear LANL plans to release highly radioactive tritium to prevent explosions. Will it just release danger in the air?

Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, destroyed homes and created a contamination threat to the last clean source of ...

Decades-old nuclear waste persists in a popular recreation area near the Los Alamos National Laboratory, study finds ...

Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance.

With ample wind and sun, Carlsbad stands to be at the epicenter of renewable energy for the Southwest. But can the state diversify from oil and gas dependence before it’s too late?