We rarely do a special afternoon edition. It’s especially rare on a Friday. But today there are big new stories moving this afternoon’s news and we know our readers want to be in the know. First, following the lead of the CDC and The White House, Governor Lujan Grisham issued a new public health order […]
In a political climate where voters and fellow candidates are hyper-attentive, a candidate’s choice of words means everything, especially when they carry a racist narrative. During a Congressional debate on May 11 hosted by the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, Republican State Senator Mark Moores referred to the Southwest as being uncivilized before his […]
DAILY DIGITAL EDITION | FRIDAY | MAY 7, 2021SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS It’s getting hotter in here. If you’ve ever told someone it felt like New Mexico was really showing the impacts of climate change, you’re right. A new report says that not only is our climate warming, but […]
2020 was a record-setting year in New Mexico for the sheer number of guns purchased, a new analysis of background check data shows. New Mexicans purchased 202,322 guns last year, setting a new record for annual gun sales for any year since data was first available in 2001. If the first two months of 2021 […]
Six candidates are running in a special election on June 1 for the 1st Congressional District seat vacated by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. The candidates have big shoes to fill, and the rest of the country will be watching as the Democrats hold a close margin in the House. The last time a Republican served […]
DAILY DIGITAL EDITION | THURSDAY | APRIL 22, 2021SUBSCRIBE | DONATE | CARRY THE PAPER IN MY BUSINESS It’s Thursday, April 22nd – Earth Day! – and this week The Paper‘s print issue is all about Earth Day and the climate crisis. Here are some of the big stories our reporters brought you this week […]
Chaco Canyon has stood the test of time and quite literally withstood the ultimate test of all; the Trump Administration. But changing climate amongst the local politics and concerns with economics still stand in the way of large-scale protection of the area from gas and oil exploration.
The state’s economy is getting hit hard and fast as more coal plants are scheduled to close and many rural economies are poised to evaporate. Rural communities in the state are trying to figure out what to do to keep their economies from sinking. If you live within a hundred miles of a coal plant, […]
The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree unintentional murder and of second-degree manslaughter. Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a white officer, pinned his knee on the 46-year-old Black […]
The State of New Mexico’s MMIW Task Force got off to a great start in 2019 with an appropriation of $100,000 to create and fund a MMIW study. This appropriation was meant to fund the task force through June 2021. The plan being, if work were still needed to be accomplished, the task force would seek additional support through 2022. Slam dunk right? What better political climate to make this happen in! Instead, our legislature let it die in finance. So there it was it seemed, left on the cutting room floor with cage-free egg and the time change legislation.
