A century of federal indifference left generations of Navajo homes ...
WEBWhen Julie Badonie was growing up in the small Navajo community of Tohatchi in the 1940s, her father drove a horse-drawn wagon early each morning to a nearby spring. There, he filled wooden barrels with water the family would use that day to drink, cook, and wash. Badonie, the youngest of seven children, including brothers […]
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Remembering the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history
WEBJul 7, 2014 — But the largest spill of radioactive material in the United States happened three and half months after Three Mile Island and several thousands of miles west of Pennsylvania. July 16 will mark the 35th anniversary of the day in 1979 when a dam on the Navajo Nation near Church Rock, N.M., broke at an …
State contracts may be added to Sunshine Portal
WEBFeb 26, 2015 — Scanned copies of all state contracts should be available on the Sunshine Portal, say two lawmakers who are proposing an update to the state transparency website. Posting original documents would give New Mexicans a bigger window into state contracts, something that’s important to business owners, says one of the bill’s sponsors, Sen. Sander Rue, R-Albuquerque.
A win by two or more challengers would give women first-ever …
WEBSep 19, 2018 — The notion struck Megan Duffy at an event she attended with several other women — and it struck her hard. It was Aug. 18. The gathering marked the anniversary of a seismic change to the U.S. Constitution: Passage of the 19th Amendment, more commonly known as women’s suffrage. “Women have only been able to vote […]
Maxeon promises solar jobs. Reality is less certain.
WEBAug 19, 2024 — On a vast shrubby mesa in Southeast Albuquerque, local politicians and developers for years have envisioned a master-planned urban community with more than 10,000 homes in close proximity to a jobs center with high-tech factories, film production facilities, and retail businesses. They named the development Mesa del Sol. After fits and starts over several decades, […]
Money in Politics – New Mexico In Depth
WEBState Ethics Commission sues Apodaca’s dark money operation By Marjorie Childress, New Mexico In Depth | May 24, 2024. The State Ethics Commission on Friday sued a dark money group and its president, Jeff Apodaca, to force disclosure of the sources behind the money paying for political advertising in support of legislative candidates running in the June 4 primary election.
A dam's 'painful' history - New Mexico In Depth
WEBAug 7, 2013 — Cochiti Dam is one of the 10 largest earthen dams in the United States. It contains more than 65 million cubic feet of earth and rock, stretches more than five miles across, and rises about 250 feet above the Rio Grande. Driving past the dam on my way to check out the reservoir’s waters I was reminded of a talk the Pueblo of Cochiti’s Regis ...
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WEBNew Mexico In Depth’s fellowship creates a pipeline into the journalism profession for university students of color. It is designed for students in their senior year of journalism school, or who have recently graduated and remain in New Mexico. It emphasizes the acquisition of investigative and digital first journalism skill sets, for those wishing to pursue careers in newspapers, television ...