Dennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
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A look back at the week's top stories and interviews from KRWG Public Media. Learn about ballot proposals to support soil and water conservation and pay legislators and a whole lot more.
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A U.S. federal judge in El Paso granted a preliminary injunction Friday that halts all construction of the border wall in Big Bend National Park.
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Michele Sleighel has created a sanctuary for unwanted and retired horses at River Thunder Ranch. The two-acre property sits just outside El Paso in Anthony, New Mexico.
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KRWG Public Media is covering the New Mexico State Representative race for district 33. Early voting opens October 6th. Democratic candidate Micaela Lara Cadena spoke to Noah Raess.
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NMSU NEA rallied outside the board of regents meeting saying they have been bargaining over a contract for more than 600 days.
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While many conservation and wildlife organizations support the Fix Our Forests Act, others are skeptical, fearing it will weaken environmental safeguards and threaten long-term ecosystem health.
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Customs and Border Protection said in a statement to The Associated Press that “border wall panel installation is underway” in a 47-mile stretch of Hudspeth County in west Texas known as Big Bend 1.
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Elsie Begay, her granddaughter Lucy Allison Mike, and Begay’s best friend Dora Franklin died in the flood Tuesday near Newcomb, New Mexico, a community of about 400 people, family members said Friday.
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Mount Taylor is sacred to the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the pueblos of Laguna, Acoma and Zuni.
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Like his previous work, including Homeland Elegies, The Radiance exposes the fissures of American racial, political and economic identity.
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The front line in the Russia-Ukraine war stretches more than 700 miles and has barely moved in four years. Yet straddling this line is the kill zone, dominated by constantly evolving drone technology.
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The FBI and U.S. prosecutors say Wanying Zhang, also know as Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president's son and his family.
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Talks between Khan's party and the government failed two days ago. Besides Khan's release, protesters demand his transfer to a hospital and family visits.
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The ongoing investigation has found the attacker intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak publicly told NPR.