One California town is in a state of emergency and 50,000 people are under an evacuation order as a malfunctioning chemical tank at an aerospace plant is overheating and could leak or explode.
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KRWG Public Media is covering contested races around the region ahead of the June 2nd primary. KRWG’s Abigail Salas spoke with Ricardo Segovia, who is a Democratic candidate for Doña Ana County Sheriff.
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El Paso Matters President and CEO Bob Moore covers top stories each week.
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Backyard barbecue season is here! Join KRWG Public Media for Cooking with Chef Tom: Grillin’ and Chillin’! We’re grilling flank and prosciutto skewers, fennel and shrimp salad, and serving up charbroiled pork chops with grilled gorgonzola polenta and berry chutney, and more!
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The Las Cruces City Council approved their annual budget that sees significant cuts to many programs resulting in shorter library hours and slower infrastructure repair times in an effort to balance the budget.
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The Environmental Defense Fund estimates oil and gas methane emissions across New Mexico amount to at least a million metric tons per year.
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In its court filing, the Justice Department said House Bill 9 would irreparably harm the state's Otero County, home to a private, for-profit immigration detention facility operated under contract with ICE.
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The river supports 40 million people across seven U.S. states, two Mexican states and Native American tribes.
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Meta has vowed to appeal the jury verdict and warned that it could eliminate service in New Mexico entirely if forced to comply with impractical mandates and multibillion-dollar remedies.
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Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.
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The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding?
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The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with W-U-N-C listener Thomas Hirschman of Durham, North Carolina. and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.