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At least 300 people have died and more than a thousand others are still missing, including some Americans.
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The school formerly known as César Chávez Elementary was officially renamed Desert Bloom Elementary after a vote by the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education. The school held a ceremony to celebrate the official new name. -
Proposed changes to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act could alter how historic sites are preserved and who decides which ones are worth preserving. -
Nancy Stephens, state director of Imagination Library of New Mexico and executive director of Imagination Library of Grant County, discusses Dolly's impact on children's literacy in New Mexico. -
Nick Seibel, editor and publisher of the Silver City Daily Press, covers top stories each week on the Silver City Report. -
Nick Coppola talks with KC Counts about his investigative report for the Las Cruces Sun News that revealed sexual misconduct allegations, Title IX incident reports, and questions about how those incidents were handled.
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Federal court wins by prediction platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi allow new gambling options — including parlays on wildfires — even as experts warned they could trigger arson. -
Thomas Begay, one of the last two living Code Talkers, made the long trip from his home on the Navajo Nation to the Arizona State Capitol for the event. -
Jurors reached the verdict Friday, following a trial that included testimony from Sheryl Williams Stapleton's former colleagues, investigators and tax experts. Williams Stapleton could face decades in federal prison when sentenced. -
New Mexico launched its universal no-cost child care program in 2025, becoming the first state in the nation to remove income limits and copayments for state-funded assistance.
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Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent said oil pipelines will make Strait of Hormuz irrelevant in two years. Energy experts say that is unlikely to happen. -
King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen to marry his school sweetheart, died Friday. -
While a stunt involving fake polls may not have been an effort to rig prediction markets, concerns are growing ahead of the midterms about other attempts to influence the betting sites. -
The announcement that the three countries will go ahead with a trilateral military drill comes a day after North Korea vowed to retaliate against what it called U.S. hostilities. -
A judge issued a written order Thursday night that the Pentagon acted illegally by punishing the AI company for its criticism of the Department of Defense's views on AI use. The government is expected to fight the ruling.
August 27, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
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