Consumer prices in March were up 3.3% from a year ago, the biggest annual increase in nearly two years. Higher gasoline prices tied to the war with Iran accounted for much of the surge.
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El Paso Matters President and CEO Bob Moore covers top stories each week.
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Tim Z. Hernandez will be reading from his latest book, “They Call You Back: A Lost History, a Search, a Memoir,” Friday night at 7:30 at NMSU’s CMI Theatre as part of the Nelson-Boswell Reading Series. Scott Brocato recently spoke with Hernandez about the book.
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Nick Seibel, editor and publisher of Silver City Daily Press, talks about a business recovering from a fire, the Town of Silver City cutting funding to local events and COBRE Consolidated Schools getting ready to chose the next superintendent.
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The Las Cruces City Council held the first city council meeting of the month and passed resolutions regarding increased income from the gross receipts tax.
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As a warm winter with poor skiing conditions gave way to early springtime record heat, snow is vanishing from all but the highest elevations in the West.
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Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison term after being convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to make a copy of her county's election computer system during a software update in 2021.
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The Crockett County government has created a strong network of senior services, and ensures that they are supported — with the help of a wonky tax arrangement and some powerful new neighbors: wind companies.
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As the seven Colorado River Basin states wrangle over how many acre-feet of water they’re willing to do without, rural communities across the Southwest are experiencing a water crisis in real time.
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The fragile ceasefire agreement was tested again on Friday after Iran refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes in Lebanon, and Kuwait was attacked with drones.
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The newest movie from director Steven Soderbergh, whose films range from Erin Brockovich to Magic Mike and the spy thriller Black Bag, is about artistic legacy itself.
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States say disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a trickle under the Trump administration. That's delaying projects to protect communities from wildfires and hurricanes.
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If you keep up with secret identities, you'll get at least one question right this week!