El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, backs Medicare for all and decries corporate money in politics. He beat Rep. Haley Stevens, whose supporters said she would have had a better chance in the fall.
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Nick Seibel, editor and publisher of the Silver City Daily Press, covers top stories each week on the Silver City Report. This week, the New Mexico Game Commission acquires land for a wildlife management area, Gila Regional Medical Center buys a clinic to expand services and a new age-in-place assisted living is getting started, and more.
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The NMSU Alumni Pond has been closed off since 2023 because of leaks in the concrete.It is open to the public again following restoration.
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State representative Joanne Ferrary announced that she would be retiring before her term was up, leaving county officials to decide how to handle the vacancy.
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Hillsboro General Store Cafe changes hands, gets a facelift and sees a few changes to the menu.
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A look back at the week's top stories and interviews with KC Counts. This week, we reported on arrests and mayhem at the Doña Ana County Commission meeting, harmful algae blooms in area lakes, helpful spiders, improving crime numbers and a lot more.
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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, on July 7 as he was driving to a Houston construction job site.
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Stories of people surprised to find their homes inundated by rising rivers illustrate the challenges of trying to bolster early warning systems in a vast, rural area known as Flash Flood Alley.
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The National Interagency Fire Center has confirmed more than 2,100 fires since the beginning of July.
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The latest map from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows 30-foot wall segments would be built in two parts of Big Bend Ranch State Park.
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Even as the band has changed and reinvented itself, the Grateful Dead's fanbase has proven to be uniquely and consistently renewable — a cosmic inheritance passed down from one generation to the next, welcoming younger Deadheads with open arms.
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The FDA allowed some Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as "lower risk" than cigarettes. Public health experts agree they can help current smokers, but worry young people may become addicted.
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Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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For their commissioner of the future, MLS owners chose a soccer native. Berg's team is seen as one of MLS's best-run franchises, and he has embraced rule changes designed to modernize the league.