Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then.
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KC Counts looks back at the week's top stories and interviews from KRWG Public Media.
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New Mexico Museum of Space History celebrates its 50-year history in Alamogordo with an event on October 3 and an exhibit to tell the story of the museum opened earlier this month.
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Bob Moore, El Paso Matters President and CEO, covers top stories each week.
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On the next episode of “Music Spotlight,” airing Saturday night at 10 on KRWG-TV, host Scott Brocato’s guest will be Las Cruces-based singer-songwriter Buddy Akin. Here’s a preview of their conversation.
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Local authors Caroline Starr Rose and Philip Connors were nominated for the National Book Festival's Great Reads from Great Places to represent New Mexico at the festival in Washington DC. They talk about it with Susan Morée.
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The state of New Mexico set aside $20 million in capital outlay, half of that this year, and Chevron donated about 200 acres of land in Tse Bonito, near Window Rock, the Navajo Nation capital, in 2009. Now, a museum is finally moving forward, with a groundbreaking planned for December — but at an entirely different site.
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The review comes less than two months after an Associated Press investigation found DEA agents repeatedly monitored — but did not seize — major fentanyl shipments in New Mexico between 2023 and 2025.
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Outgoing U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-TX, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin asking Mullin to stop the work and meet with local elected officials and residents of the region.
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The yearly Perseid meteor shower is active until Aug. 24.
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The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.
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A report from Labor Department investigators found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated her own department's policy prohibiting harassment. She resigned in April.
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The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations.
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That's the grim assessment from the ground in the wake of the catastrophic flooding, which damaged or destroyed 7 health facilities, interrupted routine care and is affecting mental health.
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The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's controversial). And the U.N. is designating a day dedicated to ending the practice.