Food banks have already been contending with higher food prices and increased need. Administrators say demand will skyrocket if federal nutrition benefits stop in a few days because of the government shutdown.
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Garcia did not participate in the televised forum, but agreed to an interview answering the same questions.
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KC Counts talks with Brianne Pfau, director of Labor and Delivery in the NICU at Memorial Medical Center, about efforts to curb maternal mortality in the region.
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Todd Fuqua, Alamogordo News assistant editor, covers top stories on Alamogordo NOW.
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KRWG Public Media is covering contested races around the region. Scott Brocato spoke with Martha Mulvihill, who is running for Town of Mesilla Trustee.
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KC Counts has a look back at the week's top stories including the No Kings protest, candidate forums and highlights from "You, Me and Inequity", a new podcast from KRWG Membership coordinator Liz Liano.
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Hardest-hit areas included Vallecito Creek, where almost 400 homes were under an evacuation order north of a reservoir 15 miles from Durango.
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Holtec said the move would allow it to work with other states that are more amenable.
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The Democratic-led Legislature met on Wednesday and Thursday to approved $162 million in state spending on rural health care, food assistance, restocking food banks, public broadcasting and more.
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Republicans in the legislative minority voted in unison against the spending provisions, arguing that big federal changes to Medicaid are still far away and that New Mexico should focus on reducing errors in benefit distributions.
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Trey Yesavage set a World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts in a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers that moved them within one win of their first championship since 1993.
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Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, believes his non-resident visa could have been rejected because he likened President Trump to a former Ugandan dictator.
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First intended as an entrance for social events, the East Wing became the first lady's office space. Historians say the shift was a key part of professionalizing staff for the president's wife.
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It's unclear what the timeline for such a project would be. The announcement follows trade negotiations between the countries, including Korean investment in U.S. shipbuilding.
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Elon Musk's new online encyclopedia aims to challenge Wikipedia, which he has accused of left-leaning bias. We used them to search for data about each other.