For the first time, the primary will be open to voters who are independent. The semi-open primary system signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last year allows the roughly 23% of New Mexico voters who are not affiliated with a political party to vote.
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KRWG Public Media is covering contested races around the region ahead of the June 2nd primary. KRWG’s Susan Morée spoke with Bruce Swingle, who is a Republican candidate for Sierra County Commission, district 2.
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Dodson, who is challenging incumbent Ben Ray Luján, discusses his platform as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
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Luján, current junior senator, is running for his party's nomination for U.S. Senate in hopes of being elected to serve a second term.
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The current secretary of state discusses the role of lieutenant governor and her plans for the office if she is elected as her party's nominee.
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The fire has consumed over 30,000 acres as of Tuesday morning; the weather forecast for the next few days should help firefighting efforts.
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The settlement calls for reducing groundwater pumping along the dwindling river and retiring water rights from irrigated farmland in southern New Mexico.
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The new report arrives as Texas grapples with drought conditions affecting 75% of the state.
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According to a report filed by NGL with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, 40 barrels of produced water escaped, 10 of which were recovered. The remaining 30 flowed into a nearby ditch.
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A decade ago, Michigan had high rates of parents not vaccinating their children, so it required them to attend an in-person education class to get an exemption. It worked — until things got ugly.
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President Trump's vow to revoke citizenship worries immigrant advocates, legal scholars and naturalized Americans — but so far it's proving harder to do than the rhetoric suggests.
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Six states — California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota and New Mexico — hold elections on Tuesday. Here are key races to follow.
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Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox demonstrated across Israel on Monday, blocking roads and trains and setting cars on fire to protest mandatory enlistment in Israel's military.