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Mass firings, buyouts and heightened uncertainty led to an exodus of federal workers in 2025. More than 300,000 employees will be out of the government by the end of December.
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Local healthcare providers told a state legislative committee about issues they feel are making it hard to practice in New Mexico. KC Counts spoke with District 53 State Representative Sarah Silva about those concerns. -
El Rito Media Publisher Josh Byers covers top stories each week on Alamogordo NOW. -
Infection Preventionist for Memorial Medical Center Elizabeth López shares helpful information on prevention and vaccines for cold and flu season. -
New Mexico Environmental Department adopted Regional Haze Program to help clear skies in national parks and wilderness areas. -
Educators and state officials raise concerns over new student loan caps from the federal government. The move will cap student loans at $100,000 for what they call non-professional degrees and $200,000 for professional degrees.
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The state of New Mexico is substantially underwriting the initiative though a trust created by state lawmakers in 2023. -
The plan is to focus intently on making life more affordable, a message they hope will work even in some conservative-leaning states. -
Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound greenwashing.” -
The New Mexico Secretary of State's office said it already provided the Justice Department with voter data that is publicly available, but said it's legally prevented from turning over “personal private voter information,” office spokesperson Alex Curtas said in a statement.
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A new drama uses the real, gut-wrenching recordings of a call for help from Gaza to tell a harrowing and profound story. -
NPR's staff traveled a lot in 2025. From a Mardi Gras workshop to a festival celebrating the mythical Mothman, here are some places and events we thought you might want to check out, too. -
The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. -
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from Vietnam to Iraq, has died. He was 91. -
Bongino's tenure was at times tumultuous, including a clash with Justice Department leadership over the Epstein files. But it also involved the arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomber case.
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