Ken Ruinard
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USA Today Network via Reuters
More than 550 people have contracted measles in Spartanburg County, S.C., in a fast-growing outbreak. Like a majority of U.S. counties, nonmedical exemptions to school vaccination are also rising.
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EL Paso Matters President and CEO Bob Moore covers top stories each week. -
On January 3rd, the U.S. military took Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia into custody. KRWG Local News Fellow Abigail Salas recently covered a small protest in Las Cruces against the action and has additional perspective in this report. -
The Las Cruces Police Department hosted a town hall at City Hall Thursday night that was attended by over 100 people. Juvenile crime and competency were hot topics at the meeting. -
In recent months, state laws around how to handle a person if they are found to be incompetent in a court have taken over the public safety debate. -
The town of Hurley gets a new mayor, Silver City Town Council does not get a new council member and a mining company has started to stake claims near Pinos Altos.
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Since returning to office for a second term, Trump has promoted "energy dominance" through the aggressive expansion of oil, natural gas, and coal production, while working to end federal support for wind and solar energy. -
The system will forecast rain events as well as take measurements during storms. -
Sixty years ago, 80% to 90% of Americans self-identified as environmentalists. Now, polls show only 40% do. -
The child's mother reported to Child Protective Services that the abuse occurred between November 2022 and spring 2024, the complaint said.
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A Iran returns to an uneasy calm after protests led to a violent crackdown, a senior cleric is calling for the death penalty for detained demonstrators. His sermon Friday also threatened U.S. President Trump. -
Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that medication makes recovery more likely and reduces the risk of overdose death. -
All 16 drug companies that inked deals with the Trump administration over the past few months still raised some of their prices for 2026. -
A hospice in Uganda asked itself: Can we do more than ease the pain of dying? Can we actually prevent deaths from cervical and breast cancer? -
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
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