When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks for science.
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President and CEO Bob Moore covers the area's top stories.
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KC Counts talks with Editor Elva Osterreich about area people and events featured in this month's issue.
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Protests are continuing to spread on college campuses across the U.S. calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. NMSU has its own pro-Palestine demonstrators set up near the Corbett Center Student Union, and KRWG went to learn more about the goal of the protest.
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Jane Peacock speaks with KRWG’s Scott Brocato from her cabin in Dripping Springs about the Artist in Residency Program and what she’ll be doing.
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On Thursday, New Mexico State University students and faculty staged a “Walk-Out for Palestine” on the NMSU campus. Scott Brocato has more.
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Authorities say an F-16 fighter jet crashed west of Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico on Tuesday and the pilot safely ejected.
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The $24.5 million agreement with Ameredev announced Monday is the largest settlement the state Environment Department has ever reached for a civil oil and gas violation.
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Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles.
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Local authorities say Interstate 40 has reopened in both directions as fire crews continue watch over a controlled burn of remaining fuel from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line.
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The bill which was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022 but blocked in the Senate, aims to end race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.
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Four states so far have passed laws prohibiting the use of public money for no-strings cash aid. Advocates for basic income say the backlash is being fueled by a conservative think tank.
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What a new bridge over Baltimore's Patapsco River will look like is still very much a matter of speculation. But one design stands out.
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Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn we're nowhere near prepared for another pandemic.
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Canada has one of the world's lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country.
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Dr. Bryce Jorgensen spoke with Scott Brocato about financial matters and answered questions our audience asked during the show.
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Professor Anderson answers listeners' gardening questions.