Jonny Coker

Jonny Coker reports for the Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative on new data showing effects of smart phone policy in schools.

Jonny Coker reports for the Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative

Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story led a press conference detailing the events leading up to an officer involved shooting, which left one 18-year-old dead and at least one other teenager wounded.

The military buffer zone was established in April and reaches across roughly 180 miles of the southern border.

Initially introduced in late 2023, the congressman for New Mexico's second congressional district said he would be introducing an updated version of the Humane Accountability Act in an effort to bring more transparency to ongoing deportations and immigration-related arrests.

Food banks in New Mexico are already feeling the effects of federal spending cuts on food assistance programs. The prospect of further cuts have some pantries worried about exacerbating the rate of food insecurity in the state.

Nearly seven years ago a New Mexico judge ruled that the state must do more to address educational inequity in the state. The court case is still ongoing, with a hearing scheduled for later this month. Ahead of the hearing, educational advocates, including Wilhelmina Yazzie, spoke about the current status of the ongoing case.

Amid Trump's immigration crackdown, local activists have been demonstrating their opposition to the administration's mass deportations. Thursday brought protesters outside of the U.S. Border Patrol Station on Main Street in Las Cruces.

As New Mexico's measles outbreak continues, local nonprofits are grappling with the fallout of federal funding cuts, and the implications of the cuts on rural communities.

On February 18, the Las Cruces City Council voted 6-1 in favor of Realize Las Cruces, a new development code that changes the way the city’s neighborhoods are zoned. The new code has some residents seeking to overturn the council’s vote through a referendum.