13+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1164+ words) Amid ongoing failures by the state to protect vulnerable children, find adequate foster homes and make other improvements in New Mexico's troubled child welfare system, lawmakers for years have called for the governor to be stripped of control of the…...

13+ hour, 21+ min ago  (1076+ words) CA'ONES" Rancher Carlos Salazar said he's "staying tuned" to see if a sometimes-deadly pest will return to the U. S. for the first time in decades and threaten the cattle industry. Hundreds of cattle winter on the Salazar family's 3, 000 or so acres…...

13+ hour, 28+ min ago  (343+ words) Plaintiffs in a landmark lawsuit that showed New Mexico failed to serve many of its most disadvantaged students have asked a judge to let them take matters into their own hands. They say the state's current plan to reform the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1105+ words) One lawsuit alleges a patient died of infection " dehydrated and malnourished " due to inadequate staffing at a Santa Fe nursing home. Another alleges a patient suffered a femur fracture, pneumonia, sepsis and life-threatening complications from diabetes during a yearlong stay…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (610+ words) Good news: Rates of sexually transmitted infections are down " and, in some cases, way down " in New Mexico, despite the state's yearslong struggle with higher-than-average numbers. Rates of syphilis and congenital syphilis " a severe infection in which syphilis is passed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1482+ words) Every day, the kids repeated the same routine. From early in the morning, they sat in the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department's Albuquerque office, scrolling on their phones, watching TV, or finding other ways to pass the time....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (759+ words) A report issued Wednesday by the New Mexico Department of Justice outlines a litany of failures by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department to protect children in foster care. One notable finding in that report: When abuse occurs…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1208+ words) When Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order in January to end office stays for foster youth, her mandate had a clear condition: All kids who were living in offices must be moved to "safe" and "appropriate" settings that…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (1480+ words) ALBUQUERQUE" Jimmy Beal is waiting to see if the Rio Grande will give him enough water this spring to plant a few of his 100 acres in oats. The irrigation ditch that runs along the river in Albquerque's South Valley and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (654+ words) Some might call it friendly fire. The New Mexico Department of Justice calls it accountability. Attorney General Ra'l Torrez's office filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state Children, Youth and Families Department, alleging it used an overly broad reading of…...