1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (423+ words) By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN The review will examine government policies and wiretap investigations in which the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may have learned of fentanyl deliveries before they happened but stood down to avoid jeopardizing larger prosecutions. Current and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (496+ words) Jurors reached the verdict Friday, following a trial that included testimony from Sheryl Williams Stapleton’s former colleagues, investigators and tax experts. Williams Stapleton, who declined to testify, could face 20 years in federal prison when sentenced. Her attorney said all options…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (354+ words) Cruz was confirmed to serve a four-year term as director of the Indian Health Service, a position that has sat vacant since late 2025. At his July confirmation hearing, Cruz said he would advocate “ferociously” to improve health outcomes in Indian…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (735+ words) By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vowed to take her outrage “right to the White House and Congress” to seek assurances the DEA is no longer using the risky law enforcement strategy…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (525+ words) The federal Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog to investigate a whistleblower’s claims that DEA agents permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico. The request came days after…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (478+ words) Two people remained in a hospital Thursday, including a person who was found unresponsive in a home where the three died east of Albuquerque, in the rural town of Mountainair. Authorities went to the home Wednesday after being called about…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (447+ words) By SAVANNAH PETERS and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press New Mexico State Police said three of the four people found unresponsive inside the home east of Albuquerque died. The fourth was being treated at a hospital in Albuquerque. During the…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (418+ words) By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MATTHEW BROWN Former congressman Steve Pearce will lead the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management following Monday’s 46-43 confirmation vote. Pearce’s background as a Republican Party leader in New Mexico known for supporting public land leasing…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (526+ words) By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN The disease gained attention last year after late actor Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from a hantavirus infection in New Mexico. The World Health Organization said in a statement Sunday that detailed investigations of the…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (731+ words) Earlier this month, Santa Ana Pueblo Gov. Myron Armijo took officials from the U.S. Indian Health Service and the Department of Health and Human Services on a tour of the location where patients are to receive everything from dialysis and diabetes…...