Census: Rural New Mexico becoming more rural
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 13—New Mexico's rural-urban divide is getting deeper. While the state grew by 58,343 people between 2010 and 2020, the influx occurred in more urban areas — at the same time more rural ...
Ramón Ortíz, one of Mesilla's first settlers, a 'priest and patriot'
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn the NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections, a folder of documents in the Freudenthal...
More US Counties Lack a Clear Racial Majority (And People Are Getting Along Pretty Well)
Stateline.org via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDec. 5—Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct the pronouns used by sociologist Kiara Wyndham-Douds. Some booming suburbs, many of them in the Sun Belt, are becoming as racially ...
Lawmaker: HB7 would remove parent involvement
Eastern New Mexico News, Clovis, N.M. via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMar. 4—New Mexico State Rep. Jack Chatfield's campaign committee has published an advertisement claiming a bill going through the New Mexico Legislature would remove parent involvement for minors ...
Rules for ballot drop boxes draw GOP scrutiny
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 23—SANTA FE — With a recent surge in absentee voting, ballot drop boxes are set to become a permanent part of New Mexico's electoral landscape, under rules proposed by Secretary of State ...
New Mexico GOP oppose effort to make ballot drop boxes permanent
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 23—The Republican Party of New Mexico is pushing back against proposed rules that would make the state's use of drop boxes to collect absentee ballots permanent. The state implemented drop ...
Blue Origin brings space tourism to tiny Texas town
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn, tucked neatly among the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains, read simply: “Farming,...
Mayor, stadium, school board: What's at stake on Election Day
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 2—It's time to decide who will lead the city of Albuquerque for the next four years, set local public school policy and more. Tuesday is Election Day in the 2021 Regular Local Election, ...