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Here in New Mexico, we've managed to avoid the rotavirus cases that have been surging across the country. Kids have been hospitalized and health providers have said this year’s spike is concerning. Experts lay at least partial blame on declining vaccination rates elsewhere, but in the Land of Enchanment our vaccination rates have increased.
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Screenshot/YouTubeU.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) pressed a key federal official last week about how prediction markets are regulated during a House Agricultural Committee hearing. He said these markets function just like sports betting, but without the same regulations, and that hurts tribal communities.
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A new exhibit called “A Question of Power” will be at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe tells the story of three Diné women who helped defeat a controversial power plant on the Navajo Nation. -
The new KIDS COUNT Data Book from New Mexico Voices for Children shows the state has made progress and that those investments may help it weather uncertainty from the federal government. -
The exhibition will be on view at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque through January 2027. -
Arts organizations in New Mexico have long depended on federal dollars to help them survive. Last year, a major source of that funding, from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), was nearly zeroed out by the Trump Administration. While Congress restored the budget, the money now comes with a caveat. -
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month. In New Mexico, advocates are working to both support survivors, and prevent future violence. -
SNAP underwent some big changes last year, and as a result an upcoming deadline is set to lock-out thousands of New Mexicans from food assistance for the next three years. -
Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt is one of four people left alive who walked on the moon. That was during the Apollo 17 mission. He’s also a former U.S. Senator from New Mexico. Schmitt spoke with Indira Lakshmanan on the show Here & Now before the crew returned about the Artemis II mission and his hopes for the future of space travel. -
Diné photographer Ryle Yazzie is releasing his first book titled “Native Genes” that explores authenticity and Americana through self-portraits and risographs. KUNM spoke with Yazzie who said this project stemmed from his time working as a photo assistant in Santa Fe. -
President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget includes cutting funds for Job Corps. But the program has tremendous bipartisan support in Congress and one grad talks about its impact on her life. -
Folks opposed to a gas station at a key intersection in Albuquerque won a crucial victory recently when city officials denied a conditional use approval for a proposed new Maverik location at Carlisle Boulevard and Indian School Road.
