RUSSELL CONTRERAS

Aztec students, residents try to make sense of it all

‘I thought I was going to wake up and it’s going to be all fine’

Law scholars urge Trump to keep program for young immigrants

President campaigned on promise to end it

Suspect in Navajo girl’s killing heads to federal court

ALBUQUERQUE – A man charged in the death of an 11-year-old girl in a remote part of the largest American Indian reservation is headed to federal court. Tom Begaye is scheduled Tue...

Zinke coming to New Mexico in tightly controlled visit

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is visiting New Mexico this week as part of his nationwide tour connected to a review of 27 national monument designations. ...

Route 66 tourist towns could lose critical funding if program expires

Tourist towns could miss critical funding if program expires

Albuquerque added to federal effort to fight opioid epidemic

ALBUQUERQUE – The largest city in a state with one of the nation’s worst drug overdose rates was added this week to a federal program aimed at helping similar cities deal with the scourge of...

Author advocates for ‘truth, reconciliation’ in New Mexico

Sandra Cisneros says state must address history of violence

Nun who defied Billy the Kid inspires TV show

Television series will be filmed in New Mexico

Film on poet Jimmy Santiago Baca set for June

ALBUQUERQUE – A documentary about Chicano writer Jimmy Santiago Baca is set to be released in June and producers hope to screen it in schools with Latino and Native American students. ...

Santa Fe archbishop: ‘Spotlight’ to bring up church’s dark past

Film details newspaper’s investigation of sexual abuse

Albuquerque mayor in re-election fight

ALBUQUERQUE – The mayor of New Mexico’s largest city hopes to overcome attacks on his handling of Albuquerque’s scandal-plagued police department and lackluster economic recovery to win a se...