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New Mexico State Sen. Harold James Pope Jr. (D-Albuquerque) announced June 29, 2026, he was staying in the race to become lieutenant governor, despite Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland’s endorsement of another candidate a few days prior.
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TUES: Pope staying in Dem lieutenant governor race even after losing Haaland endorsement, + More
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Pope says his experience makes him a “front runner” in what he sees as a continuation of the campaign for lieutenant governor he launched last year.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham spoke out against reports that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency allowed fentanyl to enter New Mexico communities as part of a strategy to capture larger drug dealers.
Daniel Montaño
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Local News
Governor says New Mexico could seek billions after reports that DEA let fentanyl into the state
Daniel Montaño
At a Monday press conference Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said overdoses increased when the federal agency allowed narcotics into communities.
A man fills his water tank at a well a few miles from the Hopi village of Mishongnovi, on the tribe’s northern Arizona reservation.
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Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four states are stalling the deal.
Mark Olalde, Alex Hager
USDA Wildlife Services rabies biologists take a tissue sample from an anesthetized raccoon. The test will determine whether or not this animal ingested enough rabies vaccine to be protected. Baiting rabies vaccines is part of Wildlife Services' National Rabies Management Program.
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Public Health New Mexico
Fox in McKinley county tests positive for rabies for the first time on record
Daniel Montaño
On January 9, 2007, members of the Navajo Nation, faced with the devastating health and environmental effects of yet another coal-burning power plant, staged a peaceful demonstration in Window Rock, Arizona, on the day that returning Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley was sworn in. Peaceful demonstrators were forcibly stopped and blocked from attending the inauguration by the Navajo Nation Police.
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Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
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Exhibit tells the story of three Diné women who defeated the Desert Rock power plant
Jeanette DeDios
Let's Talk New Mexico
A woodcut of an anatomical figure showing viscera from the Margarita Philosophica circa 1503. As recently as the early 1990s, the concept of microbes in the gut being able to affect the brain was almost laughable, but emerging research shows the gut plays an important role in everything from the immune system to mental health.
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Let's talk about gut health
Daniel Montaño
Gut health plays an important role in overall health, but social stigma and taboos constrain conversations about anything at that end of digestion. This week we're breaking through the taboo and discussing all things gut health and emerging research on the gut-brain connection.
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