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Access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction is limited in New Mexico, but particularly in rural communities. The Santa Fe Recovery Center is hoping to change that in northwest New Mexico’s McKinley County with the help of a sizable federal grant.

Last week President Joe Biden said the pandemic had ended. Yet the federal public health emergency order is good until mid-October and will likely be extended into January. For two weeks in a row all 33 New Mexico counties are pastel green on the CDC COVID Community Levels map showing low hospitalization rates from the virus across the state. Yet, only two counties, Harding and Hidalgo actually have low COVID transmission rates.

Based on community levels of COVID-19, which measures the virus’s impact in hospitalizations and strain on the healthcare system, the latest CDC data shows that New Mexico’s map is pretty green – indicating low levels. But, when you look at transmission —the presence and spread of the virus — the map is very red. This latest data comes as we head into a holiday weekend, and as the federal government stops supplying free COVID tests.

Next month’s local elections are the first since the state required counties provide a minimum number of secured ballot drop boxes to ensure voters have…

Episode 48 dives back into how the pandemic is affecting people experiencing homelessness. ¾ÅÉ«Íø's Hannah Colton goes further into the story of the city…

A new report breaks down potential years of life lost when people die before the age of 75 and younger people are dying earlier. There’s been an increase…

Residents of McKinley County in northwestern New Mexico have long complained of health problems associated with uranium mining. A new study looks at the…