New Mexico In Depth /tags/new-mexico-in-depth New Mexico In Depth en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:04:55 GMT New series highlights Native American joy /local-news/2025-02-26/new-series-highlighting-native-joy New Mexico PBS and New Mexico in Depth are collaborating on a new series highlighting Indigenous joy while also discussing challenges like how Native Americans are portrayed in the media. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:04:55 GMT /local-news/2025-02-26/new-series-highlighting-native-joy Bella Davis, Benjamin Yazza, Jeanette DeDios Inside New Mexico’s first diversion program for people who aren’t competent to stand trial /2025-02-04/inside-new-mexicos-first-diversion-program-for-people-who-arent-competent-to-stand-trial A look at the state’s first competency diversion program for people charged with misdemeanors who have a mental illness and may be unable to understand legal proceedings or participate in their own defense. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:38:21 GMT /2025-02-04/inside-new-mexicos-first-diversion-program-for-people-who-arent-competent-to-stand-trial Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth Poverty fell more than a third in New Mexico due to tax changes, but there’s more to do /local-news/2025-01-14/poverty-fell-more-than-a-third-in-new-mexico-due-to-tax-changes-but-theres-more-to-do Many in New Mexico lack adequate food, secure housing, affordable healthcare, and fair-paying jobs. But by the numbers, so gradual it’s difficult to detect, changes to state tax policy are softening the bite of poverty. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:23:18 GMT /local-news/2025-01-14/poverty-fell-more-than-a-third-in-new-mexico-due-to-tax-changes-but-theres-more-to-do Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth Democratic legislators search for agreement on alcohol tax hike /local-news/2025-01-13/democratic-legislators-search-for-agreement-on-alcohol-tax-hike For the third straight year, lawmakers are trying to raise taxes on alcoholic drinks, in an attempt to reduce New Mexico’s worst-in-the-nation alcohol-related death rate. Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:42:33 GMT /local-news/2025-01-13/democratic-legislators-search-for-agreement-on-alcohol-tax-hike Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth State portal for missing Indigenous people needs work, families say /news/2024-12-09/state-portal-for-missing-indigenous-people-needs-work-families-say There are 194 Indigenous people listed as missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation on a portal run by the state Department of Justice. But click on any entries and you'll mostly just find info like age, sex, and the agency the person was reported to. There are no photos attached to any of the entries. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:12:45 GMT /news/2024-12-09/state-portal-for-missing-indigenous-people-needs-work-families-say Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth State official says no public comment at meeting on missing and murdered Indigenous people /local-news/2024-10-14/state-official-says-no-public-comment-at-meeting-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people The public won’t be allowed to make comments at a state-run meeting this week about a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:05:04 GMT /local-news/2024-10-14/state-official-says-no-public-comment-at-meeting-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth Community members want deputy who killed Mescalero Apache teenager charged /local-news/2024-09-13/community-members-want-deputy-who-killed-mescalero-apache-teenager-charged The June killing of a 17-year-old Mescalero Apache boy by an Otero County sheriff’s deputy has sparked protests and demands for Deputy Jacob Diaz-Austin to be criminally charged. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:27:24 GMT /local-news/2024-09-13/community-members-want-deputy-who-killed-mescalero-apache-teenager-charged Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth New wildfire defense grant program at a snail’s pace as fire season looms /local-news/2024-04-03/new-wildfire-defense-grant-program-at-a-snails-pace-as-fire-season-looms Kim Wright, a retired nurse, volunteers with the Cimarron Watershed Alliance. A year ago she learned that the federal government was awarding more than $8 million to the alliance to help nine northern New Mexico communities better defend themselves against wildfire. Those communities are still awaiting signs of on-the-ground wildfire preparedness as fire season fast approaches. Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:58:17 GMT /local-news/2024-04-03/new-wildfire-defense-grant-program-at-a-snails-pace-as-fire-season-looms Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth NM lawmakers fail to take substantive action on nation’s highest alcohol-related death rate /local-news/2024-02-20/nm-lawmakers-fail-to-take-substantive-action-on-nations-highest-alcohol-related-death-rate New Mexico has the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the nation and the situation has gotten even worse since the pandemic. Despite this, state lawmakers this session failed to pass any substantive measures to curb the crisis. Public health reporter Ted Alcorn has long covered the issue for New Mexico in Depth. He spoke with ¾ÅÉ«Íø about a debate over whether and how to change the way the state taxes alcohol. Democrats filed competing bills this year, neither of which got to the governor. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:43:44 GMT /local-news/2024-02-20/nm-lawmakers-fail-to-take-substantive-action-on-nations-highest-alcohol-related-death-rate Nash Jones Lawmakers want attorney general to create new task force on missing and murdered Indigenous people /local-news/2024-01-25/lawmakers-want-attorney-general-to-create-new-task-force-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Five New Mexico lawmakers want the state attorney general to establish a task force focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:06:32 GMT /local-news/2024-01-25/lawmakers-want-attorney-general-to-create-new-task-force-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth