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The Southwest is at the forefront of climate change with issues ranging from longer and more intense fire seasons to water scarcity.In a new, hour-long special airing this Friday on New Mexico PBS, 鈥淥ur Land鈥� senior producer Laura Paskus will explore these impacts here in New Mexico and how the deep-rooted connections humans have with our land can pave the way to meaningful healing.

Over the Labor Day weekend, thousands of wildland firefighters were told they鈥檇 be receiving a 50% bump in their pay. It was welcome news since a temporary pay raise is set to expire this month. But, as it turns out, those raises were a mistake.

During a historically devastating fire season, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that wildland firefighters will receive a temporary pay raise and benefits like mental health services will be more readily available. Firefighters think the hike is promising, though it may not be enough to retain future firefighters in the southwest.

Drought adds fuel to the Southwest鈥檚 massive wildfires by killing off swaths of forests. That鈥檚 been exacerbated over the last decade by bark beetles that attack and kill live trees. Now, a new study shows climate change is accelerating these processes, causing more trees to die faster.

The current teacher shortage across the nation is the worst since the 1990鈥檚. The shortage could continue in New Mexico due to a drop in the number of鈥�

The number of Americas over age 65 grew faster than any other age group in the country. From the Fronteras Changing America Desk Monica Ortiz Uribe鈥�

Researchers and ranchers are studying whether cattle grazing could significantly reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires in rugged areas of the鈥�

Pigs will probably fly in the Southwest before home builders stop building new homes here, but the types of homes people will need in the next 20 years鈥�

Home builders have long made a living expanding the edges of Southwestern cities. But look around these days, and you鈥檒l find construction projects that鈥�

Scientists at White Sands National Monument are studying hundreds of rare mammalian footprints that date back to the Ice Age. The impressions were鈥�