Lauren Villagran
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Hospitals give cooperation a try
Competition between Presbyterian, UNMH was leaving kids in the lurch → Read More
Foreign teachers pay to fill empty NM jobs
Agencies say opportunity is worth the thousands they charge to recruits → Read More
Immigration lawyer faces death threat over work
Santa Fe attorney forced from home while FBI conducts investigation into 'credible' voicemail message → Read More
For NM’s undocumented immigrants, a cloud of fear
Even the threat of family deportation can harm children, research shows → Read More
Program fights child abuse by providing a stable home
Disputes over mission, methods cloud future of promising intervention → Read More
State, federal agencies sometimes compete for 4-year-olds
Head Start, state pre-K programs frequently in conflict → Read More
Two nations, one aquifer: Border wall can't keep groundwater from draining away
No agreement governs shrinking basin that feeds growth in both NM and Mexico → Read More
Breaking: State to retry Tai Chan for third time on murder charges
LAS CRUCES -- State prosecutors intend to retry ex-Santa Fe sheriff's deputy Tai Chan on murder charges for the third time after two previous efforts ended in mistrial. A spokesman for the 3rd Judicial District… → Read More
New: Jury begins deliberations in Tai Chan murder case
LAS CRUCES -- One deputy is dead. The future of the former deputy accused of killing him is now in the hands of a jury. Attorneys in the first-degree murder… → Read More
Doña Ana Community College to close branch campus
LAS CRUCES — Doña Ana Community College on Monday said it plans to close a satellite campus in Hatch next month due to stagnant enrollment and budget constraints. "The recession… → Read More
Jurors tour shooting scene in Chan retrial
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Defense contends former deputy was defending self → Read More
Openings in former deputy’s murder case
LAS CRUCES -- Attorneys in the first-degree murder case against former Santa Fe sheriff's depu ... → Read More
Captive bred wolf pups placed in wild den
SILVER CITY — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it has successfully placed two captive-b ... → Read More
US customs busts mini-van cocaine load at NM port
SANTA TERESA -- U.S. customs officers seized 11 pounds of cocaine stashed in the bumper of a mini-van this week during a stop at New Mexico's busiest port of entry.… → Read More
'Land that time forgot'
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In NM's wild, untamed Bootheel, the array of animal and plant life is threatened by the proposed wall → Read More
Breaking: Court lifts injunction on Mexican wolf releases in NM
The federal government is again free to release endangered Mexican gray wolves into the wild in New Mexico, after a U.S. appeals court Tuesday vacated a lower court's injunction sought by the… → Read More
‘Sanctuary’ policies lead to threat from DOJ
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — No New Mexico cities receive letters about cooperation with feds → Read More
Updated: Attorney General, Homeland Security chief vow to strengthen border enforcement
EL PASO — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the borderlands a "beachhead against the cartels" and suggested he may seek more resources for federal courts in border jurisdictions like… → Read More
Udall listens to trade worries on NM's border
FOR THE RECORD: The decrease in the amount of exports to Mexico from New Mexico has been corrected in this story. SANTA TERESA — While machinery roars and rows of… → Read More
Otero County commission to vote on borehole project
The Otero County Commission is expected to vote Thursday on a resolution opposing a Department of Energy plan to drill a deep borehole in the county as part of a research project to find new… → Read More