Meet Howard Hutchinson, a private property rights activist who is quietly organizing county-level rejection of a landmark law ...

Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, 16-year-old Jaydun Garcia took his own life at a makeshift home for youth ...

Howard Hutchinson’s group, the Coalition, has roots in decades-old movements which hold that state governments and private ...

On March 31, the courtroom of First Judicial District Court Judge Matthew Wilson had a lot of lawyers on hand, in the room itself and on screens mounted above the benches and seats. I counted five ...

A collection of documents about clergy abuse in this state — housed at UNM’s special collections library — is a major step forward for victims, but there’s more to be done. Searchlight New Mexico is a ...

When public records reveal sensitive details, the desire for privacy collides with the need for government transparency. The recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa-Hackman have ...

Such a move would block the public’s ability to see large amounts of investigative records that are ordinarily available for review Searchlight New Mexico is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization ...

The government wants a new transmission line on a treasured plateau. Opponents say it’s a line too far. Searchlight New Mexico is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigative ...