Oct 4, 2024 · The editor of New Mexico’s largest newspaper has lost his job for stealing groceries at a Walmart. Public and private records obtained by Searchlight New Mexico paint a clear picture of what happened. What remains a mystery is why.

Dec 29, 2024 · Shepard is a prime example of a “carpet bagger” who exploited the citizens of New Mexico for every penny he could. The severance pay approved by the Board of Regents is utterly outrageous ($1.9 million); the board should be replaced if they don’t voluntarily resign.

Dec 19, 2024 · Searchlight New Mexico is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigative and public service journalism in the interest of the people of New Mexico.

November 21, 2024 | Nearly a year after Searchlight New Mexico first exposed WNMU President Joseph Shepard’s big spending on international flights, resort stays and exotic furniture, a new government report accuses university officials of violating policy and wasting a huge amount of taxpayer money. A new report by New Mexico’s state auditor slams spending by university President Joseph ...

Investigative Reporter | Alicia Inez Guzmán was raised in the northern New Mexican village of Truchas, and has written about histories of place, identity and land use in New Mexico. She brings this knowledge to her current role covering the nuclear industry, focusing on the impact of nuclear weapons expansion at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, …

Dec 19, 2024 · This story contains descriptions and images of physical abuse and injuries to minors. Just before lunchtime on Oct. 24 of this year, an employee of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department heard what sounded like an argument between two teenage boys coming from inside a room in the agency’s Albuquerque office building, where the …

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Nov 20, 2024 · ESPAÑOLA — Daniel Valerio wants to get back to the mountains. The 69-year-old Marine Corps veteran has been out of work since Colorado’s Wolf Creek ski area shuttered temporarily during the early days of the pandemic.

Dec 20, 2024 · Shepard and the regents have been under the microscope for more than a year after a 2023 Searchlight New Mexico investigation found that he and other university leaders used taxpayer money to travel the world, stay at upscale resorts and spend more than $27,000 to furnish his on-campus home. Searchlight reported that his wife, former CIA agent and author Valerie Plame, used a university ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Searchlight: Is there any scientific need for weapons testing in our time? Dylan Spaulding: There is absolutely no scientific need for new explosive testing to maintain the safety and reliability of existing U.S. nuclear weapons.For the past 30 years, the U.S. has maintained its nuclear arsenal and annually certified its reliability, using a …