Alice Fordham
ReporterAlice Fordham joined the news team in 2022 after a career as an international correspondent, reporting for NPR from the Middle East and later Latin America and Europe. She also worked as a podcast producer for The Economist among other outlets, and tries to meld a love of sound and storytelling with solid reporting on the community. She grew up in the U.K. and has a small jar of Marmite in her kitchen for emergencies.
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The new rule by the Bureau of Land Management will protect land considered sacred by Pueblos — and used by wildlife — from development by gravel miners.
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Former New Mexico State Auditor Brian Colón's law firm is one of two firms suing the federal government for damages in a mass tort case in the wake of the 2022 Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak fire that began as prescribed burns by the U.S. Forest Service
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New Mexico and Arizona have more than 650 abandoned uranium mines, and contamination has affected water supplies.
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Two years after the U.S. Forest Service accidentally ignited the biggest fire in New Mexico history nearly 2,500 victims are suing over slow aid payments.
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On the anniversary of the Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak fire, FEMA has paid out about 10% of nearly $4 billion appropriated by Congress to compensate victims of prescribed burns that blew out of control.
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The New Mexico History Museum for the first time issued an open call for people to loan memorabilia of the ritual for an upcoming exhibit.
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An association of petroleum producers and the Chamber of Commerce sued to join the case.
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New contraceptive pill available without prescription will be free for the one-third of New Mexicans who are covered by Medicaid
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The bill would create a state fund that employers and employees would pay into. After an application process managed by the Department of Workforce Solutions, employees would be paid at least a portion of their salaries while on leave.
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A bill now under discussion in the legislature would give $500 million to an affordable housing trust fund which has provided flexible funding for housing initiatives for low- and moderate-income households since 2005.