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Mother Flocker/UnsplashNationwide, more law enforcement agencies are adopting license plate readers to solve crimes including speeding, vehicle thefts, and missing persons cases. Last week, the New Mexico State Police used these computer-controlled cameras to arrest a suspect in the fatal shooting at the University of New Mexico. Lawmakers on Wednesday discussed the advantages and disadvantages of this technology with an eye on possible legislation to regulate it. -
ktphotography/Pixabay https://pixabay.com/service/license/The KUNM news team has picked up a bundle of national and regional awards for work done in 2024.
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As concerns about artificial intelligence continue to grow, lawmakers on Tuesday debated how, and even if, the state should regulate the technology. -
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A new study from Los Alamos National Laboratory shows that New Mexico’s beloved piñon pine trees may be more flexible in how they handle extreme drought than scientists once thought. -
Early Friday morning a shooting at the University or New Mexico leaving one dead and another in critical care. The campus was in lockdown for over 10 hours. U.S. Marshals arrested the suspect Friday in Los Lunas. A student advocate with Everytown for Gun Safety talks about the impacts of the continuing violence on school campuses as the story develops. -
Court documents identified the 14-year-old killed in a shooting at UNM as Michael Lamotte. -
Four young men were playing video games in a dorm room at the University of New Mexico early Friday morning when one of them opened fire on the others — killing a 14-year-old and wounding a 19-year-old. -
A shooting this morning at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque has left one person dead and another with non-life threatening injuries. New Mexico State Police lifted a shelter-in-place order that began at 5:30 a.m. just before 4 p.m. KOAT reported the U.S. Marshals arrested the shooting suspect in Los Lunas. -
State officials presented Wednesday to lawmakers details on a pilot program that will dispense medications for treating substance use disorder at public health offices. The New Mexico Department of Health has already been providing prescriptions to be filled elsewhere, but this is the first time they will be offering the medications themselves. -
That bird Wile E. Coyote is always chasing? If you didn’t know, he’s a roadrunner, the state bird of New Mexico. KUNM set out to find out why these dinosaur-looking creatures are so fond of our state. -
New Mexico’s poverty rate is sitting at 18.1%, which is 5.7% higher than the national average. This contributes to the state’s unstable housing challenges.
