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WEBOct 3, 2024 · Inside the shoplifting bust of Albuquerque Journal editor Patrick Ethridge. by Joshua Bowling October 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 …
A nuclear legacy in Los Alamos - Searchlight New Mexico
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Decades-old nuclear waste persists in a popular recreation area near the Los Alamos National Laboratory, study finds
Diminishing returns - Searchlight New Mexico
WEBMay 11, 2022 · Diminishing returns. In the San Juan Basin, small oil and gas firms like Hilcorp reap profits from high-polluting wells. The impacts are major. by Lindsay Fendt May 11, 2022. FARMINGTON — On Oct. 21, 1921, residents in Farmington heard a hissing roar as a natural gas well 10 miles upriver blew skyward — the debut of the first commercial ...
Meet our team - Searchlight New Mexico
WEBMeet the Searchlight team. Executive Editor | Alex Heard is the former editor in chief of Outside magazine, where he specialized in investigative reporting, ambitious longform narratives, and essays written by some of the most prominent voices in outdoor literature. He has also worked as an editor at Wired and The New York Times Magazine.
New map shows plutonium contamination miles away from Los …
WEBApr 25, 2024 · The Buckman Direct Diversion Project at a bend in the Rio Grande River, viewed from White Rock Overlook. Nadav Soroker/Searchlight New Mexico Posted in Nuclear The long path of plutonium: A new map charts contamination at thousands of sites, miles from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Toxic timeline: A brief history of PFAS - Searchlight New Mexico
WEBFeb 19, 2019 · 1947: 3M starts mass-manufacturing PFOA, one of the best-known members in a family of thousands of fluorochemicals called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). 1951: DuPont starts using PFOA to make Teflon. 1953: A close relative of PFOA – a chemical called PFOS – is accidentally spilled on a 3M chemist’s tennis shoe.
Shannon Pinto, the only Navajo in the New Mexico senate
WEBOct 3, 2024 · The Navajo lawmaker bridging past and future. Senator Shannon Pinto, the only Diné member of the New Mexico Senate, serves a constituency whose lives have been threatened over time by industry, exploitation, and violence. by Molly Montgomery October 3, 2024October 3, 2024. Across from Tohatchi — an unincorporated community in northwestern ...
J. Weston Phippen - Searchlight New Mexico
WEBJun 17, 2020 · J. Weston Phippen has reported on the Southwest, primarily focused on the border and the U.S.-Mexico relationship, for 10 years. He was a former staff writer and editor at Outside magazine and The Atlantic, and his writing has also appeared in publications like Mother Jones and Rolling Stone. In …
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