New guidelines suggest that women should begin getting mammograms at 40
440 Views In a recent draft recommendation, a health task force says that women should start screening for breast cancer at age 40 instead of 50. Scott Brocato spoke with Dr. Elma Gutierrez, an OB/GYN with Mountain View Medical Group in Las Cruces, about the recommendation.
28th Annual Youth Fishing Day planned at Grindstone Lake
495 Views The 28th annual Youth Fishing Day will be held June 3rd at Grindstone Lake near Ruidoso. Scott Brocato spoke with Amanda Fry, Public Affairs Officer with Lincoln National Forest, about what to expect.
Fewer Venezuelan arrivals lead to drop in illegal entries to US after pandemic asylum limits
436 Views SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. officials say a 98% drop in Venezuelan arrivals has helped lead to a steep decline in migrants crossing the U.S. border illegally from Mexico since pandemic-related asylum limits expired last week. The Border Patrol stopped migrants an average of 4,400 times a day since Friday, including less than […]
Legal battle continues over concrete batch plant in Alto, New Mexico
485 Views Last June, the Environment Department’s Deputy Secretary of Environment issued an order to deny an air quality permit for Roper Construction’s concrete batch plant in Alto. But recently, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board voted to overturn that order. Mark Severance, Chairman of the Alto Coalition for Environmental Preservation, said that the decision by the […]
Growing concerns about maternal health crisis in New Mexico
411 Views Searchlight New Mexico’s health reporter Vanessa Sánchez talks with Anthony Moreno about her reporting into the maternal health crisis in New Mexico.
Arsenic levels elevated in Sunland Park drinking water while treatment plants get upgrades
561 Views The executive director of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority Department, Brent Westmoreland told KRWG News arsenic levels in the drinking water in Sunland Park are elevated while treatment facilities are being upgraded.
Las Cruces construction CEO will swim the English Channel to raise money for charity
264 Views Ben Beard, CEO of Las Cruces-based Red Cliff Homes, talks with Scott Brocato about preparing to swim the English Channel in aid of the Grant Cardone Foundation.
‘Rust’ movie medic gets $1.15 million partial settlement
423 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has approved a $1.15 million settlement between a medic who worked on the “Rust” film set and one of several defendants she accused of negligence in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal.
New Mexico Attorney General gives insight into investigation of New Mexico State University
401 Views Last week, a press conference was held by former NMSU basketball players and their attorneys outside of NMSU’s Pan American Center, where William Benjamin Jr., also known as Deuce, grew up watching games and dreaming about playing for the Aggies just like his father. But he said that dream spiraled into a nightmare.
Ex-New Mexico high school coach guilty of federal child porn
425 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former girls’ athletic coach at a New Mexico high school has been convicted of federal charges involving child pornography and coercion and enticement of a minor.
