Such a move would block the public’s ability to see large amounts of investigative records that are ordinarily available for ...

Such a move would block the public’s ability to see large amounts of investigative records that are ordinarily available for ...

Judging by what happened with crime scene photos from the murders made famous by Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood,” public interest in seeing post-mortem images of the Hackmans will be extremely high An ...

Driving along a stretch of New Mexico Highway 605, just north of the tiny Village of Milan, it’s easy to imagine that this area has always been no-man’s-land. Little appears in the distance except for ...

Early in 2023, New Mexico’s police violence drew attention from all over the nation. In small towns like Farmington, officers were under the microscope for driving to the wrong address in response to ...

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 ...

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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.