Recreational cannabis bud with glass jar at PurLife Dispensary, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 11, 2022
Changes coming for cannabis in NM
By Jesse Jones and Gavin Moughan/ NM News Port
State Sen. Cliff Pirtle is one of a growing number of Republicans who support legal marijuana, which he says is good for New Mexico’s economy, but he wants to see some changes come January’s legislative session.
Candadits official website photos
NM SOS race: A battle to control elections
By Jesse Jones/ NM News Port
Across the country, races for secretary of state are attracting more attention than usual this year, as election deniers vie for jobs that oversee elections. New Mexico is no exception.
Vince Kadlubek. Photo by Jesse Jones/ NM News Port
Welcome to the jungle
Jesse Jones/ NM News Port
The University of New Mexico is partnering with the co-creator of Meow Wolf to design the next high-tech phase of the Innovate ABQ campus in downtown Albuquerque.
A man votes inside the voting station in the UNM SUB. Oct. 27, 2022 Photo by Jesse Jones
Democrats sweep statewide executive races
By Jesse Jones / NM News Port
Added reporting by Gavin Moughan
Democrats won handily in all five of the statewide offices in New Mexico, not including those of Governor and Lt Governor.
A visit to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Photos essay by Jesse Jones/NMPA College Journalism Workshop
Attendees at the 113th annual New Mexico Press Association were treated to a guided tour off the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe this year.
Nathan Burton, documentary photographer, Matt Reisen, reporter for the Albuquerque Journal, Geoffrey Plant, senior reporter from the Taos News, John Moses, editor of the Farmington Daily Times and Matt Reisen.
NMPA: Covering disaster and crisis
By Jesse Jones/NMPA College Journalism Workshop
SANTA FE - Nick Seibel, publisher of the Silver City Daily Press, moderated a roundtable discussion among New Mexican journalists who have covered disasters or crises in their local communities.
American hieroglyphics: tattoos can create and reinforce a sense of identity
By Jesse Jones/ NM News Port
Getting a tattoo can be therapeutic hieroglyphic, chronicling chapters of the wearer’s personal myth.
Matthew R. Williams leads Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse members in providing first aid a "victim" during a training session in 2019.
Courtesy of the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse
The Sheriff’s Posse is on the case
By Jesse Jones/NMPA College Journalism Workshop
All too often, people actually get lost or injured deep in one of the state's many outdoor spaces, that is when the New Mexico State Police Search and Rescue (SAR) is called in. The State Police then call-in groups such as the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Posse to help with search and rescue efforts.