Senator Shannon Pinto, the only Diné member of the New Mexico Senate, serves a constituency whose lives have been threatened ...

In the last three decades, New Mexico racetracks have shuttered and those still standing hold a fraction of the race days they did in the 1990s. Yet across the state, horse racetracks and their ...

One month ago, Searchlight New Mexico reported on the findings of analytical chemist Michael Ketterer: Acid Canyon, a popular recreation area in Los Alamos, may have the oldest plutonium contamination ...

New Mexico’s racing industry is a long way removed from its heyday, yet it remains one of the state’s largest moneymakers. Last year, the state’s five racinos — horse racing tracks that also house ...

New Mexico’s horse racing industry holds nearly half the races it did in the 1990s. Despite that decline, it remains a formidable source of revenue. Politicians, businessmen and cartel operatives have ...