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Robinson: It’s Been A Long Road To Involuntary Mental Health Treatment

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
©2025 New Mexico News Services

He was sprawled across the exit lane of a busy shopping center as I was trying to leave. I stopped my car and ran over to do something, but what? Two other good Samaritans joined me.

We dragged him out of traffic and called 911. He told me he was having a seizure, but it seemed more likely that he was wasting away from years of substance abuse. The fire department arrived in minutes, and the senior officer greeted the man by name.

“We see this guy ALL the time,” the firefighter said.

I knew the police have to contend repeatedly with the same folks Read More

Vaccine Integrity Project & American Medical Association Launch Vaccine Evidence Review Process For 2026–27 Respiratory Virus Season

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AMA News:

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Vaccine Integrity Project, in collaboration with the American Medical Association (AMA), today announced the kickoff of a structured, evidence-based review process to assess vaccine safety and effectiveness for the 2026–27 respiratory virus season. The review will focus on immunizations for influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Building on the thorough evidence review completed for the 2025–26 season, this new effort will establish a structured and durable process for evaluating the science underpinning respiratory virus Read More

House Unanimously Passes Behavioral Health Compacts To Expand Access To Care

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — Feb. 6, the House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 32: the Counseling Licensure Compact and House Bill 33: the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to expand access to behavioral and mental healthcare in New Mexico. 

HB 32 and HB 33 round out the list of 10 compact bills introduced this session, all of which have unanimously passed the House, with two signed into law by the Governor this morning (SB 1, HB 50). These important pieces of legislation enter New Mexico into interstate compacts, which allow licensed, qualified healthcare providers in other Read More

Lawmakers Deal Blow To Governor’s Support For Fracking Water Reuse

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Bill Co-sponsor Rep. Joseph Sanchez, D-Alcalde

By NICHOLAS GILMORE
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Advocates for the reuse of so-called “produced water” — a group that includes the governor — have been handed a big loss with not much time left in the legislative session.

After more than four and a half hours of testimony and debate, a House committee voted 5-4 Saturday afternoon to table a bill that would set a quick timeline for new statewide regulations allowing the reuse and discharge of fracking wastewater, a byproduct of oil and gas extraction.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has for several years expressed Read More

Bill Would Overhaul Virtual Education In New Mexico … And Its Funding

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Bill Sponsor Rep. Joy Garratt, D-Bernalillo

By ANDRÉ SALKIN
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Supporters of virtual education, many wearing shirts reading “Save Our Virtual Schools,” packed into a room at the state Capitol on Friday to push back against a bill that would overhaul New Mexico’s online learning regulations for the first time in nearly two decades. 

The changes include a slash in funding for schools that serve distance learning students to fix a crisis: a $35 million hole in the roughly $4.5 billion pool of per-student funding.

The provision also would prevent nearly $40 million in state Read More

Head Slapping No Longer Allowed In High School Football

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SPORTS News:

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — In an ongoing focus on minimizing risk of injury in high school sports, the NFHS Football Rules Committee strengthened a rule related to illegal personal contact. Both revisions recommended by the committee were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. 

The Football Rules Committee is composed of one member from each NFHS member state association that uses NFHS playing rules, along with representatives from the NFHS Coaches Association and NFHS Officials Association. 

Previously, Rule 9-4-7 stated that defensive players could not use the Read More

Lawmakers Promise More Big Wins For New Mexico As Governor Signs Year’s First Bills

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs one of the first bills to reach her desk this legislative session in the governor’s Cabinet room on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Bills signed Thursday included a $1.5 billion bonding package to improve New Mexico roads, interstate compacts for doctors and social workers and a prohibition on local governments operating immigration detention centers. Photo by Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican

By Margaret O’Hara and Daniel J. Chacón
The Santa Fe New Mexican

As Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the first laws of the year to reach her desk, legislators Read More

Community Invited To Roundtable Discussion On ‘Health Care In Northern New Mexico: Changing Landscape’ Feb. 24

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Community News: 

The Los Alamos Community Foundation, in partnership with the Los Alamos League of Women Voters and Anchorum Health Foundation, will host a community roundtable discussion featuring local medical experts on the current state of health care issues in Northern New Mexico.

The event is 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at SALA Los Alamos Event Center, 2551 Central Ave.

Many residents have experienced firsthand how access to health care in our region is increasingly at risk. Health care systems nationwide are undergoing seismic economic shifts, forcing hospitals and clinics to Read More

Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service To Close Doors Feb. 20

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From Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service, Inc.:

After 52 years of dedicated service to the communities of Los Alamos County and Rio Arriba County, Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service, Inc. will close its doors on Feb. 20, 2026.

This decision was not made lightly. For more than five decades, our organization has been honored to provide home health and hospice care to patients and families during some of life’s most vulnerable moments. Unfortunately, mounting financial pressures have made it unsustainable for us to continue operating.

Over the past 20 years, home health and hospice agencies nationwide Read More