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Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Jodie Herrera devours issues of social justice, then splashes them onto wood and walls in symbolic portraits. The Taos artist shows her work at Santa Fe’s KEEP Contemporary, at galleries in Denver, and on walls and windows in Downtown Albuquerque, as well as at jodieherrera.com. Jodie Herrera: “Stay Safe,” oil on wood, 18×24 inches. (Courtesy of the artist) The pandemic inspired many artists to create during quarantine. For Herrera, a different illness led to a series of paintings about women who survive tragedy and spin their pain into gold. ........

People bring their gangly quarter horse colts to Bubba Werner to transform into winners. Now and again, he does.

Diabetes rates have been worsened by systemic inequities, but health leaders hope an understanding of tribes' cultures will help reverse the trend.

‘Firefighters Out There in the Snow’: Wildfires Rage Early in Parched West Firefighters in New Mexico, Arizona and California are battling springtime blazes that have been fueled by a severe drought and boosted by climate change. A fire sparked in the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico on Monday continued to burn throughout the week, despite rain, light snow and the efforts of fire crews.Credit...USDA Forest Service, via Associated Press April 30, 2021 RUIDOSO, N.M. — New Mexico’s first major wildfire of the year ignited this week near a campground where visitors can hike to view h...

Native American tribes have long struggled with high rates of diabetes. COVID made the problem even more urgent. Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY © Inés Ixierda Sogorea Te' Land Trust Quail Creek community garden Heather Mars-Martins and her family would dive off the coast of Westerly, Rhode Island, to catch quahogs, clams native to the eastern shores long foraged by her Narragansett tribe. Mars-Martins and her family would swim back up to their canoes and head home to make traditional chowders or shellfish pies. But often, her diabetes complications interrupted those trips, and ...