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Senior Reporter @sourcenm.com / formerly: Searchlight New Mexico, The Arizona Republic/azcentral
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Hey everyone! Thrilled to announce I’m joining the team at @sourcenm.com as Senior Reporter!
I’ll cover the State Legislature & focus on the accountability reporting you’ve come to expect from my 3.5 years @ @searchlightnm.bsky.social. Follow along (for free!) at sourcenm.com
HMU w/ tips & ideas!
I’ll cover the State Legislature & focus on the accountability reporting you’ve come to expect from my 3.5 years @ @searchlightnm.bsky.social. Follow along (for free!) at sourcenm.com
HMU w/ tips & ideas!
In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers
“Former inmates and guards said the violence at the Rankin County jail created a culture of fear and was widely accepted by officials as a way of keeping order”
“Former inmates and guards said the violence at the Rankin County jail created a culture of fear and was widely accepted by officials as a way of keeping order”
In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers
“Former inmates and guards said the violence at the Rankin County jail created a culture of fear and was widely accepted by officials as a way of keeping order”
“Former inmates and guards said the violence at the Rankin County jail created a culture of fear and was widely accepted by officials as a way of keeping order”
Hey everyone! Thrilled to announce I’m joining the team at @sourcenm.com as Senior Reporter!
I’ll cover the State Legislature & focus on the accountability reporting you’ve come to expect from my 3.5 years @ @searchlightnm.bsky.social. Follow along (for free!) at sourcenm.com
HMU w/ tips & ideas!
I’ll cover the State Legislature & focus on the accountability reporting you’ve come to expect from my 3.5 years @ @searchlightnm.bsky.social. Follow along (for free!) at sourcenm.com
HMU w/ tips & ideas!
Home • Source New Mexico
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November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hey everyone! Thrilled to announce I’m joining the team at @sourcenm.com as Senior Reporter!
I’ll cover the State Legislature & focus on the accountability reporting you’ve come to expect from my 3.5 years @ @searchlightnm.bsky.social. Follow along (for free!) at sourcenm.com
HMU w/ tips & ideas!
I’ll cover the State Legislature & focus on the accountability reporting you’ve come to expect from my 3.5 years @ @searchlightnm.bsky.social. Follow along (for free!) at sourcenm.com
HMU w/ tips & ideas!
This is Christmas come early for a Valley expat. Unlike 2021, managed to snag a couple before they sold out! ☄️🏀
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is Christmas come early for a Valley expat. Unlike 2021, managed to snag a couple before they sold out! ☄️🏀
“Pearce, who founded an oilfield services company before getting into politics, represented New Mexico’s Second Congressional District in the southern part of the state between 2003 and 2009, then again from 2011 to 2019”
Trump nominates former NM GOP Congressman Steve Pearce to lead federal public lands agency • Source New Mexico
His nomination drew swift criticism from environmental groups in New Mexico and across the country. They urged Congress to reject Trump’s nomination.
sourcenm.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“Pearce, who founded an oilfield services company before getting into politics, represented New Mexico’s Second Congressional District in the southern part of the state between 2003 and 2009, then again from 2011 to 2019”
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Reginald Dwayne Betts was locked up as a teenager for carjacking. Books were his escape.
Freedom Reads — which he started in 2020 — installs libraries in prisons across the country. https://wapo.st/4oHT3m3
Freedom Reads — which he started in 2020 — installs libraries in prisons across the country. https://wapo.st/4oHT3m3
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reginald Dwayne Betts was locked up as a teenager for carjacking. Books were his escape.
Freedom Reads — which he started in 2020 — installs libraries in prisons across the country. https://wapo.st/4oHT3m3
Freedom Reads — which he started in 2020 — installs libraries in prisons across the country. https://wapo.st/4oHT3m3
“Fish who have never known the river graduated to the wild on Wednesday, when the Albuquerque BioPark and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 18,000 captive-spawned endangered Rio Grande silvery minnows” via @abqjournal.bsky.social
BioPark releases endangered Rio Grande silvery minnows
Fish who have never known the river graduated to the wild on Wednesday, when the Albuquerque BioPark and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 18,000 captive-spawned endangered Rio Grande
www.abqjournal.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Fish who have never known the river graduated to the wild on Wednesday, when the Albuquerque BioPark and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 18,000 captive-spawned endangered Rio Grande silvery minnows” via @abqjournal.bsky.social
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Rural Californians living without power.
Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
buff.ly/HYteQGv
Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
buff.ly/HYteQGv
November 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Rural Californians living without power.
Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
buff.ly/HYteQGv
Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
buff.ly/HYteQGv
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New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
ICYMI: Does Project Jupiter, the massive OpenAI/Oracle data center complex planned for southern NM, exploit a loophole in the state’s landmark clean energy law?
My latest, in @sourcenm.com:
My latest, in @sourcenm.com:
Project Jupiter pits demand for data against New Mexico’s finite natural resources • Source New Mexico
Project Jupiter backers say the data center is a boon for Doña Ana County, but critics point to its impact on natural resources
sourcenm.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ICYMI: Does Project Jupiter, the massive OpenAI/Oracle data center complex planned for southern NM, exploit a loophole in the state’s landmark clean energy law?
My latest, in @sourcenm.com:
My latest, in @sourcenm.com:
Reposted by joshua bowling🌵
NEW for @sourcenm.com: You’ve likely heard about the water use and contentious vote behind Project Jupiter, the massive OpenAI/Oracle data center complex planned for southern NM. But does it exploit a loophole in the state’s landmark clean energy law?
Project Jupiter pits demand for data against New Mexico’s finite natural resources • Source New Mexico
Project Jupiter backers say the data center is a boon for Doña Ana County, but critics point to its impact on natural resources
sourcenm.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW for @sourcenm.com: You’ve likely heard about the water use and contentious vote behind Project Jupiter, the massive OpenAI/Oracle data center complex planned for southern NM. But does it exploit a loophole in the state’s landmark clean energy law?
Reposted by joshua bowling🌵
The massive data center Project Jupiter in southern New Mexico faces two lawsuits and poses numerous unanswered questions.
Project Jupiter pits demand for data against New Mexico’s finite natural resources • Source New Mexico
Project Jupiter backers say the data center is a boon for Doña Ana County, but critics point to its impact on natural resources
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The massive data center Project Jupiter in southern New Mexico faces two lawsuits and poses numerous unanswered questions.
NEW for @sourcenm.com: You’ve likely heard about the water use and contentious vote behind Project Jupiter, the massive OpenAI/Oracle data center complex planned for southern NM. But does it exploit a loophole in the state’s landmark clean energy law?
Project Jupiter pits demand for data against New Mexico’s finite natural resources • Source New Mexico
Project Jupiter backers say the data center is a boon for Doña Ana County, but critics point to its impact on natural resources
sourcenm.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW for @sourcenm.com: You’ve likely heard about the water use and contentious vote behind Project Jupiter, the massive OpenAI/Oracle data center complex planned for southern NM. But does it exploit a loophole in the state’s landmark clean energy law?
Hi, journos! 👋 I’m looking for work!
For 3+ years I’ve led the news cycle in NM. I broke the stories of lavish spending @ WNMU, troubled rollout of ABQ Community Safety, bad math behind DOJ consent decree & more
If you’re an editor, drop me a line [email protected]
For 3+ years I’ve led the news cycle in NM. I broke the stories of lavish spending @ WNMU, troubled rollout of ABQ Community Safety, bad math behind DOJ consent decree & more
If you’re an editor, drop me a line [email protected]
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hi, journos! 👋 I’m looking for work!
For 3+ years I’ve led the news cycle in NM. I broke the stories of lavish spending @ WNMU, troubled rollout of ABQ Community Safety, bad math behind DOJ consent decree & more
If you’re an editor, drop me a line [email protected]
For 3+ years I’ve led the news cycle in NM. I broke the stories of lavish spending @ WNMU, troubled rollout of ABQ Community Safety, bad math behind DOJ consent decree & more
If you’re an editor, drop me a line [email protected]
Fake paperwork prepared by an incarcerated Arizona man’s family apparently tricked prison officials into letting him walk free … despite the 22 years remaining on his sentence
David Cramer was released from an Arizona prison by mistake. His daughters explain how
David Cramer, 54, was a free man for over two months. In an interview, he and his daughters described what they did that led to his release and why.
www.azcentral.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Fake paperwork prepared by an incarcerated Arizona man’s family apparently tricked prison officials into letting him walk free … despite the 22 years remaining on his sentence
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Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
on.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
NEW @searchlightnm.bsky.social: I’ve reviewed the Brady List files for nearly 100 cops across the state. See for yourself what prosecutors have to say about the officers and deputies they don’t want to put on the stand:
Trouble with the law | Searchlight New Mexico
Moriarty Police Chief Adan Urbina and one of his officers, Christopher Costa, spent the summer of 2023 taking inventory of everything in their evidence
searchlightnm.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEW @searchlightnm.bsky.social: I’ve reviewed the Brady List files for nearly 100 cops across the state. See for yourself what prosecutors have to say about the officers and deputies they don’t want to put on the stand:
BREAKING: WNMU regents unanimously vote to invalidate and disapprove former President Joseph Shepard’s $1.9 million severance agreement and 5-year faculty contract
Unclear if/how the regents can claw back that money. Appears likely to affect ongoing AG lawsuit
Unclear if/how the regents can claw back that money. Appears likely to affect ongoing AG lawsuit
Today’s Western New Mexico University hybrid/virtual regents meeting was just hijacked by a group of hackers displaying graphic pornographic videos and racist/antisemitic imagery
Appears to have been done by this same group:
Appears to have been done by this same group:
Hackers derail Mississippi’s second opioid council meeting
A cybersecurity attack displaying explicit, racist and antisemitic images derailed Mississippi’s second meeting to begin the process of allocating the state’s opioid settlement dollars, further delayi...
www.newsfromthestates.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BREAKING: WNMU regents unanimously vote to invalidate and disapprove former President Joseph Shepard’s $1.9 million severance agreement and 5-year faculty contract
Unclear if/how the regents can claw back that money. Appears likely to affect ongoing AG lawsuit
Unclear if/how the regents can claw back that money. Appears likely to affect ongoing AG lawsuit
Today’s Western New Mexico University hybrid/virtual regents meeting was just hijacked by a group of hackers displaying graphic pornographic videos and racist/antisemitic imagery
Appears to have been done by this same group:
Appears to have been done by this same group:
Hackers derail Mississippi’s second opioid council meeting
A cybersecurity attack displaying explicit, racist and antisemitic images derailed Mississippi’s second meeting to begin the process of allocating the state’s opioid settlement dollars, further delayi...
www.newsfromthestates.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Today’s Western New Mexico University hybrid/virtual regents meeting was just hijacked by a group of hackers displaying graphic pornographic videos and racist/antisemitic imagery
Appears to have been done by this same group:
Appears to have been done by this same group:
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A new lawsuit in the 2024 fatal police shooting of teenager Elijah Hadley could shed light on a persistent problem in New Mexico: an outsized portion of police violence begins with a welfare check
When a call for help ends in gunfire | Searchlight New Mexico
A new lawsuit in the 2024 fatal police shooting of teenager Elijah Hadley could shed light on a persistent problem in New Mexico: an outsized portion of police violence begins with a welfare check
searchlightnm.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A new lawsuit in the 2024 fatal police shooting of teenager Elijah Hadley could shed light on a persistent problem in New Mexico: an outsized portion of police violence begins with a welfare check
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If Caitlin Clark is worth a billion dollars to the WNBA, why is she paid only a fraction of that?
http://dlvr.it/TLf6f5
http://dlvr.it/TLf6f5
June 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If Caitlin Clark is worth a billion dollars to the WNBA, why is she paid only a fraction of that?
http://dlvr.it/TLf6f5
http://dlvr.it/TLf6f5
ICYMI: The State Ethics Commission accused former WNMU Prez Joseph Shepard of using $ meant for an ADA-compliant project to build an outdoor venue for his daughter’s wedding reception
Joseph Shepard sued by the New Mexico State Ethics Commission | Searchlight New Mexico
In addition to staying at five-star resorts, buying luxury furniture and traveling the world on the taxpayers’ dime, former Western New Mexico University
searchlightnm.org
June 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
ICYMI: The State Ethics Commission accused former WNMU Prez Joseph Shepard of using $ meant for an ADA-compliant project to build an outdoor venue for his daughter’s wedding reception
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NEW: In a lawsuit quietly filed Friday, the NM State Ethics Commission accuses former WNMU President Joseph Shepard of misappropriating money meant for an ADA-compliant project and spending it instead on a patio for his daughter's wedding reception.
Joseph Shepard sued by the New Mexico State Ethics Commission | Searchlight New Mexico
In addition to staying at five-star resorts, buying luxury furniture and traveling the world on the taxpayers’ dime, former Western New Mexico University
searchlightnm.org
June 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW: In a lawsuit quietly filed Friday, the NM State Ethics Commission accuses former WNMU President Joseph Shepard of misappropriating money meant for an ADA-compliant project and spending it instead on a patio for his daughter's wedding reception.
NEW on @searchlightnm.bsky.social: In addition to spending I uncovered on travel/luxury stays, the State Ethics Commission accuses former WNMU President Joseph Shepard of taking $ meant for ADA compliance and instead building an outdoor venue for his daughter’s wedding reception with it
June 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
NEW on @searchlightnm.bsky.social: In addition to spending I uncovered on travel/luxury stays, the State Ethics Commission accuses former WNMU President Joseph Shepard of taking $ meant for ADA compliance and instead building an outdoor venue for his daughter’s wedding reception with it
In light of recent news, my reporting from last year on the APD consent decree, in which a cop asks me of the DOJ: “How the hell do we have more shootings than we did before they came here?”
Can the Albuquerque Police Department ever be reformed? | Searchlight New Mexico
Despite 10 years of federal oversight, Albuquerque police are killing more people than ever
searchlightnm.org
May 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In light of recent news, my reporting from last year on the APD consent decree, in which a cop asks me of the DOJ: “How the hell do we have more shootings than we did before they came here?”