New Mexico could soon be home to the highest statewide minimum wage in the country if a veteran Democratic lawmaker gets her way.

The Biden administration has backed down from a plan to impose what critics said were “draconian regulations” in the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico.

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending January 7, 2023.

From the 136-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado.

Rural life and humor, with characters from the mind of Slim Randles.

December brought above-average snowpack to most of Colorado, but Arkansas Basin snowpack remains low.

Chicken, mozzarella, and spinach seasoned with garlic make this an easy and delicious dinner.

The California Air Resources Board which is responsible for developing plans to meet established statutory greenhouse gas emission goals, came under fire in a recent brief by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office assessing California’s climate policies.

The Idaho Rural Partnership is among the state rural development councils still active more than 30 years after the program supporting the councils was funded in the 1990 Farm Bill.

Virginia is the only Southern state to have abolished the death penalty, and there's a new push in the new year to end it nationally as well.