Tristan Ahtone

The Navajo Nation may have to wait another year to get a gambling compact with the state of New Mexico. With an expiration date of 2016 on the current compact, Navajo officials are getting nervous about the future of their investments.

Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly recently vetoed legislation that would increase taxes on junk food sold on the reservation, says he will support a new, tweaked version.

According to new figures released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there's been a 53 percent increase in the number of people signing up for health care plans on the health insurance marketplace in January. In the Southwest, Texas has seen the biggest increase in sign ups among its neighbors.

One in four families in America currently faces medical debt. The Affordable Care Act aims to curb issues with health care access, and in turn lessen debt. But in an Obamacare America, some populations continue to be barred from access and could still be facing mounting bills.

Like it or not, the Affordable Care Act was designed in part to give more people access to health insurance and could solve a number of problems for low-income people: better access to care, better health outcomes, and a reduction of medical debt. However, those who fall through the cracks run the risk of not having care or running up huge medical bills.

The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office announced that it had found “insufficient evidence to support allegations of fraud” against The Counseling Center in Alamagordo.

New Mexico received the highest grade in the nation for its spending on efforts to curb smoking according to a new report. However, states in the Southwest generally received poor-to-failing grades in regard to tobacco prevention.

A middle school shooting in Roswell, New Mexico, has left one 13-year-old girl hospitalized in stable condition, and a 12-year-old boy in critical condition with injuries to his face and neck.

A brief history of gun laws and violence in New Mexico.

Two students have been hospitalized after a gunman opened fire at a New Mexico middle school Tuesday morning.