The lawyers' and consultants' presence in Northern New Mexico is evident now on television and radio, as they seek business for damage claims one attorney estimated could total more than $1 billion.

The most-touted approach for reducing alcohol’s harms, according to decades of scientific research, is to raise the price of alcohol through taxes.

Southside Branch Library manager Nicole White said the library's popularity has boomed since it reopened in July 2021, drawing 90,000 visitors in the last year.