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Susan Montoya Bryan

Susan Montoya Bryan is a reporter for The Associated Press based in Albuquerque, N.M.

FILE – Families and victims advocates participate in a prayer walk around the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to mark Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day in Albuquerque, N.M., Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

FBI sending extra agents to 10 states including Colorado to work unsolved violent crimes in Native American communities

April 1, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.

The FBI will be working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit, tribal authorities and federal prosecutors in each of the states.

Students eating lunch in the cafeteria at Lowell Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aug. 22, 2023. Several states are making school breakfasts and lunches permanently free to all students starting this academic year, regardless of family income, and congressional supporters of universal school meals have launched a fresh attempt to extend free meals for all kids nationwide. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Schoolkids in 8 states — including Colorado — can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy

August 27, 2023 at 12:21 p.m.

When classes resume after Labor Day, Amber Lightfeather won't have to worry about where her children's next meals will be coming from. They'll be free.

This Sept. 20, 2022 image shows a sign in Navajo on the fence surrounding the San Juan Generating Station near Waterflow, New Mexico. The closure of the coal-fired power plant and the adjacent mine is resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue for a local school district that serves mostly Native American students. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

U.S. shift away from coal hits tribal community in New Mexico

October 2, 2022 at 9:42 p.m.

The clamor of second graders breaking away from lessons to form lunch lines has gotten quieter in a rural New Mexico community, where families losing coal jobs have been forced...

New Mexico city, victim of wildfire caused by government burn, now faces water shortage

August 22, 2022 at 5:23 p.m.

In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, buzzing chainsaws interrupt the serenity. Crews are hustling to remove charred trees and other debris that have been washing down the mountainsides in...

Medical investigator rules Alec Baldwin set shooting an accident

August 15, 2022 at 6:07 p.m.

The fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, according to a determination made by New Mexico's Office of the Medical Investigator following...

Wind is wild card in fires burning in New Mexico, Arizona

May 10, 2022 at 5:38 a.m.

Schoolchildren in a northern New Mexico community that had been threatened by a wildfire were expected to resume in-person classes Tuesday while residents on the fire’s northern edges remained under...

A two-story house continues to smolder ...

New Mexico village seeks prayers as deadly wildfire rages

April 15, 2022 at 7:13 p.m.

With towering pine trees and cool mountain breezes, a pocket of southern New Mexico draws thousands of tourists and horse racing fans every summer. It's also a community that knows...

How it happened: Inside the movie set where Alec Baldwin’s gun fired

October 28, 2021 at 8:04 a.m.

Light from a high afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of the weathered wooden church, catching on the plank floorboards and illuminating the stained glass. Outside, the arid ground...

Baldwin was told gun was “cold” before movie set shooting

October 23, 2021 at 12:10 p.m.

As a film crew and actors in Western garb prepared to rehearse a scene inside a wooden, chapel-like building on a desert movie ranch outside Santa Fe, assistant director Dave...

Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship

July 11, 2021 at 9:57 a.m.

Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday in his boldest adventure yet, beating out fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.

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