Congressional Subcommittee Gathers Input on Election Reform in New Mexico
725 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top elections regulator and voting rights advocates have described efforts to combat disinformation and intimidation at the polls and ensure voting access minority groups.
New Mexico dairies urged to seek aid due to contamination
758 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dairy farmers can seek reimbursement from the federal government for cows contaminated by chemicals that have leached into the groundwater around an Air Force base in eastern New Mexico. U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján on Friday commended a recent rule change by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that created […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott responds to the end of Title 42
550 Views Governor Greg Abbott says he’ll send migrants on buses to Washington, D.C., schools hope to continue free meal programs after federal funding dries up, and speaking of drying up, drought conditions are expected to worsen over the next few months affecting borderland farmers and residents.
Mock DWI Crash Near Las Cruces High School
854 Views LAS CRUCES, NM – Las Cruces Public Schools issued the following news release about Thursday’s simulation: Students at Las Cruces High School will get a sobering lesson in the consequences of drunk driving in a mock-DWI crash near the campus Thursday morning.
Army OKs $1.5M settlement for pollution at former depot
878 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Army has reached an agreement with Zuni Pueblo, the Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico to pay $1.5 million toward restoring environmental damage done at a former munitions depot.
Trapping ban now in effect on public lands in New Mexico
884 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It is now illegal to use wildlife traps, snares and poison on public lands across New Mexico under a ban that took effect Friday. New Mexico joined a handful of Western states that have limited trapping on public lands.
New Mexico launches cannabis sales, within Texans’ reach
589 Views SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas, the largest prohibition state, as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps up even more of the American West.
Group rebuffs House inquiry into New Mexico election audit
660 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A congressional oversight committee says the lead contractor in a partisan audit of 2020 election results in New Mexico has rebuffed requests for documents and information about door-to-door canvasing that has raised concerns of possible voter intimidation.
Special Meeting in Silver City to Address ‘Misinformation’ Around Proposed Rec Center
561 Views Tonight in Silver City, a special town hall is scheduled to take place to address concerns around a proposed recreation center. The meeting is scheduled to take place tonight at 6 p.m. at the Grant County Conference Center. Some residents have voiced concerns about a swimming pool not being included in the plans […]
Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6
573 Views WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct during the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden heard one day of testimony […]
