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WEB1 day ago · Las Vegas to get $98 million to replace water treatment facilities after 2022 wildfire damage. BY Patrick Lohmann - August 28, 2024.
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Interviews wrap for finalists in NMSU president search
WEB3 days ago · NMSU is seeking a new president, and wrapped interviews with the four finalists for the position. (Danielle Prokop/ Source NM) Candidates for New Mexico State University’s top position wrapped in-person tours and interviews last week, as the prolonged search for the next president comes to a close. The Board of …
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WEBBY: Leah Romero - September 6, 2024. The rate of chronic absenteeism in New Mexico schools dropped in the last school year, but the state continues to report some of the highest rates in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic. Missing at least 10% of school days in an academic year, or 18 days in a 180-day school year, is how state […]
$70m officially on its way to Ruidoso area to help governments …
WEB6 hours ago · A state agency has awarded $70 million in zero-interest loans to local governments in and around Ruidoso, cutting checks that the New Mexico Legislature authorized during a special legislative session in July. The loans are to help public entities like the Village of Ruidoso stay afloat as they pay ...
Applications open in Sept. for first round of $125 million in state ...
WEBAug 13, 2024 · The authority will accept applications for the latest round starting Sept. 4. Loans are limited at $15 million, though Russel suggested the board would try to avoid awarding the maximum amount: “Our board would like to see smaller portions of that” $15 million cap, she said.
Two Pueblos sign a deal with N.M. to begin selling legal marijuana ...
WEBMar 28, 2022 · Legal recreational cannabis sales begin in New Mexico this week, and two tribal communities are ready to jump into the industry. The Pueblos of Picuris and Pojoaque signed an intergovernmental agreement with New Mexico that allows them to regulate their own marijuana enterprises operating within their communities and apply for state licenses for any business they would conduct outside tribal ...
Homelessness increased again across NM since last year, …
WEBAug 2, 2024 · An American flag hangs over a temporary homeless encampment at a parking lot near Coronado Park in Albuquerque in July 2022. Homelessness increased significantly in Albuquerque and across New Mexico since last year, according to the latest “point-in-time” count estimates released this week.
Preventable heat injuries and deaths rising in New Mexico
WEBJul 23, 2024 · With extreme heat growing more frequent and intense, New Mexico has to transform its approach, said heat public health expert Nathaniel Matthews-Trigg, a co-founder of advocacy group Healthy Climate New Mexico. “The stark reality is this: every summer, New Mexicans are dying preventable deaths,” Matthews-Trigg told lawmakers.
Tribes ‘ignored’ as Forest Service approves controversial Caja del …
WEB6 days ago · The U.S. Forest Service has now put their seal of approval on a controversial transmission project spanning portions of the sacred and historically significant Caja Del Rio plateau.. Tuesday’s draft decision comes as tribes call for a comprehensive study of the power line’s cultural impacts.