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Local News
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STI Awareness Week, observed the second full week in April, provides an opportunity to raise awareness about STIs and how they impact our lives; reduce STI-related stigma, fear, and discrimination; and ensure people have the tools and knowledge for prevention, testing, and treatment.(From the CDC Website) -
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced today that she is calling the New Mexico legislature into a special session on July 18th, to address public safety. -
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been detected at an eastern New Mexico poultry facility. Federal and state authorities are working to prevent spread to backyard flocks and the infected flock has been depopulated. -
A traffic stop by the New Mexico State Police led to the discovery of a “Stash House” for undocumented people. 16 individuals were found in the residence locked in a room with no food or water. -
A federal judge has rejected a request by Native American tribes and environmentalists to stop work on a $10 billion electricity transmission line slated to run through a remote valley in southern Arizona. The judge issued her ruling Tuesday after hearing oral arguments weeks ago on Pattern Energy’s SunZia transmission project. -
A movie weapons armorer has received the maximum sentence of 18 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.” After a judge sentenced armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on Monday, attention again turns to Baldwin's trial.
In Case You Missed It
Gov. Lujan Grisham and Wyoming Gov. Gordon can Disagree Better
Governors Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico, and Mark Gordon, Wyoming, recently announced their participation in the National Governors Association (NGA) Disagree Better Initiative.
New Mexico Awarded $156 Million Through Solar for All Program
Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced that $156 million has been awarded to New Mexico from the agencies $7 billion Solar for all competition. This will support low-income households.
Regulated NM Cannabis is Being Seized by Boarder Patrol
The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments amid complaints by licensed cannabis suppliers that shipments worth more than $300,000 have been confiscated in recent months at Border Patrol checkpoints in southern New Mexico. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich says Friday the Department of Homeland Security should be focused on urgent priorities that don’t include regulated cannabis suppliers.
"The Most Important Gun Legislation in Decades" USAG
New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich asks US Attorney General Merrick Garland about the implementation of the provision in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Authored by Senator Heinrich and Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Whistleblowers Allege APD Academy of Nepotism
Several members of the Albuquerque police academy’s training staff who were dismissed from their duties last summer have filed a whistleblower lawsuit. The complaint filed Wednesday in state district court outlines allegations of nepotism and retaliation by leadership.
"Rust" Armorer Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
A movie weapons supervisor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.”
Interviews
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We spoke to the Consul General from Houston where she oversees relations with the southwestern U.S. -
Professor Kastenberg is one of the highest regarding legal analysts in the country and has extensive experience as both a prosecutor and public defender. -
As the 2023 New Mexico Legislature kicks off it's 60-day session, Think New Mexico has released recommendations to improve the state's education system. -
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti received a cash donation from a woman who was part of an attempt to falsely allocate the state’s electoral votes to Donald Trump, a recently filed finance report shows.
