Deb Haaland Launches Campaign For New Mexico Governor
Deb Haaland early this morning formerly launched her campaign for New Mexico Governor. Video screenshot
From the Deb Haaland for Governor Campaign:
- Haaland focuses on cost of living and safety in launch video
ALBUQUERQUE – Early this morning, Deb Haaland launched her campaign for New Mexico Governor. In a launch video, Haaland focused on the cost of living, safety and emphasized the importance of listening to communities in New Mexico. Haaland also highlighted her experience delivering resources for small businesses, jobs in clean energy, funding for water projects in rural areas, and Read More
Luján Issues Statement On New Portal For Whistleblowers To Bring Attention To Potential Lawlessness
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M) issued the following statement Monday regarding the announcement that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-MI) have created a new portal for federal employees who want to disclose information about wrongdoing, abuses of power, and threats to public safety:
“In just three weeks, President Trump has shown New Mexicans that his administration is willing to disregard the rule of law, recklessly terminate civil servants, and disband government Read More
Legislative Roundup: 40 Days Remaining In Session
Sawyer Garners, 17, of Glorieta plays the vibraphone alongside the New Mexico School for the Arts Latin band in the rotunda at the state Capitol Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. Photo by Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican
Neema Pickett, a liaison for the city of Albuquerque Office of Black Community Engagement, speaks to the group gathered in support of HB 281 outside the state Capitol Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. Photo by Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican
The Santa Fe New Mexican:
Haaland expected to formally announce: All signs point to Deb Haaland formally announcing her gubernatorial run today.
A series of seconds-long, Read More
Celebrate Engineers Week With Lecture By Pramod Khargonekar On AI And Engineering Feb. 19 At Fuller Lodge
Pramod Khargonekar
The community is invited to celebrate Engineers Week with a free public lecture by Pramod Khargonekar of the University of California, Irvine, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Fuller Lodge.
Khargonekar, the vice chancellor for research and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, will present “Future of Work and Workers in the AI Era”. As automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continue their remarkably rapid development, it is expected that many facets of work and lives of workers will be impacted.
In this talk, Read More
LAPS To Host Los Alamos High School 2023 Youth Risk & Resiliency Survey Findings Feb. 25 In Speech Theater
LAPS News:
Dr. Rebecca Kilburn, Research Professor at UNM’s Prevention Research Center and Dylan Pell, Mental Health Epidemiologist at the New Mexico Department of Health will present highlights from the Los Alamos High School 2023 Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) findings Tuesday, Feb. 25.
The presentation is 6-7:30 p.m. in the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater. Light food and refreshments will be provided. Attendees can park either in front of the Auxiliary Gym or Duane Smith and follow signs to the location.
These discussions are designed for anyone interested in the health Read More
Luján, Colleagues Raise Concerns About Risks In Delays To Accessing Funding For NM Community Health Centers
SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M) joined U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and 19 of their colleagues in writing a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Dorothy A. Fink, M.D. regarding reports that Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grantees, including community health centers, are experiencing significant delays in accessing funding.
The senators also expressed concerns about restrictions on regular communications between HRSA and grantees. These issues come after an Office of Management Read More
U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures 51-Month Sentence In Vehicular Homicide Case
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Sanostee man was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $8,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter for a fatal drunk-driving crash that occurred on the Navajo Nation.
According to court documents, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Aug. 12, 2023, Leonardo Robbie Duncan, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was driving while intoxicated on Navajo Route 36 near Upper Fruitland, New Mexico, when he crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a vehicle occupied by Jane and John Doe.
Duncan Read More
State Law Impedes City Donation Of Midtown Campus Equipment To Santa Fe Nonprofits
By CARINA JULIG
The Santa Fe New Mexican
Katie Olivant, managing director of New Mexico Actors Lab, was encouraged when the city of Santa Fe began seeking requests from local nonprofits for music and film equipment that had sat unused for years in buildings on the midtown campus.
The theater company asked for microphone stands and a subwoofer.
City officials reached out at one point to let her know the group could pick up the equipment, she said — but then went radio silent when she tried to arrange a pickup time.
“I sent an email asking for further information, and they said they would have Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 10, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The snowpack in Northern New Mexico is 17-percent of normal. Last week saw record-breaking warm temperatures. The weather forecast for this coming week shows some chances of precipitation and average to above- average temperatures.
The Arctic Blast is over. Temperatures can still plunge well-below zero in some of our high mountain valleys.
The Moreno Valley where Eagle Nest Lake is located is a prime example. Temperatures can still fall below zero even into March. Pease dress warmly and in layers.
The record low temperature Read More
Robinson: A Bigger Conversation About Water
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Service
For the two sponsors of the Strategic Water Supply bill now before the Legislature, this is personal.
Rep. Susan Herrera, D-Española, said she gets asked frequently why she’s carrying the governor’s controversial bill. She explains that her district is rural and agricultural.
“Eighty percent of the people coming to me with problems have water problems,” she told the House Agriculture, Acequia and Water Resources Committee. “Climate change is real. I’ve seen things in the last five years I never thought were possible…
“This Read More
