Vigil highlights connection between Palestine and New Mexico

Martyrs of Gaza Zahraa, Udai Abu Ghoula, Tamer Miqdad, and Noor Al-Fara are honored at the Palestine Vigil altar on October 5, 2025. The Palestinian flag was planted at the center of the Las Cruces Downtown Plaza, surrounded by drums, luminarias,...

Baseless Attack on Ministry of Solid Minerals Development

Kehinde Bamigbetan Out of several hundred licences that were revoked for offenses ranging from dormancy to defaults in payment of service fees, only one of the defaulters is raising hell. This foreigner held licenses for several years without any...

New Mexico MVD stops issuing commercial driver’s licenses to certain noncitizens

New Mexico’s Motor Vehicle Division will no longer issue or renew commercial driver’s licenses or learner’s permits to certain foreign-born drivers, according to a recent news release. The announcement last week came about a week after the Federal...

Holtec cancels plans for New Mexico interim storage facility

Holtec International has announced that plans to build a consolidated interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico have been cancelled. "After discussions with our longtime partner in the HI-STORE project, the Eddy-Lea Energy...

Society celebrates botanical garden work

(Press Staff Photo by Juno Ogle) Reese Kwnnberg, left, adds more paint to her sponge, while Jojo Schramski presses a dragonfly stamp on a card at the botanical art station Sunday during the celebration of the completion of the first phase of the...

Indigenous health workers strive to combat opioid crisis in New Mexico

Indigenous health workers strive to combat opioid crisis in New Mexico Indigenous health workers are stepping up their battle against opioid addictions as their communities have been especially hard-hit by the opioid epidemic. Use is highest in...

Pinal County site primed for potential industrial development after Board vote

A large swath of land in Pinal County could soon see industrial development. On Wednesday, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors rezoned about 1,100 acres along the defunct Magma Arizona Railroad, north of Florence and west of State Route 79, from...

Charlie Kirk saw a UFO after a Penn State game a year ago. Here’s what we know

The country was rocked last month when conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in Utah. For fans of Kirk — and the country in general — the wounds of that and the rifts it created have yet to be fully sorted out. That will take...

By the #s: New Mexico lobbyists have already spent $1.25M this year

A pedestrian traverses the rotunda in the New Mexico state Capitol building in Santa Fe in 2023. Morgan Lee/AP File Photo × They spent about $750,000 annually the last four years New Mexico lobbyists have continued spending at the highest level in...

Energy company abandons nuclear waste storage plan in New Mexico

A Holtec International facility is seen in Camden, New Jersey, on June 18, 2019. Holtec announced it is abandoning a proposal to store nuclear waste at a site in New Mexico. (AP File Photo: Matt Rourke) SANTA FE, N.M. — A private energy company is...

Holtec cancels New Mexico nuclear waste storage plan

A Holtec International facility is seen in Camden, New Jersey, on June 18, 2019. Matt Rourke/AP File Photo × Some elected officials cheer the announcement A company that has for years sought to store nuclear waste in New Mexico announced this week...

Dave’s Hot Chicken opens first New Mexico location in Albuquerque

Dave's Hot Chicken, the California-based chain, is officially opening its first New Mexico location in northwest Albuquerque Friday. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Dave’s Hot Chicken, the California-based chain, is officially opening its first New Mexico...

Southern Plains Cash Cattle Trade Jumps Higher to $240 for Fed Steers and Heifers

According to DTN- Throughout the week, Northern dressed cattle traded at mostly $372, which is $9.00 higher than last week’s weighted average. Southern live cattle traded at $240, which is $5.00 higher than last week’s weighted average. Texas...

Hawaiʻi lands at #2 for most impacted states in federal government shutdown

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is thousands of miles from Washington, D.C., but the islands are near the top of the list of places feeling the federal government shutdown. A new report released Wednesday, Oct. 15, ranked Hawaiʻi as the second most...

New Mexico Democrats Hijack Special Session to Push Abortion Funding

On Thursday, October 2, 2025 a two-day emergency special session of the New Mexico legislature abruptly ended. New Mexico Democrats hijacked the session to force taxpayers to fund Planned Parenthood and to alter vaccine requirements under the New...

Trump administration threatens SNAP benefits amid government shutdown, risking 1.9 million Illinois residents

In a move that advocates call potentially “catastrophic,” President Donald Trump’s administration plans to withhold food stamp funding if the federal government shutdown is not resolved by the end of October, leaving 1.9 million people across...

Boise State Broncos vs New Mexico Lobos on the blue turf

Game Preview: New Mexico at Boise State Saturday, October 11 • 7:00 pm MT • Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho) Game: New Mexico Lobos vs Boise State Broncos Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025 Location: Albertsons Stadium in Boise, ID TV: Fox Sports 1...

Desert Gardener: Old World screwworm flies threaten the U.S.

When gardening in warm weather, you often find yourself swatting flies and gnats from around your eyes. Insects are part of nature and part of every gardener’s life. Flies may be bothersome, but they are not a threat to your health or your pets...

New Mexico begins debating clean fuels program; plus RNG news from Vanguard, Ameresco ​​​​​​

This is the latest installment in Waste Dive’s Biogas Monthly series. Deliberations over New Mexico’s proposed clean fuels program are heating up, and stakeholders across the alternative fuels sector are hoping to make their voices heard on the...

Heinrich, Luján push back against claims that USDA can’t access funds for SNAP due next month

New Mexico Democratic Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan on Thursday disputed claims made by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that they lack the funds to cover the cost of next month’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...