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  • — by DeJenay Booth
    Fernando and Lilia Santana were uncertain about becoming homeowners. The couple started off with what they described as a "tiny house" before they purchased their current home in Loving about 35 years ago. "I never thought that we were going to have a house," Lilia Santana said. "Me and him, we said 'Can we make it?' I said, 'Let's do it one day at...
  • — by Ron Davis
    When President Donald Trump imposed a 30 percent tariff on solar panel imports, energy leaders in New Mexico said the industry would see it through, but had to brace for some unpleasant times. On Tuesday, Mercom Capital Group, an Austin-based research and communication service, released a first-quarter report on corporate and venture...
  • — by Nicole Acevedo
    Hurricane season starts in exactly two weeks, prompting worries that the island — still in recovery mode from Hurricane Maria — is not ready to face another storm season. On Tuesday, several members of the Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition, comprised of several nonprofits and advocacy groups issued a warning to the federal...
  • — by Tris DeRoma
    Local and laboratory officials expressed optimism and relief following the decision by the National Nuclear Security Administration to include the Los Alamos National Laboratory in its plutonium pit manufacturing program. An internal memo from Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Terry Wallace Jr. to employees Thursday and obtained by the Los...
  • — by Carol A. Clark
    WASHINGTON, D.C. Following a report that the Department of Defense (DoD) revised a January 2018 vulnerability assessment by removing references to climate change and key findings on the risks from sea level rise, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resources...
  • — by Associated Press
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Laguna Pueblo has received funding from the Bureau of Indian Education to rebuild its elementary school campus that serves about 220 students.U.S. Sen. Tom Udall on Friday confirmed approval of $26 million to replace worn-down classrooms at the elementary school serving the Laguna tribal community about 45 miles (72...
  • — by Liliana Castillo
    The Questa mine, a few miles east of the town that shares its name, has been on the list of the country’s most polluted Superfund sites for nearly two decades. For while mining operations have ceased, heavy metals and other pollutants continue to leach through the rock and contaminate the area’s water, including the nearby Red...
  • — by Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board
    President Herbert Hoover established it as a national monument in 1933 and now U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich has introduced legislation to elevate White Sands to a national park. That would certainly be good for New Mexico, resulting in increased visitation and enhanced recognition for the breathtaking site. Elected officials and community leaders have...
  • — by Maddy Hayden
    SANTA FE, N.M. — Jimmie Lueder worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1950s during the Cold War. All she’ll say is that she worked as “support staff.” Now 88 and living in Albuquerque, Lueder has suffered from several cancers since the ’70s, likely due to her work with radioactive materials all those years...
  • — by Jacqueline Toth
    They may not agree on all of the details, but Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), who both sit on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, concur on the necessity of updating national energy policies and addressing questions surrounding national electric transmission infrastructure. A nationwide conversation is playing...
  • — by John Shannon
    On today's Wake-Up Call, host Tom Trowbridge features Senator Martin Heinrich’s questioning of President Trump’s choice for CIA Director. Also: KSFR's John Shannon reports on an artist who’s working with prosecutors to stop native art and jewelry counterfeiting; Ellen Lockyer has an update from Wednesday's Santa Fe...
  • — by Charlie Savage
    WASHINGTON — A day after Gina Haspel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the C.I.A., refused during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday to condemn the agency’s torture of Qaeda suspects, several lawmakers and human-rights advocates said aspects of her testimony merited greater scrutiny. While Ms. Haspel, the agency’s acting...
  • — by Katy Tur
    Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) speaks with Katy Tur about Wednesday’s confirmation hearing with Gina Haspel, the President’s nominee to lead the CIA.Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) speaks with Katy Tur about Wednesday’s confirmation hearing with Gina Haspel, the President’s nominee to lead the CIA. He’s previously...
  • — by Jessica Schulberg and Igor Bobic
    WASHINGTON — Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, told lawmakers on Wednesday that she would not restart the agency’s defunct torture program if confirmed to head the CIA — but she refused to weigh in on the morality of the program. Asked several times whether she thought the so-called “enhanced...
  • — by Adam K. Raymond
    Gina Haspel, President Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, told Senators Wednesday that she would not reinstate the brutal torture program the agency ran at black sites after 9/11, pledging to put her moral beliefs ahead of any immoral orders. “I would not allow CIA to undertake activity that I thought was immoral, even if it was...
  • — by Danica Coto
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal legislators grilled U.S. and Puerto Rico officials on Tuesday on why power has not been fully restored to the island nearly eight months after Hurricane Maria, and as a new storm season looms. Lawmakers at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources also questioned why the U.S....
  • — by Mallory Shelbourne
    Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.) said Monday he will not support Gina Haspel to be President Trump’s new CIA director. "This is about trust, and the public is not being afforded an open and honest debate about the nominee," Heinrich told NBC News. "There are questions that absolutely need to be answered publicly, and...
  • — by Daily News Report
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., introduced on Monday the White Sands National Park Establishment Act, a bill to designate White Sands National Monument as New Mexico's newest national park. “The vision to create White Sands National Park has been driven by a diverse coalition of community leaders and local elected...
  • — by Umair Irfan
    It’s now been seven months since Hurricane Maria shredded Puerto Rico. Thousands Americans on the island still don’t have power, and this year’s hurricane season, expected to be busy, begins in less than a month. Last year’s Category 4 storm that toppled 80 percent of the island’s power lines and flooded its...
  • — by Ari Natter
    Eight months after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico’s power grid, causing the largest blackout in U.S. history, more than 98 percent of the people have their power back. The remaining two percent may have to wait a while. Though about 23,000 of the 1.47 million customers remain without power, U.S. officials said Tuesday they plan on...