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  • A planned $15 million upgrade will allow a Forest Service facility at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque to serve the largest tanker aircraft used to fight U.S. wildfires. The larger tankers can hold about 5000 gallons of retardant, about three times as much as the aircraft that currently use the Cibola National Forest Air Tanker Base at...
  • — by Justin Garcia
    LAS CRUCES - Tucked into a closet-sized room deep inside the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office is one expensive piece of technology. With a new appropriation from the federal government, the sheriff said Thursday that the technology is now ready for action. The machine, just bigger than a shoebox, is a rapid DNA testing device. The product is...
  • — by Ryan Boetel
    Bigger air tankers could become a more regular tool in the fight against New Mexico wildfires. The Cibola National Forest Air Tanker Base, located on Kirtland Air Force Base, is to receive $15.5 million for upgrades so the base can serve Very Large Air Tankers, or VLATS. That type of aircraft can hold about 9,000 gallons of fire retardant, about...
  • — by Collin Krabbe
    Engineering company BlueHalo has been awarded a $1.4 billion government contract from the U.S. Space Force for the satellite communication augmentation resource (SCAR) program. According to the Space Force, the SCAR program "will address the critical U.S. Space Command requirement to rapidly, responsively and affordably augment satellite control...
  • — by Geoffrey Plant
    Picuris Pueblo welcomed U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich for a tour last Friday (May 13) of the tribe's buffalo program, which Picuris is working to expand by adding to its current herd of 50 bison in order to produce more products, as well as add more genetic diversity to its stock. The visit served as an opportunity for both parties to bring attention...
  • — by Alice Fordham
    Glorieta Adventure Camps, just outside Santa Fe, are usually full of kids biking in the mountains or swimming in the lake. But now, the scenic retreat is swarming with Red Cross volunteers, FEMA officials and hundreds of evacuees from the worst fire anyone here can remember. “This is unimaginable,” says Raymond Sanchez, having lunch in...
  • — by Susan Dunlap
    The leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the case that appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade woke up many on Tuesday to a “shocking” reality which may be imminent. Politico released on Monday a leaked draft document, dated February from the Supreme Court. The document is a majority opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
  • — by Joy Wang
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A local nonprofit recently received $1 million in federal funding to support formerly incarcerated women to get their lives back. The nonprofit is ‘Crossroads for Women’ and the funding comes at a good time as they’ve seen an increased need. "We saw an increase in behavioral health needs, an increase in...
  • — by Claudia L. Silva
    Marlene Simon, one of scores of people who gathered to protest Tuesday evening outside the federal courthouse in Santa Fe, said she now worries other women will have to experience what she went through in 1969. Just 19 years old, she had an illegal abortion after she was raped. Simon said she was scared and ashamed and had no one to talk to about...
  • — by Ryan Boetel
    Several hundred people crowded outside Downtown Albuquerque courthouses Tuesday evening to rally for abortion rights. “We really need to act and not wait,” said Melissa Belfry, one of the demonstrators who gathered outside the state and federal courthouses, and marched in Downtown Albuquerque. “This is a good start, trying to get...
  • — by Hannah Grover
    Government programs provide insurance for ranchers if they lose their forage crops due to lack of rain, but the scarcity of rain gauges in New Mexico has limited the usefulness of this insurance, according to legislators who secured funding to build a network of weather stations throughout the state. State Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, told NM...
  • — by Mike Smith
    Key improvements to the City of Carlsbad’s Double Eagle Water System moved forward after a $2 million federal grant, according to the U.S. Department of Economic Development Administration (EDA). The grant was from EDA’s American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) Economic Adjustment Assistance Program, read a news release from EDA. Passed by...
  • — by Will Hooper
    U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich visited Northern New Mexico last week, making two stops in Taos to discuss domestic violence with Community Against Violence (CAV) staff and affordable, sustainable housing with representatives from the town, county and state. On Wednesday afternoon (April 20), Heinrich met with community leaders involved with CAV to...
  • — by Dan Boyd
    SANTA FE – With schools around the nation returning to a new normal after two years of disruptions and distance learning, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona got a first-hand glimpse Thursday of how some New Mexico schools are still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic fallout. The nation’s top education official talked with Santa Fe...
  • — by Phil Scherer
    More than a month after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recommended closing down four New Mexico VA clinics, including the one in Las Vegas, Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, as well as Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, were in town to speak to local veterans as they fight to keep them open. On March 14, the VA announced...
  • — by John Larson
    Since going operational in 1980, the Very Large Array in Socorro County has seen continual upgrades and additions, a recently announced planned project would expand and enhance learning opportunities for STEM students. To that end, a press release from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory stated that Associated Universities, Inc. which operates...
  • — by Robert Nott
    LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Barbara Perea Casey told the assembly she did not want her husband, a U.S. Army veteran, to be on the next list of veteran suicide statistics. Speaking before U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján and a panel of military veterans discussing a recent report recommending the closure of four VA medical clinics in the northern half of...
  • — by Joy Wang
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In 2021, the Violence Intervention Program was introduced as a way to try and prevent gun violence by reaching out to victims with the help necessary to break the cycle of violence – now, the program is receiving a boost as it has proved to be successful. The program has a 93% success rate and, thanks to new funding,...
  • — by Ryan Boetel
    LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Bob Phillips said he’s been in pain since he was 19. That’s how old he was when he was badly injured while serving in the Air Force. Now, at age 66, he has two prosthetic knees, several rods, screws and pins in his legs, back and feet. He lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and sees a health care professional several...
  • — by Robert Nott
    New Mexico’s U.S. senators are holding discussions with veterans this week on a recent recommendation to shut down smaller Department of Veterans Affairs’ health clinics in four New Mexico towns. Sen. Martin Heinrich, an Albuquerque Democrat, will be at the VFW San Juan Argonne Post 1547 in Las Vegas, N.M., Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.,...