ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 4 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release: Bernalillo County has been awarded $4 million in federal funding to support a reconstruction project along Atrisco Vista Boulevard from Double Eagle Road to Paseo Del Norte Boulevard. Rep. Gabe Vasquez and Sen. Martin Heinrich secured the Community Project Funding request which was included in the final funding bill for fiscal year 2024 (FY24). "Securing funding for the reconstruction of Atrisco Vista Bou  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 4 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release: Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque, along with global health organization Vital Strategies, are seeking request for proposal applicants for a short-term consultant to support strategic planning for opioid settlement funds. The monies were awarded as part of litigation brought by states and local political subdivisions against pharmaceutical distributors that inflicted damages through the marketin  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 4 -- Brown University issued the following news: Every year during spring break, students from Brown University's Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences ditch classrooms and textbooks and head to the American Southwest for what's become a tradition blending education, adventure and community building. The weeklong camping trips enable students to witness up close the environmental and geological processes they've been learning about all year.   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 4 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: For 14 years, Jason Laney has worked for the National Weather Service in the El Paso/Santa Teresa area as a warning coordination meteorologist. In his role, he does his part to warn and educate the public about the dangers of extreme weather resulting from climate change. Laney will give a talk about how the weather service is meeting the challenge of extreme weather head-on as part of the "Cambio  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 4 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: In the very near future, students taking online courses will have a new perspective that will help them interact with classmates and faculty, thanks to a new hologram technology being developed by Cisco. New Mexico State University is one of the only higher education institutions that get to test that technology to see how well it will work in a classroom, with students and faculty members submitt  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: This week, the DCCC launched a billboard campaign in seven states calling out House Republicans and Republican challengers who have supported legislation that would outlaw IVF nationwide. In Nebraska's Second Congressional District: [See photo in the link at bottom.] In Texas's 34th Congressional District: [See photo in the link at bottom.] In New Mexico's Second Congr  more