WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced a $43 million investment from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for rural water projects that will provide clean, reliable drinking water to rural and Tribal communities. Investments through the Bureau of Reclamation will support six projects already under construction or in the planning phase in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico and South D  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced a $43 million investment from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for rural water projects that will provide clean, reliable drinking water to rural and Tribal communities. Investments through the Bureau of Reclamation will support six projects already under construction or in the planning phase in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The White House issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of New Mexico and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire beginning on June 17, 2024, and continuing. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 21 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to New Mexico businesses and residents as a result of President Biden's major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced. The declaration covers Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Tribe as a result of the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire tha  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced it will begin building a new national cemetery in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2025. The cemetery will be named Albuquerque National Cemetery and will be the third national cemetery in the state. "Albuquerque National Cemetery will serve nearly 78,000 Veterans," said Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Ronald Walters.   more