WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Just 30 days after President Joe Biden declared a Severe Storm and Flooding disaster in Chaves County, more than $12 million in FEMA disaster assistance has been approved, going directly into the pockets of hundreds of eligible New Mexicans. To date, over 2,200 residents have applied to FEMA for federal financial assistance. Record rainfall and flooding hit the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) called on the U.S. Forest Service to complete the initial steps of the mineral withdrawal process in the Upper Pecos Watershed. Completing the initial steps of the mineral withdrawal process for the watershed would safeguard the lands  more