WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), has announced plans to repatriate human remains and associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. These items were discovered in 2016 during monitoring at a site in Greenlee County, Arizona. The remains, believed to belong to at least one  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests has announced plans to repatriate human remains and associated funerary objects discovered in Navajo County, Arizona, in 2009. The remains, belonging to a female individual, were found during monitoring of a previously recorded site, and they are accompanied by 40 funerary objects. These objects include nine stone beads, 29 pieces of stone debris, and two small lithic flakes, all believed to have been intentionally placed wi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands (USDA-Cibola NF&NGs) has announced its intent to repatriate human remains discovered in 1992 at the Mount Taylor Ranger District in Cibola County, New Mexico. The remains, identified as belonging to a single individual of Native American ancestry, were recovered from the Zuni Mountains at site AR 03-03-02-01912/LA 89988. The remains are currently unaccompanied by any  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands (USDA-Cibola NF&NGs) has announced plans to repatriate the remains of at least eight Native American individuals along with associated funerary objects discovered at the Pueblo de la Mesa site in Torrance County, New Mexico. These remains and 24 funerary objects, including pottery sherds, shell beads, and turquoise pendants, were removed from the site during excavat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued an Order to Show Cause (OSC) for the revocation of the registration of Laura M. Bellew, a nurse practitioner (N.P.) based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The DEA's OSC states that Bellew's registration should be revoked because she is no longer authorized to handle controlled substances in New Mexico, following the suspension of her nursing licenses by the New Mexico State Board of Nursing on January 9, 2023. The  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a revised decision regarding stormwater discharges from the Los Alamos Urban Area and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) property in New Mexico. This decision follows a petition filed in 2014 by Amigos Bravos, which argued that these discharges were contributing to violations of New Mexico's Water Quality Standards (WQS). The EPA's action, which revises its previous 2019 designation, comes after a remand fro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), through its Portland Maine Resident Agency, has finalized an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). A human scalp, identified with a tag indicating its connection to the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was among the items recovered after being offered for sale at an auction house in Maine. The FBI seized the scalp and an as  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 18 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following article on December 27, 2024, by Seth Dunbar and Kelly Klemme entitled "Eleventh District community banks outperform peers despite weaker credit quality." Here are excerpts: * * * Eleventh District community banks outpaced their peers nationally in profitability and loan grown during the first three quarters of 2024. However, loan growth slowed for both groups. Credit quality remains relatively benign despite   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) announced the long-awaited repatriation of sacred Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe items currently held by the Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen in the Netherlands back to their home in El Paso, Texas. The legislators have worked with the U.S. Department of State and the Dutch Government to return several cultural and rel  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * KEY MOMENTS: Lujan Presses Treasury Secretary Nominee on Cuts to Health Care and Head Start, Secures Commitment to Combat Fentanyl WATCH HERE : Treasury Secretary Nominee Won't Commit to Not Recommending Cuts to Health Care for Americans Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, pressed Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent on  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Celebrates Return of Sacred Pueblo Artifacts Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced the long-awaited repatriation of sacred Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribe artifacts currently held by the Nationaal Museum Van Wereldculturen in the Netherlands back to their home in El Paso, Texas. Senators Lujan and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Representatives Veronica Escobar  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Transportation Secretary Nominee Confirmation Hearing Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement on the nomination hearing for former Congressman Sean Duffy, the nominee to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation: "Today, I participated in a productive confirmati  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Fischer Lead Bipartisan Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Uphold the Universal Service Fund 21 Senators and 8 Representatives Call on Supreme Court to Uphold the Universal Service Fund, Ensure Rural and Underserved Areas Have Access to Broadband Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and T  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez Announce $120 Million for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) announced $120 million for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Proj  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Republican Tax Scam Will Leave American Families Behind Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senate Democrats and delivered remarks on the Senate Floor calling out the Republican Tax Scam that gives a handout to the country's most wealthy on the backs of working people by dramatically cutting funding for programs that all Americans rely on like health, educa  more