WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Jan. 31, 2025, from Western States Air Resources Council, Albuquerque, New Mexico: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center, OAR, Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0262 Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0262, Regional Haze Third Implementation Period; Extension of the State Implementation Plan D  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 12 -- The city of Albuquerque issued the following news on Feb. 11, 2025: Families in Need Have a Lifeline through Health and Social Services Centers Ruth Adams Health and Social Services Center Combats Food Insecurity in the International District ALBUQUERQUE -- Ruth Adams Health and Social Services Center is helping address food insecurity in the International District, an area that has faced increased challenges accessing fresh food after the closure of Walmar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated a rulemaking proceeding to consider reallocating a television broadcast channel in New Mexico. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), released February 11, 2025, the FCC's Media Bureau is seeking public comment on a proposal to move channel 12 from Silver City to Truth or Consequences. The proposal comes from TV-49, Inc., the permittee of an unbuilt full-power television station, KKAB, assigned to channel 12 in  more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 12 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release: * * * First EV Charging Station in Costilla County Installed at Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center Charging stations provide valuable resource for travelers and will incentivize visiting nationally recognized museum FORT GARLAND -- February 11, 2025 -- History Colorado is excited to announce that it has successfully installed two dual-port accessible Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at Fort Garland  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Cosponsors American Beef Labeling Act WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the American Beef Labeling Act, legislation that would reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef. The bill is led by U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.). The legislation would require the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), in consultation w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lee Announce Subcommittee Assignments for 119th Congress WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D- N.M.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced the subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. The subcommittee assignments were una  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand VA Secretary Collins Step Up and Defend Veterans' Private Information from Elon Musk WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 25 Senate Democrats to urge Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to immediately secure veterans' personal information provided by the VA or other agencies to Elon Musk and his "Department of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to End Harmful Freeze on Health Communications and Funding Senators emphasize the damage Trump's freeze on funding has already inflicted on patient care and public health oversight WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 34 Senate Democrats to call on Acting Secretary of the Department of Hea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Murray, Merkley, Klobuchar Demand Answers from USDA on Wildfire Mitigation Projects, Firefighting Hiring Halted by Trump's Funding Freeze WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on New Portal for Whistleblowers to Bring Attention to Potential Lawlessness Under Trump Administration Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) issued the following statement regarding the announcement that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-MI) have created a new portal for federa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Agriculture Committee Democrats Demand Answers for Funding Freeze Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agricultu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Launch Probe Into DOGE's Interference with Department of Education, Access to Federal Student Loan Data Musk's Team May Have Obtained Access to Personal Information of Millions of Borrowers; Raises Concerns About Violations of the Law, Failure to Protect Sensitive Information "The millions of families who rely on the Department of Education to help them achieve the American Dr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Raise Concerns About Risks in Delays to Accessing Funding for New Mexico Community Health Centers Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and 19 of their colleagues in writing a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Dorothy A. Fink, M.D. regarding reports that Health R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Merkley, Heinrich Lead Western Senators in Letter to Interior Secretary, Acting Agriculture Secretary: Trump's Illegal Funding Cuts Threaten Wildfire Mitigation Efforts Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Dep  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Western Senators Raise Alarm on Trump's Illegal Funding Cuts Targeting Wildfire Mitigation Efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and 10 other Western Democratic Senators to sound the alarm over threats to the removal of hazardous fuels on U.S. public land  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * REP. LAUREN BOEBERT DEMANDS STOP TO FEDERAL LAND GRAB ATTEMPT IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO 325K Acres of Private Land Threatened in Prowers, Kiowa, and Baca Counties WASHINGTON D.C.-- Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) has demanded the stop of a Department of Energy land grab put in motion by the Biden Administration that threatens to impact over 325,000 acres of private land across Prowers, Kiowa, a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of State has released the following public communication dated Jan. 27, 2025, from the Archaeological Institute of America, Auburndale, Massachusetts: * * * To: Dr. Alexandra Jones, Chair, Cultural Property Advisory Committee and Members, Cultural Property Advisory Committee U.S. Department of State 2200 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 * * * Dear Dr. Jones and Members of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, The Archaeological Institute o  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 12 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025: * * * Strategic Water Supply Bill passes first legislative committee SANTA FE --A bill that aims to establish a visionary Strategic Water Supply for New Mexico cleared its first legislative hurdle on Tuesday. The House Agriculture, Acequias and Water Resources Committee passed House Bill 137 on a 5-4 vote. This is an important step toward realizing Gov. Michelle Lu  more