WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * Bamboo Eagle puts 13th ATF combat support to the test JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- One part of Exercise Bamboo Eagle at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, allowed the 13th Air Task Force Command Element to demonstrate its ability to repair a runway under simulated combat conditions -- another of the many challenges presented in the eight-day multinational joint exercise. The 13th Air Task Force  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Leger Fernandez, Congressman Russell Fry Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Law Enforcement Training at FLETC Artesia Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) and Congressman Russell Fry (SC-07) introduced a bill to enhance law enforcement training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Artesia, New Mexico. The legislation will fa  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 19, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin Corp., Syracuse, New York, was awarded a $54,207,213 cost-plus-incentive-fee undefinitized delivery order (N00024-25-F-6219) under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract (N00024-19-D-6200) for production of submarine electronic warfare systems on new construction and in-service submarines. Work will be performed in Syracuse, N  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Push Back On Proposed Cuts To Disaster Recovery Programs March 18, 2025 In a new letter, the lawmakers pushed back against U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner's proposed cuts to critical disaster recovery programs WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) j  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 20 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * First State Bank Uses FHLB Dallas Economic Development Program to Aid Rural Texas Hospitals HASKELL, TEXAS, March 19, 2025 -- First State Bank of Abernathy, Texas, used Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) Economic Development Program (EDP) advances (loans) to aid three struggling West Texas hospitals. First State Bank used   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, New Mexico, has announced plans to transfer human remains and associated funerary objects recovered from federal and tribal lands to the appropriate Native American tribes, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains and objects, tied to multiple archaeological sites in New Mexico's Grant and Catron counties, have been id  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Introduces Legislation to Reverse Chaos & Damage Created by Trump & Musk at the VA, Reinstate Veterans Fired by DOGE & Protect Veteran Benefits WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, introduced the Putting Veteran's First Act, legislation that reverses the chaos and damage creat  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, has completed an inventory of human remains and identified cultural affiliations with two Native American tribes. The remains, which belong to at least two individuals, were removed from archeological site 41TG91 in Tom Green County, Texas. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), federal officials have determined   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, has announced the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory confirms a cultural affiliation between the remains and the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico. The notice, published by the National Park Service, out  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, has completed an inventory of human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), confirming their cultural affiliation with the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico. The remains, which represent at least two individuals of Native American ancestry, were discovered at archeological site 41MC296 in M  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Celebrates Completion of Critical Water Infrastructure Projects in Rural Dona Ana County, Recognizes New Mexico Workers Anthony, N.M. - On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) visited the Anthony Water Treatment Plant to celebrate the completion of two federally funded water infrastructure projects that he helped to fund in rural Dona Ana County. Senator Lujan secured funding for t  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Bipartisan Push to Deliver Combat-Injured Veterans Full Military Benefits Major Richard Star Act would provide combat-injured veterans with full earned disability compensation and retirement pay Espanola, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Elizabeth Warren (D  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Colleagues in Calling on President Trump to Reverse the Illegal Firing of FTC Commissioners In Key Hearing Last Month, Lujan Raised Alarm Over the Trump Administration's Attacks on Independent Agencies Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law and a   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Visits El Centro Family Health, Discusses Efforts to Protect Medicaid, Rural Health Care Access From Republican Attacks Medicaid covers more than 780,000 people in New Mexico, 33% of the people in the state Espanola, N.M. -- Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) visited El Centro Family Health in Espanola to discuss the importance of Medicaid and rural health care access and his eff  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Senate Democrats Demand USDA Reverse $1 Billion in Canceled Local Food Purchases for Schools, Farmers Lujan, Schiff, Klobuchar, and Shaheen spearhead effort to stop "further pain at a time of high food prices and instability within U.S. agricultural markets" Anthony, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led a group of 31 Senators dema  more

CANNON AFB, New Mexico, March 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: * * * Melrose Air Force Range Achieves Milestone Joint National Training Capability Certification By Tech. Sgt. Jacob Albers Melrose Air Force Range has reached a new milestone - achieving Joint National Training Capability accreditation. The JNTC program provides consistent, holistic, and relevant assessment of joint training programs across the armed services and U.S. Special Opera  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 20 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Governor signs bill protecting students' right to wear regalia SANTA FE - Today, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed SB 163 into law, ensuring students across New Mexico can freely express their cultural heritage at school ceremonies. The legislation, which received unanimous support in both chambers of the state legislature, prohibits school boards and chart  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging posted the following fact sheet: * * * The Republican Plan for Medicaid Will Harm New Mexico More than 764,000 New Mexicans rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put New Mexicans' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more than $2 trillion in Medicaid cuts is bad news for New Mexica  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 20 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * New Mexico Governor reacts to tragic murder of cyclist - Lujan Grisham implores legislature to act on juvenile crime SANTA FE - Today, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham responded to Monday's arrest of a 13-year-old boy charged with the murder of Scott Dwight Habermehl, a 63-year-old Sandia National Laboratory employee who police say was struck by a stol  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts has completed an inventory of human remains and determined their cultural affiliation with several Native American Tribes. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the remains, which consist of hair clippings from at least nine individuals, are set for repatriation. The human remains were collected from various locations,  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * Dairy Producers in State Reminded to Obtain 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage by March 31 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico March 19, 2025- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging dairy producers to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program that helps offset milk and feed price differences. This year's DMC signup began Jan. 29 and the deadline to  more