ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Sept. 23 -- Eckerd College posted the following news: * * * Author Deborah Jackson Taffa shares message on history, identity and memory * Author and 2024 National Book Award Finalist Deborah Jackson Taffa visited Eckerd College to discuss her memoir "Whiskey Tender," the summer reading for first-year and senior students. "Whiskey Tender" illustrates the story of Taffa's childhood on the Fort Yuma Reservation on the California-Arizona border and among the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Eckerd's College Program Series  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 22, 2026 Heinrich Demands Trump Admin Immediately Halt Construction of Trump's 250-Foot Arch Heinrich, colleagues: "Putting the President's ego ahead of these memorials adds another stain on this administration's legacy" - WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led his  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 23, 2026 Heinrich Introduces Legislation to Supports Investments to Build a More Resilient, Reliable Grid The bill creates an investment tax credit to boost construction of significant transmission projects across the nation, could create 1 million jobs & help cut electricity costs by 0ver $27 billion annually - WASHINGTON - Today,U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich ( more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 24 -- Albuquerque Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Judges Bring Civics Lessons to APS Classrooms September 23, 2026 Middle school students learned what it takes to wear the robe during Constitution Day visits. - Stepping off the bench and directly into school libraries, gymnasiums and cafeterias, local judges across Bernalillo County took a hands-on approach to teaching civics this month in celebration of Constitution Day. In a collaborative initiative between Albuquerque Public Schools, the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following activity report for the week ending August 14, 2026: * * * Los Alamos National Laboratory Resident Inspectors Activity Report for Week Ending August 14, 2026 Staff Activity: The DNFSB Technical Director was on site Wednesday. He met with the NNSA Field Office Manager and toured the Plutonium Facility. He also held a public outreach event in Santa Fe on Wednesday evening and briefed the New Mexico Stat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * September 23, 2026 Lujan Delivers Major Win for New Mexico's Land Grant Communities and Traditional Uses Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) led the unanimous Senate passage of the New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act, legislation to strengthen cooperation between the federal government and land grant communities. There are 27 community land grant-mercedes that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * September 23, 2026 Lujan, Cotton Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Medicare Patients' Access to Timely, Necessary Care Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act, legislation to improve Medicare patients' access to timely and medically necessary care by making the Medicare coverage determination process more predictable, transparent, a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * September 23, 2026 Lujan, Van Hollen, Colleagues Push Trump to Negotiate AI Guardrails with Xi Senators' letter calls for global cooperation on AI development to preserve public safety and human control - Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 15 colleagues in calling on President Donald Trump to negotiate a formal agreement between the U.S. and China on guardrails and g more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Sept. 23 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Music, documentary industry giant to bring film to Las Cruces, share entrepreneurship with NMSU students * Famed music producer Spencer Proffer's Polish parents immigrated to the United States when he was just 5 years old. Their destination: Albuquerque, where Proffer's family settled before moving to Los Angeles. "Coming back to New Mexico means a lot to me. I grew up here, and I've always felt a deep connection to the people and the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * New Mexico Residents Meet with Congressional Candidate Greg Cunningham (CD-02) to Discuss Cancer Policies Ahead of Election * On Tuesday, volunteer advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gathered with congressional candidate Greg Cunningham at the Classic Desert Aire Hotel in Alamogordo to discuss cancer in New Mexico and policies that can help in the fight against the dis more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 23 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM researcher helps uncover recurring climate regimes linked to elevated extinction risk * Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes throughout its history, but new research suggests those changes may not have been as random as previously thought. A study led by an international team of researchers, including The University of New Mexico paleobiologist Corinne "Cori" Myers, found that Earth's climate over the past 539 million years tend more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 24 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Polis Administration Urged to Confront Unchecked Air Pollution From State's Largest Coal Mine Monitoring reports show the mine has released nearly four times the amount of volatile compounds legally allowed under the mine's air pollution permit September 22, 2026 DENVER-- Environmental and health groups today called on officials in Gov. Jared Polis' administration to confront ongoing clean air violations at the West Elk coal mine in western Color more PR

SILVER CITY, New Mexico, Sept. 23 -- Western New Mexico University posted the following news release: * * * WNMU Reminds Individuals New to Campus About Safety in Unique Rural Environment * Western New Mexico University reminds the campus community and new visitors of a few best practices for moving through the unique environment of the Pinos Altos Mountain Range foothills. The WNMU campus and surrounding areas feature a flourishing ecosystem shared with native wildlife. Deer, skunks, foxes and the occasional bear may frequent the region.  more PR