ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 23 -- The Central New Mexico Community College issued the following news: * * * CNM's Support Services Continue Growing in Effort to Enhance Student Success CNM launched its first student Food Pantry in December 2021. Since then, the College has continually expanded support services to help students with groceries, personalized advising services, and everything in between. "Each of these resources and services work together to help students achieve their goals," says Benjamin Tobias, the Student Basic Needs Man more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, June 23 -- Empower Oversight Whistleblowers and Research, an organization dedicated to enhancing independent oversight of government and corporate wrongdoing, issued the following news release on June 22, 2026: * * * DEA Whistleblower: Feds Allowed Millions of Fentanyl Pills to Hit New Mexico Streets, Violating Federal Policy An AP investigation released today revealed that the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Albuquerque District Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico routinely "walked more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand Answers from Secretary Burgum on Taxpayer Dollars Being Redirected to Pay for Trump's Vanity Projects U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) sent a letter demanding answers from U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the Trump administration redirecting tens of millions of dollars from fees pa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Press Secretary Marco Rubio on Threats from Ebola & Hantavirus Due to Trump's Cuts to Foreign Aid & WHO Withdrawal U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) sent a letter pressing Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the impacts that President Trump's cuts to foreign aid and withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) have had on the United States' ability to protect Americans from Ebola and hantaviru more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rep. Vasquez Visits Belen to Highlight $1 Million Investment to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment System * BELEN, N.M. - On June 18, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) visited Belen's wastewater treatment facility to highlight the over $1 million he brought home to the city to make much-needed repairs. The funding, which was secured through the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Project Funding process, will be used to repair cracks, re more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * James Beard Foundation Celebrates Senator Lujan as 2026 Impact Award Honoree for National Leadership on Nutrition Programs * Recognizing visionary changemakers leading the way toward a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system-Senator Ben Ray Lujan, CHIRLA, Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, ReFED, and Southern Smoke Foundation (c) Photographer for James Beard Foundation, Max Flatow Washington, D.C. - The James Beard Foundation(r) more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Colleagues in Introducing Resolution to Overturn Trump ACA Rule that Will Jack Up Costs, Terminate Care for Millions * Democrats will force a vote to stop Trump's rule that will kick up to 2 million Americans off their marketplace coverage Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and nine Democ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement Commemorating Juneteenth * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth: "As our nation commemorates the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we must remember that the promise of freedom was not extended to all Americans in 1776. "More than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops arrived in more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Klobuchar, Slotkin, Colleagues Urge USDA to Address New World Screwworm Outbreak U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) led 17 of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 23 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NM FAST opens applications for Department of Energy SBIR/STTR accelerator WRITER: Alejandro Najera-Acosta, a_najera@nmsu.edu SOURCE: Carlos Murguia, cmurguia@nmsu.edu NM FAST is accepting applications for its fall SBIR/STTR accelerator cohort, a 10-week program designed to guide New Mexico small businesses and researchers through the full development of a Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Techn more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy issued the following news release: * * * Office of Advocacy Appoints Justin Crossie as Region 6 Advocate The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is pleased to announce Justin Crossie has been named Region 6 Advocate. Prior to joining the Advocacy, Crossie was the SBA South Central Regional Administrator serving Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Crossie is a seasoned government affairs and public policy p more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 22 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * OPINION: Answering New Mexico's most pressing water questions * By Alexander "Sam" Fernald Director, Water Resources Research Institute at New Mexico State University In the western U.S., April 1 is the traditional day to evaluate snow water equivalent, the amount of water held in snowpack that supplies river flow for the coming spring and summer. The mountains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico hold the snow that melts to f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Stansbury, Schweikert, Grijalva, Stanton, and Leger Fernandez send Bipartisan Letter to Secretaries Rollins, Kennedy on Screwworm Outbreak * U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), and Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to push for urgent action to more PR

FARMINGTON, New Mexico, June 23 -- San Juan College issued the following news: * * * Geology Professor Selected for Prestigious STEMSEAS Faculty Expedition San Juan College (SJC) Professor of Geology John Burris has been selected to participate in the prestigious 2026 STEM Student Experiences Aboard Ships (STEMSEAS) 2-Year College Faculty Expedition. STEMSEAS is a national initiative that provides immersive research experiences for community college faculty and students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The exped more PR