ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 16 -- Albuquerque Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Hoover Middle Shines as State Spotlight School October 14, 2026 APS school earns statewide recognition for math growth and an innovative approach to middle school learning. The cheers were loud, the music was lively and the school pride was unmistakable Wednesday morning as Hoover Middle School students and educators gathered to celebrate an achievement years in the making. Hoover has been named a Spotlight school by the New Mexico Public Educa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Meets with New Mexicans to Discuss How Landmark Bipartisan Legislation Will Lower Costs, Create Jobs, & Hold Data Centers Accountable * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, met with New Mexicans to discuss his newly introduced Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, legislation that will lower utility bills, cre more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, & Vasquez Call for Independent Review of WIPP Hoist Collapse, Greater DOE Engagement * Following an August incident in which a hoist cable snapped during safety testing, New Mexico lawmakers emphasize the importance of worker safety, transparency, and operational stability at WIPP WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, alongside U.S. Senator more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez Introduces Bill to Hold ICE Accountable for Arrests and Detentions of U.S. Citizens * New bill would give wrongfully detained U.S. citizens the power to sue for justice and compensation Washington, October 15, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) introduced the Justice for Citizens Wrongfully Detained by ICE Act to make sure American citizens wrongfully arrested or detained by i more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, ColleaguesQuestion Meta's Use of Billions in Research and Development Tax Credits to Subsidize Its AI Data Center Construction Boom * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. SenatorsSheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Peter Welch (D- more PR

WACO, Texas, Oct. 15 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Philip Vigil, Head Coach - CSU Pueblo * This week on Inside the Headset - Presented by CoachComm, we welcome CSU Pueblo Head Coach Philip Vigil! A former quarterback at Colorado Mesa, Vigil began his coaching career at Colorado School of Mines in 2009. His path through the profession includes stops at Northwest Missouri State, Colorado Mesa, Fort Hays State, and Stephen F. Austin before taking over as head coach at Western  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 15 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Proofs and reasons: How math works in the mind * Mathematics and other human endeavors like art and theological thinking, are areas of human behavior that confer no apparent evolutionary advantage, require extreme concentration, and stretch the limits of human mental abilities. Of these three, only mathematics can be studied in a way that allows different cultures and times to be compared on equal footing, providing an opportu more PR

SOCORRO, New Mexico, Oct. 16 -- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology issued the following news: * * * S&P Global Ratings Affirms New Mexico Tech's A+ Credit Rating with Stable Outlook Oct 14, 2026 S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its A+ underlying credit rating (SPUR) and stable outlook for New Mexico Tech's (NMT) Series 2019 system revenue bonds. The affirmation highlights NMT's strong operational foundations, prudent fiscal leadership, robust balance sheet, and continued state support. The rating reflects NMT's ongoing commitment more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 15 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Hears Arguments Whether Wild Lobos are "Essential" Conservationists argue that the only wild population of lobos is essential to the species' survival October 14, 2026 MISSOULA, Mont.- In Montana yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments whether endangered Mexican wolves ("lobos") living in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico are considered "essential" to the survival of the species. Conservationists are contestin more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Oct. 15 (TNSjou) -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * African oryx may spread through much of Southwest Gemsbok were introduced to the New Mexico beginning in the 1960s October 14, 2026 African antelopes introduced to New Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s as a game species will likely spread through much of the U.S. Southwest by the end of the century. Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) are originally native to southern Africa. Accustomed to arid conditions in their home conti more PR