ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 17 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Advancing UNM through the next 10 years: new challenges, new leaders * In the spring of 2025, it was clear across academia that President Donald Trump's election meant big changes in grant funding and research across the board. Executive orders set new and confusing rules that changed the direction of federal agencies that faculty rely on for research funding. Some orders slashing agency budgets were put in place and later changed by the admi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * After Nearly Two Decades of Heinrich's Advocacy, SunZia Transmission Project is Going Fully Online * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that after nearly two decades of his advocacy to complete one of the largest energy infrastructure projects in the Western Hemisphere, the SunZia Project has become fully operational. SunZia is a milestone a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 18, 2026: * * * After Nearly Two Decades of Heinrich's Advocacy, SunZia Transmission Project is Going Fully Online SunZia is one of the largest energy infrastructure projects in the Western Hemisphere and will generate affordable, American-made energy and invest billions of dollars across New Mexico - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM Announces August 2026 Sale of Oil and Gas Leases in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas * SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for August 19, 2026, to offer 26 oil and gas parcels totaling 20,334 acres in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in March 2026 and held a public comment period that closed in May 2026 on th more PR

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, June 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: * * * Cassidy takes command of the 27th Special Operations Wing CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- The 27th Special Operations Wing welcomed U.S. Air Force Col. Brett Cassidy as its new commander during a change of command ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, June 18, 2026. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Conley, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, presided over the ceremony, passing the Wing's guidon from Col. Robe more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 18 -- WildEarth Guardians posted the following news release: * * * Conservation Groups Request More Time, Information about Massive Mining Project on Public Lands near Helena The project sits entirely within the Little Blackfoot River watershed, directly affecting Ophir Creek, Carpenter Creek, and Snowshoe Creek. - HELENA, Mont. - Conservation groups this week submitted a letter to the Helena Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service decrying a large new proposed mining exploration project, primarily on public l more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 18 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Facility Services announces organizational update * Over the past year, UNM's Facility Services has undergone a reorganization to strengthen alignment across operations, improve communication, and enhance service to the campus community. This effort has resulted in a more clearly defined structure with five primary areas of focus: Building and Landscape Services, Technical Services, Facilities Customer Services, Facilities Design and Constructi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- 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 * WASHINGTON - 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 doll more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- 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 hantav more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- 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  - The James Beard Foundation(r) celebrated U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and four other honorees of the more PR

GALLUP, New Mexico, June 19 -- The University of New Mexico's Gallup campus issued the following news: * * * Kee appointed UNM-Gallup interim dean of instruction Longtime faculty member and former division chair steps into role during period of leadership transition By Richard Reyes Joe Kee, an associate professor of Navajo language and government as well as a former division chair, has been appointed the interim dean of instruction at The University of New Mexico-Gallup. UNM-Gallup Dean of Instruction John Zimmerman announced Kee's appoi more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 18 -- WildEarth Guardians posted the following news release on June 16, 2026: * * * Lawsuit Launched to Challenge Massive Logging Project in Montana's Bitterroot National Forest The Bitterroot Front Project authorizes extensive commercial logging, road building, prescribed burning, herbicides and other industrial activities that will significantly damage the forest. - MISSOULA, Mont.-- Local and national conservation groups today filed a notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wild more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- 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 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Introduce Legislation to Boost Funding for Indian Water Rights Settlements * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026, legislation to ensure the federal government fulfills its trust responsibilities by providing dedicated, mandatory funding for  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- 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 * Washington, D.C. - 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 more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 17 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following Q&A involving Erika Machtinger, associate professor of entomology in the College of Agricultural Sciences: * * * Q&A: Does the New World screwworm pose a threat to Pennsylvania? * Over the past two weeks, there have been 12 reports out of Texas and New Mexico of new cases of the New World screwworm -a parasitic fly once declared eradicated in the U.S. Female screwworms lay their eggs in the wounds of mammals, which then serve as a food source for  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Introduces Bipartisan Solution to Protect America's Herds From New World Screwworm * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 18, 2026 -following confirmed cases of the New World screwworm (NWS) in Texas and New Mexico - U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) introduced the Protecting America's Herds Act, an innovative, bipartisan solution to combat the spread of the parasite, herd loss, and a jump in beef prices. The bill -which has  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Leger Fernandez Introduces Bipartisan Solution to Protect America's Herds From New World Screwworm * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 18, 2026 -following confirmed cases of the New World screwworm (NWS) in Texas and New Mexico -U.S. Representatives Leger Fernandez and Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) introduced the Protecting America's Herds Act, an innovative, bipartisan solution to combat the spread of the parasite, herd loss, and a jump in beef  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 18 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM biology faculty hosted the fifth consecutive neuroscience workshop * For the fifth consecutive year, University of New Mexico Biology Professor Mubarak Hussain Syed, also known as the FlyGuy, together with Matthew Clark, assistant professor of biology at Bucknell University; Veronica Evans, associate professor of biology at San Juan College; Maciah Shendo; and community partners Pueblo Brain Science, hosted the annual Neuroscience Workshop. more PR