ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Coffee and sunlight: a natural blend * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -"We're on the right track. This is how coffee roasting behaves," Michael Sweeney said on a clear fall day in New Mexico as he roasted coffee beans using energy from the sun at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Laboratories. "We're doing great, and we're right at temperature." Sweeney, who owns and operates Michael Thomas Cof more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Introduces Legislation to Ensure Large Users of Electricity Pay for Grid Upgrades, Protect Customers From Costs of Data Center Expansion * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the GRID Savings Act, legislation that aims to ensure that the biggest new electricity users play by the same basic rules that have applied to new power pl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2026: * * * Heinrich Introduces Legislation to Ensure Large Users of Electricity Pay for Grid Upgrades, Protect Customers From Costs of Data Center Expansion The GRID Savings Act financially requires large electricity user to pay for their grid upgrades and incentivizes investment in transmission facilities - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Schatz, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Access to High Quality Health Care in Remote and Rural Areas * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Reauthorization Act, which will increase access to high-quality health care in hard-to-reach areas. The bill reautho more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 3 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Board of Regents to convene Aug. 18 for regular meeting * The New Mexico State University Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, in the Educational Services Building, Regents Room, on the Las Cruces campus, 1780 E. University Ave. A webcast link will be available to view the meeting online at https://regents.nmsu.edu/regent-meetings/. In compliance with the Open Meetings Act, copies of the agenda wil more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 2 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM professor awarded EMNRD grant to improve power grid resilience * An associate professor at The University of New Mexico received a grid modernization research grant from the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. ECE Associate Professor Ali Bidram Ali Bidram, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the $788,000 grant to create advanced energy storage architecture for cha more PR

SILVER CITY, New Mexico, Aug. 3 -- Western New Mexico University posted the following news release: * * * WNMU Professor and Former Silver City Poet Laureate Featured in New Literary Collection * Western New Mexico University Associate Professor of English and the former Poet Laureate of Silver City and Grant County, Heather Frankland, MFA, MPH, is featured in the released publication, "CACTI FUR COLLECTIVE Volume 1." This volume of the poetry split (a type of longform anthology), published by Grandma Moses Press, edited by Tim Staley, forw more PR