WASHINGTON, July 24 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Another Mexican Gray Wolf Crosses Interstate 40 in New Mexico * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Thirty-five conservation organizations today asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service not to recapture a Mexican gray wolf who crossed Interstate 40 in New Mexico over the weekend. The wolf has returned to the area around Mount Taylor where he had previously been trapped and removed in May. more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, July 24 [Category: Environment] -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Another Mexican Gray Wolf Crosses Interstate 40 in New Mexico * Contact: * Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org * Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org * Sally Paez, New Mexico Wild, (505) 350-0664, sally@nmwild.org * Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wol more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 25 (TNSrep) -- The American Society of Radiologic Technologists issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * ASRT Staffing and Workplace Survey Shows Vacancy Rate Increases Near Record Highs, Aligning With Overall Health Care Profession Trends Data in recent staffing surveys from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists show that vacancy rates for all medical imaging disciplines are above the rates reported in 2020, according to the 2025 ASRT more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Department of the Interior Announces Oil and Gas Lease Sale in New Mexico Generates Over $58 Million in Revenue * SANTA FE, N.M. - Today, the Department of the Interior announced the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office leased 16 parcels totaling 7,501.76 acres for $58,260,939 in total receipts for its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. This is the third highest value for highest b more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Blasts Trump Administration for Raising Electricity Costs on American Families Amidst Growing Energy Demand * WASHINGTON -- In his opening statement during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on rising energy demand, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, raised the alarm on the energy affordability crisis facing working famili more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Criticizes Trump Administration for Working to Stall Energy Projects and Raise Costs on Families * WASHINGTON -- During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on energy demand growth, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, pressed Jeff Tench, Executive Vice President of Vantage Data Centers and Rob Gramlich, CEO and Founder of Gri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Heinrich Criticizes Trump Administration for Working to Stall Energy Projects and Raise Costs on Families During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on energy demand growth, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, pressed Jeff Tench, Executive Vice Presi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan Pens Joint Op-Ed on 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Test and Extension and Expansion of RECA * Washington, D.C. - In Case You Missed It : U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, published an opinion piece in the Albuquerque Journal reflecting on the 80 th anniversary of the Trinity Test and highlighting decades-l more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Fights for National Lab Science Funding, Presses Trump Administration to Protect America's Scientific Innovation and Reverse Course on Cuts to Research and Development Programs * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Senate National Labs Caucus, called on President Trump to reverse course on proposed reductions in the Fiscal Year 2026 federal budget more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs on Commitment to Fund and Complete the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, questioned Mr. William Kirkland during a nomination hearing to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within the Department of the Interior. Speci more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Secures Nearly $190 Million in Federal Investments for New Mexico in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bills * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced funding secured for New Mexico communities through the Appropriations Committee's bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Latest CBO Analysis of Final Republican Budget Bill * Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Predicts Republican Bill Will Add $3.4 Trillion to National Debt Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published analysis that the final  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Announces President's Approval of Major Disaster Declaration for Lincoln County, Maintains Push for Major Disaster Declaration for Chaves, Otero, & Valencia Counties * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released the following more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Available to New Mexico Small Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides * SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In response to a Presidential disaster declaration issued July 22, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to New Mexico small business more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 24 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * SFI Board of Trustees names new Chair and Vice-Chair * This spring, the Santa Fe Institute's Board of Trustees elected Ian McKinnon and Sam Peters as Board Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively. McKinnon and Peters, who both grew up in New Mexico, have multi-decadal relationships with SFI. Their three-year appointments began on April 29, 2025, following the Board's bi-annual meeti more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 25 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM physicist named to leadership role in global ATLAS experiment at CERN Research Assistant Professor Svende Braun, of the University of New Mexico Department of Physics & Astronomy, has been selected as co-convener of the B-Physics Weak Decays Working Group within the ATLAS Experiment -- one of the world's largest and most high-profile scientific collaborations. ATLAS is a massive particle phy more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 25 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM policies moving to new cloud-based platform in August By Steve Carr Changes are on the way that will soon make it easier for University of New Mexico faculty, staff, and students to access, understand, and share university policies in a new streamlined fashion. The UNM Policy Office recently announced that the Regents' Policy Manual (RPM) and the University Administrative Policies and Proce more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez Announces Major Milestone: $4.3 Million Returned to Southern New Mexicans through Casework * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 24, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced that his office has successfully returned over $4.3 million to constituents in New Mexico's Second District in 2025. "I'm excited to announce that my office has put over $4 million back in constituents' po more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 25 -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Xcel Energy employees award $10,000 to Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico Employees nominate New Mexico nonprofits to receive annual Employee Choice Grants * ROSWELL, New Mexico (July 24, 2025) -- Xcel Energy announced a $10,000 grant to Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico, a nonprofit that provides food to families in need, as part of Xcel Energy Foundation's 2025 Employee Choice Grant awards. Food Bank of Ea more PR