By NMDOH SANTA FE– The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) continues to monitor and respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China and around the world. China has reported over 40,000 confirmed cases that have been identified in twenty-four countries, including 15 cases in the US. There have …
Read More »SFNF’s Jemez District Office Moves to Temporary Location While Construction Begins on New Buildings
BY SFNF Construction on the Santa Fe National Forest’s (SFNF’s) new Jemez District Office is scheduled to start sometime between March 1 and April 1, 2020, depending on weather. While new facilities are under construction, the Jemez Ranger District will share space at the Administrative Office of the Valles Caldera …
Read More »Gov. Lujan Grisham, education cabinet secretaries to hold town hall on education
By Office of the Governor SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Wednesday that she will be holding a community town hall on education in New Mexico ahead of the 2020 legislative session. The governor will be joined by Early Childhood Education and Care Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky, Public …
Read More »Youth Conservation Corp announces country’s first-ever Outdoor Equity Fund
By EDD SANTA FE, N.M. – The Youth Conservation Corp (YCC) announced today that it is accepting donations for the country’s first-ever Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF). New Mexico recognizes that access to the outdoors is a basic human need – yet it’s one that has too often been denied to …
Read More »A One-Sided Compromise: “Fairness for All” Fails to Protect Religious Freedom
By Family policy alliance On Friday, a GOP congressman from Utah introduced a bill that is fashioned as a grand compromise between the LGBT movement and proponents of religious freedom. It’s not. The backers of the bill, who have titled it “Fairness for All,” may be well intentioned. But as …
Read More »Weekly fishing and stocking report
By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Grindstone Reservoir: Mary Mendoza of Roswell caught a 22-inch 5-pound 12.5-ounce rainbow trout using six-pound test line with a size 16 gold treble hook baited with yellow corn-scented PowerBait Dec. 6. Red River: Tom and Bev Colvin and Thomas and Cheryl …
Read More »Outdoor Recreation Division launches new website
By EDD Outdoor Recreation Division website launched Friday, Dec 6 New Mexico Economic Development Department’s (EDD) Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) has launched an independent website on Friday, Dec 6. The new ORD site will be a valuable resource for outdoor recreation companies looking to expand or relocate, as well as …
Read More »Heinrich: Closer Than Ever To Establishing New National Park In New Mexico
By Martin Heinrich press office WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 10, 2019) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that his provision to designate White Sands National Monument as New Mexico’s newest national park was included in the Conference Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. The House …
Read More »Northern New Mexico College Registration for Spring Now Open
By NNMC Registration for the Spring 2020 semester at Northern New Mexico College is now open for new and continuing students. While classes begin January 21, students are encouraged to register as soon as possible in order to get the classes they need, receive financial aid, and order books and …
Read More »Hyde Park, Pacheco Canyon Prescribed Pile Burns Planned This Week
By SFNF Fire managers on the Española Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to implement the previously announced prescribed pile burns in Pacheco Canyon and Hyde Park as early as tomorrow if conditions, including snow pack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, …
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