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Flash Flood Warning Issued for Albuquerque Area Until Dawn
Times News Global
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July 3, 2025
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Bernalillo County, set to remain in effect until 4 a.m. Thursday. The alert was prompted at approximately 1 a.m. when Doppler radar detected thunderstorms...
New Mexico Steps Up Enforcement Against Illicit Marijuana Operators With Hiring Of New Officers
Marijuana Moment
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July 1, 2025
“We’ve become the mecca for ‘mota’…and we have to ask ourselves: Is that really what we want to be?” By Patrick Lohmann, Source NM More than three years after New Mexico legalized recreational marijuana, the state has become a national...
New Mexico Senators condemn Trump tax and spending bill after Senate passage
The NM Political Report - New Mexico
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July 1, 2025
Following the narrow passage of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill in the Senate, New Mexico’s Democratic Senators, Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich, have issued strong condemnations, warning of the potential negative impacts on New...
New Mexico amps up cannabis enforcement by hiring new weed cops
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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July 1, 2025
A sign marking a cannabis dispensary in Santa Fe County. The state’s Regulation and Licensing Department will soon hire a police chief tasked with leading a new crew of certified police officers to enforce criminal violations of the state’s...
Border Wall Plans at New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey Raise Environmental Concerns
Inside Climate News
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July 1, 2025
EL PASO—U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to build a 1.3-mile border barrier on Mount Cristo Rey, an iconic mountain rising above the Rio Grande and the neighboring cities of Juárez and El Paso. Most of the mountain lies in Doña Ana County,...
SBA Relief Still Available to New Mexico Private Nonprofits Affected by Severe Storm and Flooding
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in New Mexico of the Aug. 1, 2025 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses...
SBA Relief Still Available to New Mexico Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Severe Storm and Flooding
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in New Mexico of the Aug. 1, 2025 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset...
Landmark New Mexico oil pollution lawsuit appealed to state Supreme Court
Santa Fe Reporter - New Mexico
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July 1, 2025
A coalition of Indigenous, youth and environmental organizations joined community members in appealing the New Mexico Supreme Court Tuesday to hear their landmark lawsuit, which challenges the state’s alleged failure to protect public health and...
Experts sound alarm as typically dry US state faces destructive flash floods: 'This is something that we're going to have to get used to'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
Though New Mexico has been one of the driest states in the country, it recently experienced some devastating flash flooding. Videos shared by Fox Weather appeared to show people stuck in their vehicles as rushing waters raced by. What's happening?...
New Mexico reproductive health care forges on while clinics close across the country
KUNM - New Mexico
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July 1, 2025
Advocates say federal cuts are threatening reproductive health care across the country, with research grinding to a halt from lost grants and service providers shutting their doors as donors have started to disappear. But New Mexico is bucking...
USACE-Albuquerque District and the Regina, N.M., Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association sign environmental infrastructure agreement
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES 07.02.2025 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District Commander Lt. Col. Matthew Miller signed an environmental infrastructure agreement with Regina, N.M., Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association...
In with the new: A look at New Mexico laws taking effect July 1
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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July 1, 2025
Jason Culver rides his bicycle to meet a friend at a local coffee shop on March 26 in Santa Fe. A new state law effective July 1 allows cyclists to pass through a red light at an intersection after stopping – without waiting for a green light – or...
New Mexico PFAS Claim Filed As Federal Bellwether Case
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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June 30, 2025
NMED News: CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge last week opened the door to New Mexico’s pursuit of its ongoing civil case against Cannon Air Force Base for environmental and public health damage near Clovis. The judge’s statements pave the way for...
Heavy Rain Expected to Flood Two States After Wildfires
Newsweek
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July 2, 2025
Two states are at an increased risk of flash floods on Wednesday amid excessive rainfall, the National Weather Service (NWS) said in a Wednesday forecast. Burn scars in Southeastern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico will prove especially...
New Mexico leaders eye outdoor recreation economy for expansion
KOB 4 - New Mexico
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June 30, 2025
Leaders in New Mexico designated outdoor recreation as one of the state's target industries and one city is jumping on-board. SANTA FE, N.M. — Many people in New Mexico will spend Fourth of July weekend taking part in the state’s outdoor...
Eloise Blake Clinical Excellence Center
Roswell Daily Record - New Mexico
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On Wednesday, the Clinical Excellence Center at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center (ENMMC) was officially designated as the Eloise Blake Clinical Excellence Center. This facility represents a collaborative initiative involving the ENMMC Auxiliary,...
Jeff Bezos-backed MethaneSAT satellite lost in space during climate mission
Hindustan Times
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July 2, 2025
A satellite backed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been lost in space while carrying out an important climate change mission, New Zealand officials said Wednesday. Amazon founder Bezos pumped more than US$100 million into the project...
New Mexico expert critiques wind energy policies in popular interview
Grand Canyon Times - Arizona
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June 30, 2025
Paul J. Gessing President | Rio Grande FoundationPaul J. Gessing President | Rio Grande Foundation Paul Gessing, president of the Rio Grande Foundation, recently discussed energy policy in an interview titled "Blown Away: Exposing the Wind Scam."...
Things to Know Before Moving to Albuquerque, NM
Racine County Eye - Wisconsin
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July 2, 2025
Albuquerque may be a Southwestern town baking under the sun, where many people often assume it’s all cacti, cowboy boots, and Breaking Bad references. However, there’s so much more to it than Gustavo Fring’s Los Pollos Hermanos. Sign up for daily...
State Rep. And Conservation Attorney Matthew McQueen Launches Bid For New Mexico Land Commissioner
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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July 1, 2025
State Rep. Matthew McQueen STATE News: GALISTEO — State Rep. and conservation attorney Matthew McQueen launched his bid today to run in the 2026 election for New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands. The six-term legislator cited the need for...