Airports across the country are seeing fewer travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Less travelers made their way through the El Paso International Airport this April than at any point in the last nine years. Empty airports have become a common site during this time. More people cancelling trips means lessRead More →
NM COVID-19 Update – 28th of May, 2020 SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state officials will host a remote news conference today, Thursday afternoon, to provide an update on COVID-19 efforts in New Mexico and related emergency public health orders. WHAT: Remote news conference regarding New Mexico’sRead More →
Recent Otero County COVID-19 Deaths An Otero County woman was among five new coronavirus deaths reported by New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday. It was just the second virus-related death to occur in Otero County, but marked 325 deaths now across the state. The Otero victim was in herRead More →
This afternoon the Dona Ana County Commision adjourned their meeting by passing an ordinance on facemasks in public. Face masks are now at requirement in Dona AnaCounty in public spaces. Commissioners voted 3 to 2 to require face masks to combat the spread of the covid-19. The ordinance requires thatRead More →
NM Delegation Announces $6.6 Million in Grants to 16 Community Health Centers for COVID-19 Relief and Testing WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $6,626,899 to 16 New Mexico communityRead More →
DAAC Announces Additional Online Class at No Charge Kathleen Key, the Doña Ana Arts Council’s (DAAC’s) resident art historian, recently added another course to her Zoom schedule starting in mid-May. The public is invited to attend this course at no charge, and any of the courses offered by DAAC inRead More →
A team of scientists at the University of New Mexico is working on a new vaccine to combat the coronavirus. David Peabody and Bryce Chackerian are just two of the scientists working on the COVID-19 vaccine using virus-like particles. They were given a $250,000 grant to make the vaccine. They’reRead More →
Department of Health provides COVID-19 testing by appointment in southwest New Mexico SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health announces COVID-19 testing for southwest counties by appointment only at the following locations, days and times: Mondays Las Cruces Public Health Office 1170 N. Solano Las Cruces, NM 88001 8:30Read More →
A bill to protect portions of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers and their tributaries has been introduced by Senator Tom Udall and Senator Martin Heinrich. Alicia Edwards is a Grant County Commissioner which includes Silver City – gateway to the Gila National Forest. She says there’s broad support forRead More →
In an effort to protect communities, firefighters, first responders, and New Mexico’s natural resources, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Forestry Division announced restrictions on fireworks, smoking, campfires and open fires on all non-municipal, non-federal, and non-tribal lands statewide. Due to warmer temperatures, lower humidity, high winds, and anRead More →
