Tips to stay safe in the heat and identify heat-related illness
574 Views As triple-digit temperatures enter New Mexico this week, it’s important to remain safe during any outdoor activity.
Data: New Mexico has highest job numbers in state history
1,382 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Department of Workforce Solutions announced New Mexico has the highest job numbers in its history. KOB 4 spoke with an official from the state Economic Development Department who says there’s been several efforts all working together to create this job growth.
$46.7 million allocated to New Mexico governments for federally-taxed lands
897 Views NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Department of the Interior (DOI) will allocate $46.7 million to 32 local New Mexico governments this year. The Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) are distributed because local governments cannot tax federal lands.
Legal intervention defends protections for lesser prairie chickens
864 Views A recent legal intervention was made to protect the Lesser Prairie Chickens. Scott Brocato spoke with Jason Rylander, legal director of the Climate Law Institute at the Center for Biological Diversity, about the intervention.
New Mexico businesses rewarded for sustainable practices
823 Views NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Over $1 million in federal funding has been given to New Mexico businesses for providing sustainably-sourced wood products. The finances are from the Forest Service’s Wood Innovations Grant Program.
Contractors dig deep to build new air shaft at US nuclear waste repository
999 Views CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy says it’s making progress on a new ventilation shaft at the nation’s only underground nuclear repository that will allow the facility to ramp up operations as it disposes of tons of waste from decades of research and bomb making.
Virgin Galactic to make first commercial space flight this month
830 Views TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic has announced the first commercial spaceflight from Spaceport America will launch between June 27 and June 30.
Four Hikers Rescued from Organ Mountains
913 Views Four hikers were rescued on Monday from the rough terrain of the Organ Mountains. The Las Cruces Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team and three other rescue teams helped extract the hikers who became stranded on the west face of the Organ Mountains.
Mountainair games were cancelled after police were told there was a ‘rape room’
648 Views Superintendent says allegations were unfounded MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. — Reports and lapel camera video recently obtained by Target 7 also show that state police officers were pulling students out of class to interview them after a family had reported to school officials there were numerous hazing incidents that had been going on for multiple […]
Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families
806 Views WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race.
