Democrat Stansbury Keeps New Mexico U.S. House Seat In Party’s Hands
767 Views New Mexico Democrats kept control of the U.S. House seat left vacant by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, in one of the party’s earliest tests of its messaging during the administration of President Biden.
A New Mexico Special Election Is Posing An Early Test Of Democrats’ 2022 Messaging
1,540 Views Democrats in New Mexico are hoping to keep control of the House seat in the state’s 1st Congressional District when voters take to the polls Tuesday to fill the position vacated by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
Why A Lab In Wuhan Is Worth A Closer Look As A Possible Source Of The Pandemic
634 Views The idea that the coronavirus could have leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China — instead of jumping from animals to humans — was dismissed as a conspiracy theory by many scientists a year ago. That has changed now.
Women Left Their Jobs To Be Caregivers. A Business Coalition Wants Companies To Help
997 Views The coronavirus pandemic has been especially tough on women, who are still bearing the brunt of the demands of child care and housework. About 400,000 more women than men have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic. The percentage of women in the paid labor force has not recovered from the steep drop in the spring […]
International firm to buy power from New Mexico wind farms
1,072 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A California-based renewable energy company that is building a collection of wind farms in New Mexico says an international firm has signed a 15-year deal to purchase power from the development.
Southern New Mexico farms apply for pilot project to save water
1,175 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than two dozen farms in southern New Mexico have applied for a program that will pay them not to plant their fields as water managers look for new ways to stretch resources in the drought-stricken state.
Groups call for reintroduction of jaguars in US Southwest
978 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmental groups and scientists with two universities want U.S. wildlife managers to consider reintroducing jaguars to the American Southwest. In a recently published paper, they say habitat destruction, highways and segments of the U.S.-Mexico border wall mean that natural reestablishment of the large cats in the region would be […]
UPDATE: Oregon State Woman’s Remains Possibly Located Near Las Cruces
641 Views On May 8, 2021 at approximately 3:05 p.m. the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded back to the Aden Lava Flow Wilderness in reference to a citizen report of possible found human remains.
Growing cannabis at home: What does this mean for New Mexico households?
961 Views Adult-use cannabis will be legal in New Mexico at the end of June, but sales are not expected to begin until next Spring. The state will also allow New Mexico residents to grow cannabis at home. Emily Kaltenbach of the Drug Policy Alliance says this is a key benefit of the law.
LISTEN: KRWG News This Week
705 Views Education Equity And Alleviating Learning Losses; U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján Another busy week of news, and we have you covered. We begin with the region’s in-depth coverage of New Mexico U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján’s visit to the southern New Mexico. He talks with Fred Martino about priorities important to the area and […]
