Pandemic afflicts impoverished areas of New Mexico
631 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A top state health official is warning that COVID-19 infections are far more prevalent in low-income areas of the New Mexico, potentially straining Medicaid health care.
Las Cruces Education: NMSU researchers to test wastewater samples for early detection of COVID-19
652 Views A team of researchers at New Mexico State University is developing protocols to test wastewater samples as a possible method for early detection of SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The team is an interdisciplinary effort from the colleges of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.
Albuquerque company lands $130 million contract with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
719 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque company landed a deal with NASA worth more than $100 million. They’ll be working with the lab that just sent a rover to Mars. Fiore Industries handles everything from testing and research to cybersecurity. Now, they’re taking that experience to NASA.
Farmer worries about the future of green chile in New Mexico
1,007 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Agriculture has been hit hard this year by the COVID-19 pandemic. Glen Duggins, a chile farmer in Lemitar, says workers are hard to find right now and crops are hard to sell. Right now he has only half the crew he had last year.
New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture identifies unsolicited foreign seeds
1,040 Views NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Agriculture has identified unsolicited foreign seeds that have been mailed to residents. NMDA reports that starting on July 24 it began receiving reports of the mailed seeds that were not clearly labeled as seeds.
Medio Fire has burned over 2,700 acres north of Santa Fe
644 Views The fire is 18% contained as of Tuesday night SANTA FE, N.M. — The Medio Fire has been burning just north of Santa Fe for a week. The Santa Fe National Forest is getting additional crews and resources from fire teams traveling in from Nevada and Arizona to battle the flames. There are 232 […]
Los Alamos newspaper to call it quits after decades in print
704 Views LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — The newspaper that has served the northern New Mexico community of Los Alamos for nearly six decades will publish its last edition on Sunday. The Los Alamos Monitor announced on its webpage that the decision was shared with staff Friday by officials with Landmark Community Newspapers.
Substance abuse complicating COVID-19 fight on Navajo Nation
571 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Gerald Chee isn’t shy about his battles with substance abuse. Chee, who lives on the Navajo Nation, said he believes he got COVID-19 while partying with others.
New Mexico’s unemployment rate now exceeds national rate
632 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The unemployment rate in New Mexico has jumped to 12.7%. That’s the highest rate the state has seen since the coronavirus pandemic began in the U.S. in March.
Report Details New Mexico Militia Founder’s History Of Violent Neo-Nazism
733 Views State Republicans had planned on featuring the New Mexico Civil Guard as special guests at a rally in Clovis on Aug. 22, before the militia group pulled out, citing racist remarks by one of the invited speakers. The Civil Guard, whose members have showed up heavily armed at several protests in Albuquerque this summer, also had their Facebook […]
