Non-Local News Releases

SANTA FE – New Mexico had the sixth-highest drug overdose death rate in the nation, and nearly one quarter of these deaths were caused by prescription drugs (including prescription opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and others), based on 2023 data. 

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is raising awareness of this issue through two upcoming events: Lock Your Meds Day (October 23) and National Prescription Take Back Day (October 25). These events provide residents with practical ways to secure medications and safely dispose of unused prescriptions, preventing them from being misused or accidentally ingested. 

SANTA FE – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today announced a Memorandum of Understanding between New Mexico State University and Japanese chipmaker Fujitsu Limited, marking the start of a pioneering international collaboration in advanced computing and technology innovation targeting the state's top economic sectors. 

The partnership will establish a Fujitsu–NMSU national testbed at the intersection of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and edge computing. The project will leverage Fujitsu's power-efficient, high-performance FUJITSU-MONAKA chip technology to accelerate innovation in HPC and edge computing workflows in critical areas of need for New Mexico. 

Plan identifies export pathways for responsibly produced natural gas

SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon today released a first-of-its-kind infrastructure roadmap at a roundtable with Japanese Ambassador Shigeo Yamada to position responsibly produced Rocky Mountain natural gas as a cost-effective, low-carbon solution for growing U.S. and Asian energy markets. 

The "Rocky Mountain Gas Roadmap & Implementation Playbook," developed under the Western States and Tribal Nations Energy (WSTN) Initiative, identifies key infrastructure pathways to connect responsibly produced natural gas from the Rockies to growing domestic and international markets. The roadmap was released during the New Mexico and Wyoming Advanced Energy Roundtable, where Governor Lujan Grisham, Governor Gordon, and Japanese Ambassador Shigeo Yamada discussed energy and technology partnerships. 

DUE TO POSSIBLE LISTERIA CONTAMINATION

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2025 – M.C.I. Foods Inc., a Santa Fe Springs, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 91,585 pounds of specific lots of ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast burrito and wrap products containing egg that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The individually packaged and bulk packed frozen breakfast burritos and wraps were produced between September 17, 2025, and October 14, 2025. A list of the products subject to recall can be found here: [view product list]. The labels for the impacted products can be found here: [view labels].

DUE TO POSSIBLE EXTRANEOUS MATTER CONTAMINATION

Editor's Note: Details of this recall were updated on October 17, 2025, to reflect approximately 118,098 additional pounds of "Whole Grain Chicken Corn Dog Whole Grain Batter Wrapped Chicken Franks on a Stick Lower Fat" products with use by date 8/7/2026.

Editor's Note: Details of this recall were updated on October 6, 2025, to reflect that there are ground turkey on a stick products included in the recalled products.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2025 – Foster Poultry Farms, LLC, a Livingston, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 3,961,138 pounds of chicken corn dog products that may be contaminated with extraneous material, specifically pieces of wood embedded in the batter, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. 

 Upcoming Events – Oct. 2025

Fall is in full swing in the Land of Enchantment! Even though the days are shorter and the weather is cooler, there are plenty of opportunities to get outdoors!

Check out these upcoming events to get involved.

You can see all of the Department's upcoming events on our website

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, New Mexico Department of Agriculture and New Mexico Livestock Board are encouraging hunters to help prevent the spread of New World screwworm among wildlife, livestock, pets and people.

New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a foreign animal disease and poses a serious threat. The fly's larvae infest open wounds, where they feed on living tissue. The New World screwworm (NWS) was eradicated from the United States decades ago, but recent detections in Mexico pose a risk of northward spread. At this time, it has not been detected in the United States. 

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico singer-songwriter Randy Huston and farrier Jim Keith received the 2025 Rounders Award Oct. 15 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces.

Randy Huston, a rancher, rodeo competitor and acclaimed singer-songwriter, has performed nationwide. His songs have been recorded by artists such as Lee Ann Womack, Darryl Singletary and Chris LeDoux. Huston has earned numerous awards from the Academy of Western Artists, International Western Music Association, Western Writers of America, and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Beyond music, he has been a longtime advocate for American agriculture and continues to raise cattle on his family ranch near Cuervo, New Mexico.