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Non-Local News Releases
This category will feature news releases from out-of-area government agencies and representatives, as well as events that are not taking place in the four-county area of Grant, Catron, Hidalgo or Luna. For local events please visit Local News Releases.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
Reported start date / time: August 8, 2025 / 0731
Cause: Undetermined.
Size: 150 acres.
Location: Northeast Mt Taylor Ranger District near Black Mesa and northeast of Grants, NM. Smoke may be visible west in the surrounding area of the Santa Fe, Cuba and Jemez.
Responding Resources: USFS.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
The staff at NM Space History Museum is saddened to hear of the death of space pioneer, astronaut Jim Lovell, on July 7, 2025, at age 97. James A. Lovell Jr. was the renowned astronaut who flew on Apollo 8—the first mission to orbit the Moon—and commanded the dramatic Apollo 13 mission.
Across four spaceflights—including Gemini 7, Gemini 12, and the landmark Apollo missions—Lovell set endurance records and played a crucial role in advancing space exploration. As commander of Apollo 13 in 1970, he safely guided the crew home following a life-threatening in-flight failure, a testament to his steady leadership and problem-solving. To find out more, click on the press release button.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
Albuquerque, NM, August 8, 2025 – The Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands of the USDA Forest Service is hiring! We are looking for dedicated individuals to support fire operations. These positions are vital to wildfire preparedness and disaster response across federal and state agencies.
Jobs include dispatchers, equipment operators, fire engine operators, fire prevention specialists, forestry aids and technicians, handcrew members, helitack crew members, hotshot crew members, prescribed fire and fuels specialists, smokejumpers, and more.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
SOUTHWEST CATCH OF THE WEEK
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
Two providers will rebuild networks damaged by wildfires and flooding
ALBUQUERQUE – The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) has awarded more than $1.25 million in disaster grants to restore high-speed internet services in Lincoln County for communities hit by wildfires and flooding.
Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative will receive $1 million and TDS Telecom will get $251,300 through the state's Connectivity to Declared Disaster Areas Grants program. The funding comes from New Mexico's $117 million American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation dedicated to expanding broadband access.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
ROSWELL – New Mexico's Office of the State Engineer (OSE) issued noncompliance warnings to the owners of 20 water wells in the Carlsbad and Capitan Basins after field investigations revealed water may have been diverted for commercial sales without a valid water right permit.
The well-owners have been ordered to cease the unpermitted water diversions and contact the OSE District 2 office to rectify the situation. If the unauthorized diversions continue, the OSE will pursue legal recourse by seeking a compliance order against the responsible party.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
(Washington, D.C., August 4, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., hosted Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey and signed six new food choice state waivers to further advance President Trump's efforts to Make America Healthy Again. The signed waivers will amend the statutory definition of food for purchase for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) in West Virginia, Florida, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, each commencing in 2026.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
SANTA FE, N.M. – The Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Nov. 6, 2025, to offer 21 oil and gas parcels totaling 8,843 acres in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in March 2025 and held a public comment period that closed in May 2025 on the parcels and the related environmental analysis. A 30-day public protest period to receive additional public input opened today and will close Sept. 3, 2025.
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