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.
Senator Crystal Brantley to Keynote Lion Leadership Fund, Women’s Public Leadership Network Events
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 20 June 2024 20 June 2024
ELEPHANT BUTTE—This week, Senator Crystal Brantley (R-Elephant Butte) is set to keynote the annual Lion Leadership Fund event in Denver, Colorado. Also in Denver, she will be addressing the Women’s Public Leadership Network (WPLN) event as part of a panel of legislators.
Senator Crystal Brantley (R-Elephant Butte) issued the following statement regarding her speaking engagements:
RPNM Commemorates Juneteenth
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 19 June 2024 19 June 2024
The Republican Party of New Mexico commemorates Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War.
On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to proclaim to the remaining enslaved African Americans that the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Republican President Abraham Lincoln, had secured their freedom. Lincoln, alongside the Republican Party, then succeeded in passing the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in America, despite harsh opposition from the Democratic Party. Furthermore, Republicans championed the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to African Americans, and the 15th Amendment, which extended the right to vote to African American men.
South Fork Fire, Salt Fire Update 6-19-24
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 19 June 2024 19 June 2024
Evacuations in place with continued fire growth expected
Daily Update June 19, 2024
Public Information Line: 575-323-8258
Media Information Line: 575-323-8053
Phone Line Hours: 8 am – 8 pm
Email: 2024.southfork@firenet.gov
Acres: South Fork – 16,335; Salt – 7,071 Start Date: June 17, 2024
Location: Ruidoso, NM Personnel: 254
Containment: 0% Fuels: mixed conifer, grass, pine/juniper
PNM warns of phone scams targeting customers as temperatures rise
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 19 June 2024 19 June 2024
Albuquerque, NM – PNM is warning customers throughout New Mexico to be on the lookout for phone scams as the weather heats up. PNM has received reports that scammers are adding a false PNM caller ID or are adding a false 505 prefix to get customer to answer, deceiving them into thinking it is a legitimate call from PNM.
Once customers answer the phone, the scammer says they are with PNM, claims you are behind on your bill and threatens to disconnect your electricity unless you pay immediately with a prepaid card or an electronic banking transfer.
Senator Republicans Criticize Executive Proposal to Raise the Gas Tax and Vehicle Registration Fees
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 18 June 2024 18 June 2024
SANTA FE—Today, the New Mexico Department of Transportation (DOT) presented its recommendations to legislators on the Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee. Among the DOT proposals are a gas tax hike and increased vehicle registration fees.
"It is unfathomable that this administration would even consider asking for higher taxes and fees right now," said Senate Republican Whip, Senator Craig Brandt (R-Rio Rancho). "In a rather short period of time, we have doubled our state's spending, all while benefiting from massive budget surpluses. Meanwhile, New Mexicans are dealing with rabid inflation, high costs of living, and stagnant wages. Under no circumstances will I support these tax hikes or any others that will disproportionately impact our working class families."
BLM LCDO takes cash register away at Dripping Springs
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 18 June 2024 18 June 2024
Visitors to Dripping Springs Natural Area
BLM Las Cruces District to no longer issue recreation passes nor accept cash at Dripping Springs Natural Area Visitor’s Center
Dripping Springs Natural Area A.B. Cox Visitor's Center - Immediately
Why: To push towards education, interpretation, and engagement with the public, the Las Cruces District Office is removing the cash register and empowering volunteer day hosts to engage with monument visitors.
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BLM Las Cruces District Office to Close on June 19, 2024
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 18 June 2024 18 June 2024
in Observance of Juneteenth Federal Holiday
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in observance of the Juneteenth Federal Holiday. The office will resume regular business hours on Thursday, June 20.
Juneteenth is a day that commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States. Historically and culturally, celebrated on June 19th, it marks the day in 1865 that Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army landed in Galveston, Texas, and informed slaves there that the Civil War ended, and slavery was abolished. In 2021, President Biden signed a law establishing June 19th as a federal holiday in acknowledgment of Juneteenth National Independence Day.
Wildfire Notification #21 South Fork Fire and Salt Fire
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 18 June 2024 18 June 2024
The New Mexico Forestry Division would like to update you on wildfires that are requiring the attention of tribal, federal, state, and local resources in New Mexico. The South Fork Fire and the Salt Fire are burning on Mescalero tribal land, US Forest Service land, and the area surrounding Ruidoso. Both fires are being managed by Mescalero Apache Fire Rescue and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Complex Incident Management Teams are on order.
South Fork Fire
Update: The South Fork Fire is currently estimated at 5,252 acres and zero percent containment. Fire activity is expected throughout the night due to winds and low relative humidity. Multiple structures are under threat, and unknown number of structures have been lost. 10 Type-1 Hotshot crews are on scene or en route. Tomorrow the incident will be transferred to a Complex Incident Management Team.