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.
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SANTA FE– The New Mexico State Treasurer's Office is proud to announce the upcoming State Treasurer's Baby Bond Symposium, a two-day event focused on discussing and developing Baby Bond legislation in the 2025 legislative session. The legislation for Baby Bonds intends to create a government-funded trust account that will provide a pledge startup of capital to children born in New Mexico after July 1, 2025, which will accrue interest and be available for government-approved expenses after the recipients turn 18 years of age.
The symposium will take place on Thursday, October 17th and Friday, October 18th at the Bank of America Theatre at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is open to the public upon RSVP.
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Proposals due Nov 7, pre-proposal conference Oct 25
SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department's Office of Strategy, Science & Technology launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for contractors to provide sector-specific business assistance in the department's priority science and technology sectors.
The RFP, launched on October 15, 2024, solicits proposals to establish five contracts with individuals or organizations to provide tailored business assistance and one-on-one direct hours of support for businesses in the sectors of advanced computing, advanced energy, aerospace, bioscience, and water technologies.
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The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium (TBDC) a volunteer advocacy organization that has been working with local communities, Congressional Representatives and State Legislators to bring attention to the negative health effects resultant of the atomic bomb that was detonated at the Trinity Site in South Central New Mexico are organizing a peaceful demonstration at the Stallion Range Gate entrance to the Trinity site.
The Stallion Range Gate is East of San Antonio on Highway 380. Organizers plan to meet at the Stallion Range Gate at 9:00 am and are encouraging those interested to plan to be onsite for several hours. Please bring your own snacks, chairs, and posters.
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New Mexico State University student Aubrey Marie Owen has been located and is safe in Nevada. NMSU Police want to thank the community for help in this situationLeft: Aubrey Marie Owen has been reported missing and was last seen driving a white 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck with Arizona license plate, PEA85T(Courtesy photos) New Mexico State University police are looking for a missing NMSU student. .Aubrey Marie Owen is 18 years old, 5-foot-11-inches tall and weighs 125 pounds.She was reported missing by her parents on Saturday, Oct. 12 after she had not been heard from for several days. She is driving a white 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck with Arizona license plates, PEA85T.
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Tonight begins Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, which is considered the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. It is a day set apart for repentance, reflection, and profound connection with God through prayer and fasting.
As Jewish believers around the world prepare for this solemn observance, the Republican Party of New Mexico respectfully extends its wishes for a meaningful and blessed fast. G’mar chatima tova.
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Santa Fe, NM - State Representative Jim Townsend (R-Artesia) announced today that he has issued an Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) request to the Secretary of State's office asking for all communications between the Secretary of State's staff, the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) and the Election Registration Information Center (ERIC) from April 1, 2024, through October 4, 2024.
The purpose of the IPRA request is to review all documents relating to a recent action by Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver to send postcards notifying New Mexico residents, including those who are non-U.S. citizens, they may be eligible to vote. Under both state and federal law, non-citizens are not permitted to register and vote in elections. Specifically, Representative Townsend is asking to see the names and addresses of those who the Secretary of State has notified of their eligibility to vote in the November election.
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Project addressed hazards that threatened to destroy road and pollute adjacent stream
SANTA FE – A project restoring vegetation on a Northern New Mexico site that had been covered by waste piles from an abandoned coal mine for nearly a century earned the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division the 2024 Small Project of the Year Award from the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE).
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