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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
Kids in Parks travel grants open to all New Mexico public schools
SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Parks Division is accepting applications from public schools and teachers for grants up to $15,000 to help pay for buses or other forms of transportation to get students out to state parks.
The grant funds must be expended during the 2025-2026 school year. November 14 is the application deadline.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
SOUTHWEST CATCHES OF THE WEEK
Elephant Butte Lake: Ray Padilla caught this catfish using carp and shad cut bait on Oct. 18. He had also caught a pair of blue catfish weighing 14 and 16 pounds earlier that morning at Caballo Lake.
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
(Washington, D.C., October 28, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins published an opinion piece in Newsweek addressing Senate Democrats for holding out funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by keeping the government shutdown.
"Instead of focusing on reopening the government and keeping programs like SNAP and WIC functioning, or air traffic controllers and law enforcement officers paid, or the military funded, Senate Democrats are holding firm on propping up failed government programs with billions in health care subsidies that benefit corporations over people," said Secretary Brooke Rollins. "It's long past time to stop voting against the American people. Reopen the government. Fund these programs. End the theatrics and put the well-being of the American people first."
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
Santa Fe, NM — This week, a progressive New Mexico lawmaker launched a website that allows people to report and track U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity across New Mexico.
In response, House Republican Leader Gail Armstrong issued the following statement:"The far-left progressive state representative crossed a line. Launching a website to monitor and report ICE operations endangers officers, compromises investigations, and could obstruct federal law. New Mexico is already battling drug trafficking and illegal border activity, and we don't need lawmakers helping criminals hide from accountability. This is what happens when far-left politics come before public safety."
Leader Armstrong added:
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2025 – E.A. Sween Company, an Eden Prairie, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 127,887 pounds of a pulled pork sandwich product that may be contaminated with pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The barbecue pulled pork sandwich items were produced on various dates between January 13, 2025, and October 15, 2025. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:
- Category: Non-Local News Releases
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- Category: Non-Local News Releases
With the holiday season right around the corner, come sample and shop for New Mexico's award-winning food products at HomeGrown (Photo courtesy of New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum)Haga clic aquí para español.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – With the holiday season right around the corner, come sample and shop for New Mexico's award-winning food products at HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum on Nov. 22-23.
The 11th annual HomeGrown event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $10 per vehicle, and the first 100 vehicles at the event each day will receive a free shopping bag. Cash is encouraged for admission.
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