Non-Local News Releases

EL PASO – On Monday Feb. 26 beginning at midnight, the Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Division will be accepting applications for Special Agents to work in one of five local offices: El Paso, Midland, or Alpine, Texas or Las Cruces, Roswell, or Albuquerque, New Mexico. Upon completion of a 16 to 20-week basic agent training (BAT) course in Quantico, Virginia, the hired applicants will return to the local office they chose on their application. Interested candidates should apply on www.usajobs.gov . The posting will close on March 11 at midnight, or when 100 applications have been received, whichever comes first.

ROAD ADVISORY:
ROAD CLOSURE – Texas Stateline Area
All I-10 eastbound lanes into Texas will be closed starting at 1 p.m. due to road work. Closure will be in place at Vinton, traffic will have to use exit 2 as a detour. Motorists are asked to reduce speed, obey posted signs, and be cautious of personnel and equipment in the area. Please expect delays. The closure will be lifted at approximately 10 p.m.

Dancers and musicians from New Mexico State University will join local performers during "Reignite: A Dance Concert," hosted by the NMSU Dance program March 1-3.

The concert will showcase NMSU dance majors and minors who will perform in an eclectic range of choreographies, including contemporary, hip-hop, flamenco, tap and Latin ballroom. Choreographers include NMSU dance faculty Applehelen Kirby, Ana Suffle, George Torres Jr. and Ryan McMullen, director of the NMSU Dance program.

Eastern New Mexico University Announces $2-Million-Dollar Donation from the Allsup Family Charitable Foundation.

February 21, 2024 – Portales, NM – Eastern New Mexico University announced today that it has received a $2-million-dollar donation from the Allsup Family Charitable Foundation.

This $2-million-dollar donation is the largest single donation ever made to the ENMU Foundation.

The donation is designated as the following: $418,200 to fund early childhood development initiatives; $1,581,800 will be used to establish a new Allsup Family Endowment to benefit the education, health care, agriculture, and business programs at ENMU.

New Mexico State University's Art Museum holds the largest public collection of Mexican retablos in the United States. Soon it will be available at your fingertips thanks to the beginnings of a large-scale digitization project funded by NMSU's Office of Research, Creativity and Economic Development.

Visitors can see some of NMSU's more than 2,000 works on tin, wood, copper and canvas in addition to other objects of sacred art in the Margie and Bobby Rankin Retablo Gallery at the University Art Museum located on campus inside Devasthali Hall.

Request for Proposals:

SSBCI 2.0 Technical Assistance
RFP# EDD-SSBCI-2.0-TA

The State of New Mexico was awarded a grant by US Treasury that seeks to provide technical assistance to Very Small Businesses, and Socially Economically Disadvantaged businesses. NMEDD is looking for qualified business technical assistance providers in the areas of Financial Advisory, Legal, and Accounting, and Venture Capital interested businesses and Emerging Fund Managers, to provide technical assistance to qualifying businesses. An informational webinar will be held on February 27.

New Mexico Department of Agriculture reminds the public to read the label

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"Pesticides aren't limited to insecticides and herbicides. They also include disinfectants, insect repellent, swimming pool treatments and many other products," said New Mexico Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte. "NMDA wants to ensure that New Mexicans are educated when it comes to pesticide use and are staying safe. The first step to safety is reading the label."

As tax season ramps up, New Mexico State University is offering a program that will help underserved individuals in the community get free tax filing assistance from NMSU accounting students.

The free tax filing services are open from 9 a.m. to noon Fridays during tax season in the Business Complex building, room 108. Services will be closed on Mar. 1, 15, and 29.  

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) is an IRS-backed program that recruits volunteers, trains them in tax law and tax software, and prepares them to assist taxpayers with filing their tax returns. It's primarily led by the Coalition for Family Economic Progress in our region, which is headed by GECU Community Development.