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.
ECECD launches new partnership
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 04 March 2024 04 March 2024
ECECD launches new partnership to grow high-quality licensed child care in New Mexico
SANTA FE - In partnership with WESST, Civitas Strategies, and Growing Up New Mexico, the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD), launched CRECER (Capacity Resources for Enhancing Care, Excellence, and Resilience), a child care business support initiative for providers that want to grow stronger businesses and increase the quality of their programs.
The CRECER initiative, named after the Spanish verb for ‘growth,’ provides robust business development resources to increase the supply of high-quality licensed child care in New Mexico, through three strategies: business training, a grant program, and the CRECER Collaborative.
March is Arbor Month in New Mexico
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 04 March 2024 04 March 2024
Seedlings offered to communities, colleges and universities in the state
Santa Fe, NM – To celebrate Arbor Month and highlight the importance of New Mexico’s urban trees and forests, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department’s Forestry Division is providing 50 tree seedlings to communities or higher education institutions interested in holding an Arbor Day Celebration. The second Friday in March is recognized as Arbor Day in the Land of Enchantment. This year it will be March 8, 2024.
N.M. Delegation Welcomes Nearly $2 Million to Restore Watersheds
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 04 March 2024 04 March 2024
N.M. Delegation Welcomes Nearly $2 Million to Restore Watersheds Damaged by Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming nearly $2 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fund the development of a comprehensive Watershed Restoration Plan for the areas directly impacted by the 2022 Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire.
The investment is funded through the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act, secured by the New Mexico Congressional Delegation.
NM Supreme Court reinstates child pornography convictions
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 04 March 2024 04 March 2024
New Mexico Supreme Court reinstates child pornography convictions of Los Alamos man
SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court today reinstated a Los Alamos man’s convictions for possession, distribution and manufacturing of child pornography.
In a unanimous opinion, the state’s highest court reversed the Court of Appeals and clarified the legal elements that must be proven for the crime of manufacturing child pornography.
Rael was sentenced in 2017 to nine years in prison for convictions of three counts of manufacturing child pornography and one count each of distribution and possession of child pornography.
Supreme Court finds no double jeopardy violations
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 04 March 2024 04 March 2024
Supreme Court finds no double jeopardy violations in Albuquerque man’s convictions for manslaughter and other offenses
SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court ruled today there was no double jeopardy violation in the manslaughter and aggravated battery convictions of an Albuquerque man for the fatal shooting of a friend he found in bed with his former girlfriend at a home they shared.
In a unanimous opinion, the justices reversed the state Court of Appeals and reinstated Clive Phillips’ felony conviction of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for shooting Adrian Carriaga with a handgun. The justices affirmed the defendant’s manslaughter conviction for killing Carriaga.
State Police Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols March 2024
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 04 March 2024 04 March 2024
State Police Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols in Counties across the State in March 2024
Statewide, NM - State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and registration, insurance, and driver's license checkpoints in all New
Mexico counties during March 2024
We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.
These checkpoints are helping to change society's attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Monastery Lake reopens for fishing March 5
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 04 March 2024 04 March 2024
PECOS – After a winter closure, the Benedictine Monastery Lake, near the village of Pecos, will be freshly stocked with trout and reopen for fishing at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 5. The Benedictine Monastery Lake is part of the Department’s Open Gate Program. Please visit our website for more information about this property.
I-10 West of Las Cruces to have overnight lane closures
- Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
- Published: 04 March 2024 04 March 2024
ROAD ADVISORY:
I-10 Lane Closures, mile marker 126 to 128, west of Las Cruces
The New Mexico Department of Transportation District One office will have overnight lane closures in place from milepost 126 to 128 due to road maintenance, barrier wall being placed. This closure will be in the driving right lane to remove the shifted asphalt creating a bump in the roadway. The crew will be in place Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Roadwork is expected to be completed by, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at approximately 5 pm.