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.
NMSU’s Research and Creativity Week to showcase variety of disciplines
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- Published: 06 February 2024 06 February 2024
New Mexico State University’s Research and Creativity Week, initiated in 2019 and now in its second year as a springtime event, continues to grow in its offerings and appeal.
This year’s Research and Creativity Week will take place Feb. 26 to March 1 at a variety of locations on and off campus, and will kick off with an opening keynote speech by El Paso-born artist Celia Álvarez Muñoz titled “Why you shouldn't make Art in your Kitchen,” from 6 to 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at the ASNMSU Center for the Arts, 1000 E. University Ave. A reception will follow the speech at the University Art Museum, 1308 E. University Ave., from 7 to 8 p.m.
Film festival to honor Golden Globe-winning actor with outstanding achievement award
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- Published: 06 February 2024 06 February 2024
The Las Cruces International Film Festival selected Golden Globe-winning actor Ron Perlman to receive its “Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment” award at this year’s festival. The ninth annual LCIFF, April 3-7, is supported by New Mexico State University and Visit Las Cruces.
“Ron Perlman is a legendary actor known for his historic roles in “Sons of Anarchy” and “Hellboy,” said LCIFF founder and executive director Ross Marks. “His outstanding and diverse body of work is simply impressive. He is the consummate actor whose values and work ethic reflect the film festival. It is a thrill the festival can honor him in person, and we are beyond ecstatic to have him as the face of the 2024 film festival.”
ENMU Announces Continued Enrollment Growth for Spring 2024
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- Published: 06 February 2024 06 February 2024
PORTALES, NM – Feb. 6, 2024 – Eastern New Mexico University released enrollment data on Friday, Feb 2. 2024; the results showed continued enrollment growth on the main campus, with spring enrollment up 5.4% over spring 2023
Numbers have increased in every category from spring 2023. Undergraduate enrollment numbers are at 3,759 students, a 5.8% increase from spring 2023, with student credit hours at the undergraduate level increasing by 5.8%. ENMU also saw a 7.7% increase in transfer students from spring 2023 to spring 2024.
Supreme Court orders a new trial in an eviction case
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- Published: 05 February 2024 05 February 2024
Supreme Court orders a new trial in an eviction case because no audio or written record was made of the proceeding
SANTA FE – The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court must create a record of all civil proceedings when the law designates it as a “court of record” rather than doing so only upon the request of a litigant, the state Supreme Court ruled today.
The justices unanimously concluded that certain Metropolitan Court practices “impermissibly conflict” with state law because its procedural rules required the parties to ask for the creation of a record, otherwise no record was made.
Statewide Veterans’ Services outreach tour scheduled for February
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- Published: 05 February 2024 05 February 2024
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) will conduct outreach stops at various locations across the state, as detailed below in the list.
Veterans and/or their eligible dependents are encouraged to visit the locations listed below for information regarding the filing of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) claims for VA medical care, mental health counseling, disability benefits and payments, retiree pensions, burials, and many other VA benefits.
NMSU graduate students’ exhibit to share local film and theater history
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- Published: 05 February 2024 05 February 2024
From the 98-year-old Rio Grande Theatre to the now-closed Video 4 originally opened as the Fiesta Drive-In in 1948, Las Cruces theaters are part of the city’s culture and character.
The buildings, the people and the stories they tell are the focus of the brand-new exhibition exploring the history of local theater and film. “Stage and Screen: 150 years of Entertainment in the Mesilla Valley” opens Feb. 2 and will run through April 20 at the Branigan Cultural Center, 501. N. Main Street. The exhibition explores theaters, drive-ins, cinemas and stages as well as long-standing programs in community theater and influential people in the industry.
New Mexico adopts new bar examination for aspiring lawyers
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- Published: 05 February 2024 05 February 2024
Chief Justice C. Shannon Bacon (Photo courtesy of Supreme Court)SANTA FE – Law school graduates will take a new bar examination starting in July 2027 to become licensed to practice law in New Mexico, the state Supreme Court and the Board of Bar Examiners announced today.
The NextGen bar exam will replace the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), which New Mexico has used since 2016 and currently is administered in 39 states plus the District of Columbia and US Virgin Islands. The National Conference of Bar Examiners developed the NextGen exam, and New Mexico joins 12 other jurisdictions that have announced plans so far to adopt it.
Traffic Alert I-25 Roadway Rehabilitation Project Beginning February 5, 2024
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- Published: 02 February 2024 02 February 2024
HATCH - The New Mexico Department of Transportation District One office in cooperation with Mountain States Constructors, Inc. (Contractor) are excited to announce the upcoming roadway rehabilitation project on Interstate 25 (I-25) from milepost 34(Rincon) to milepost 41(NM 26/Hatch).
Beginning Monday, February 5, 2024, drivers can expect lane closures on both the northbound and southbound lanes of I-25 as needed. Please reduce your speed and obey traffic control devices. Roadway will be restricted to 12-foot for oversized loads.