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PRODUCED WITHOUT BENEFIT OF INSPECTION

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2025 – Sabrositos Hondurenos, LLC, in Edison, N.J., is recalling approximately 32,000 pounds of various meat products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection bearing labels with a false USDA mark of inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. As more information becomes available, FSIS may update the product list and labels with additional items. Any product bearing the false establishment number "Est. 1785" should be considered misbranded and unsafe to eat.

The meat products, including chorizo (sausage), pork chops, and ribs, were produced on various dates prior to August 20, 2025. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:

NUEVO MEXICO PROFUNDO announces restoration of the churches in McCartys and Acomita at Acoma Pueblo; conservation of the Fresquis altar screen in La Puebla; restuccoing the Dolores Chapel in Chimayo; and restuccoing the Mora Chapel in Cieneguilla.

See flyer for projects below

LAS CRUCES- White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) will have a planned road closure on US 70 for Thursday, August 21, 2025.

US 70 is scheduled to be blocked twice at 06:00am and 06:45am. These blocks will last around 40 minutes to one hour each and should lift at or around 06:40am and 07:45am. These blocks will be located at Blue Block (2 miles east of the access road - Mile Marker 172) and Brown Block (located at Mile Marker 192).  San Augustin Pass and LC Gate are NOT affected. Nike Ave will be affected by these blocks.

All roadblocks are subject to change without notice, please call WSMR at 575-678-2221/2222 for updates or go to New Mexico Department of Transportation:  www.nmroads.com or call 511.

SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Game Commission will hold a virtual meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025.  The full agenda, and other information, will soon be available on the Department of Game and Fish website.

If you are interested in participating or providing comments you are encouraged to pre-register to attend the meeting on the Zoom Webinar platform. For those who wish only to view the meeting, there will be a live webcast on the Department's website.

 Albuquerque, N.M. -  Today, Rep. Cristina Parajón (D-Albuquerque) and Sen. Harold Pope (D-Albuquerque) resigned their positions on the Fair Districts Task Force, effective immediately. 

Both legislators expressed their commitment to fair, open elections, and belief in independent redistricting, while citing deep concerns about the partisan gerrymandering efforts currently underway in Texas and other states across the country.

Rep. Parajón issued the following statement:

$390 million available for special session needs

LAS CRUCES, NM — New Mexico's Consensus Revenue Estimating Group (CREG) is projecting $14.11 billion in General Fund revenue for fiscal year 2027, an increase of $485 million over the current year budget. 

The estimate, announced at a meeting of the Legislative Finance Committee in Las Cruces on Tuesday, projects healthy FY26 reserves of $3.94 billion or 36.4% of recurring appropriations. The CREG also projects $390 million in additional revenue from FY25 that lawmakers may appropriate during a special session. 

(Lebanon, TN, August 19, 2025) – Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator Bill Hagerty, Representative John Rose, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden, announced USDA will no longer fund taxpayer dollars for solar panels on productive farmland or allow solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries to be used in USDA projects. Subsidized solar farms have made it more difficult for farmers to access farmland by making it more expensive and less available. Within the last 30 years, Tennessee alone has lost over 1.2 million acres of farmland and is expected to lose 2 million acres by 2027. This problem is not just in Tennessee, since 2012, solar panels on farmland nationwide have increased by nearly 50%. That is why the Department is taking action.

Vereda Blanca Fire Operations: Crews near the completion of mastication and chipping work on the north and east perimeter and will improve dozer line with further mastication. Pockets of interior fuels continue to burn and may be visible. Contained edge to the west and south are being monitored for any spotting. More chipping and mastication will be taking place tomorrow.

Vereda Blanca Fire Reported start date / time: August 8, 2025 / 0731

Cause: Lightning.

Location: Northeast Mt Taylor Ranger District near Black Mesa and northeast of Grants, NM. See attached map.

Size: 1,307 acres.              

Strategy: Full suppression.

Containment: 26%           

Fire Behavior: Moderate. 

Fuels: Pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine.

Resources: Firefighters from the USFS, BLM and contractors are on scene with aerial resources. 144 personnel.

Values at risk: The Vereda Blanca Fire is not a threat to any communities, and there are no evacuations in effect. 

Multiple sensitive cultural resources and potential wildlife habitat may be at risk.

Smoke: Smoke may be visible west of the surrounding areas of the Grants, Milan, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Cuba and Jemez. An interactive smoke map at https://fire.airnow.gov allows you to zoom into areas to see the latest smoke conditions. 

Safety: The health and safety of firefighters and the public are always the first priority. Members of the public should avoid the Vereda Blanca Fire area.

Drones pose a serious risk to firefighting and can cause air operations to cease.

The public is reminded that "If you fly, we can't!"