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April 5, 2023
Article by Algernon D'Ammassa, Deming Headlight

Pete Buttigieg is the 19th person to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation since the post was created in 1966. On Wednesday, he became the first to visit Deming.

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Secretary Vilsack commended the persistence of New Mexico’s Congressional Delegation when it came to securing the funding for broadband expansion. Pictured on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Gino Gutierrez for Source NM)
April 4, 2023

From keeping a chile farm up and running to making sure kids can learn virtually, New Mexicans living in rural areas say they need good internet to do it.

On Monday, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Albuquerque to announce $40 million the federal agency is sending to rural New Mexico communities to expand broadband access.

March 10, 2023
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Fire Rages Near Taos County Line
March 8, 2023

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are looking for assurances from the U.S. Forest Service that the agency is taking preventative measures to ensure that future prescribed fires don’t turn into disasters.

February 16, 2023

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February 3, 2023

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February 2, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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 a total of $74,773,262 in formula funding from the U.S.

January 28, 2023
January 27, 2023

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As a contentious new U.S. Congress gets underway in Washington D.C., New Mexico’s three representatives in the U.S. House have been assigned seats on some higher profile committees on the Hill.

January 26, 2023