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More than two dozen people from the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, Acoma, and Laguna Pueblos, touched by a legacy of radiation from uranium mining, rallied and chanted Sunday morning in Albuquerque with supporters, before starting the 28-hour drive to Washington D.C.

The group is expected to arrive in the nation’s capital Tuesday and leave Thursday. While there, they’ll march, perform prayers and ceremonies, hold a candlelight vigil and demonstrate on the steps of the Capitol this week.

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant.

That’s where Robert Ardovino sees a Border Patrol horse trailer rumbling across his property on a sweltering summer morning. It’s where a surveillance helicopter traces a line in the sky, and a nearby Border Patrol agent paces a desert gully littered with castoff water bottles and clothing.

WASHINGTON —A total of $33,494,691 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been awarded for upgrades at airports across New Mexico.  This federal funding includes grants from the Infrastructure Law including $15.7 million to fully fund a new 21,000-square-foot terminal at the Clovis Regional Airport (CVN) and nearly $2.5 million for a project to reconstruct a taxiway at Raton Municipal Airport (RTN), and over $700,000 for navigational aids including wind cone, lighting and beacon at Angel Fire Airport.

Over the last year, With Many Hands Alamogordo member volunteers and leaders have been laser focused on how they can effect change locally in the areas of food security by creating community gardens and collaborating with a variety of nonprofits. The local chapter was established under the leadership of Courtney McCary-Squyres and her husband James with significant support from the board and very focused volunteers.