Jesse Jones/Corrales Comment Concerned Corraleños came together at a community meeting on Thursday, March 14 at the Historic Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales. It was organized by Clean Air For All Now (CAFANOW), a local environmental advocacy group, to address the decades-long air pollution they say is caused by the Intel chip plant. Residents concerned about […]
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How much noise is too much noise?
Jesse Jones/Sandoval Signpost How much noise is too much noise? That’s what the City of Rio Rancho wants to know. During the Thursday, March 14 Rio Rancho City Council meeting, the governing body postponed any action on the current noise ordinance until the April 11 meeting, allowing citizens to propose suggested language into the ordinance. […]
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Public comment still sought on proposed NM Gas Company rate increase
Austin Fisher/Source NM New Mexico’s largest natural gas provider wants to raise prices for the more than 540,000 people who rely on its service to heat their homes or businesses. Thursday, the Public Regulation Commission opened its meeting for public comment on the New Mexico Gas Company’s proposal to increase the cost of its gas service. It […]
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U.S. Supreme Court questions both positions in Rio Grande water case
WASHINGTON — The nation’s highest court will decide what’s next for a 10-year-old case over Rio Grande water. On Wednesday, attorneys for Texas and New Mexico came to the defense of a proposed deal allocating Rio Grande water between the states against federal opposition to the agreement at the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices scrutinized both […]
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Mexican president praises Pancho Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, that killed 18
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Tuesday praised Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, a raid that killed 18 Americans, mostly civilians. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the attack “daring” and said “we should thank” Villa for it. “We should thank Villa for, among other things, […]
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Intel Secures $8.5 Billion and Loans From Biden Administration For Chip Production, Including in Rio Rancho
President Biden’s push to expand domestic production of logic chips could net Intel $8.5 billion from the federal government to help Intel’s Rio Rancho campus complete the modernization of two fabs into advanced packaging facilities and support additional Intel projects in Arizona, Oregon and Ohio. The company and the Biden-Harris administration have reached a “preliminary […]
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Colorado College researchers document abuses at NM immigration detention centers
Austin Fisher/Source NM A new report documenting ongoing abuses at two federal immigration detention facilities in New Mexico concludes the facilities should close, and everyone inside should be released. Three undergraduate researchers from Colorado College published the report on March 13, detailing how two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in Milan and Estancia […]
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How Texas’ plans to arrest migrants for illegal entry would affect New Mexico if allowed to take effect
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is on hold while the Supreme Court considers a challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest move over immigration. The nation’s highest court put the law on pause over a lawsuit led by the Justice […]
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Supreme Court rejects appeal by C4T leader banned for insurrection
By MORGAN LEE, NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy […]
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Tribal nations receive $120 million to fight climate-related threats
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press The Biden administration will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change, the Department of the Interior announced Thursday. The funding is designed to help tribal nations adapt to climate threats, including relocating infrastructure. Indigenous peoples in the U.S. are among […]