The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently cited an Albuquerque-based concrete masonry manufacturer for multiple serious workplace safety violations that exposed employees to potential injury or worse. According to state records, Utility Block Company Inc. was fined a total of $41,384 for the violations by NMED’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (OHSB). In December 2024, […]
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Local businesses team up to support New Mexicans with disabilities through beer campaign
New Mexico families facing decade-long waits for state disability services are getting help this month through an unusual partnership between two popular local businesses and a South Valley nonprofit. Steel Bender Brewyard and M’tucci’s Restaurants are donating 100% of proceeds from sales of Policy IPA throughout July to benefit Mandy’s Farm, an Albuquerque organization serving […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress
Albuquerque research facility found monkey alive in body bag after botched euthanasia
A major Albuquerque research facility that employs more than 500 people has been cited by federal inspectors for two critical violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including an incident where a monkey was found alive in a plastic bag in a refrigerator after a botched euthanasia procedure. The U.S. Department of Agriculture cited Lovelace Biomedical […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Westside Albuquerque
Award-winning Rio Rancho photojournalist to showcase career at Los Lunas Museum
Rio Rancho resident and five-time White House News Photographers Association award winner Richard Kozak will display decades of international photojournalism at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts this fall. The exhibition, titled “ART of PHOTOJOURNALISM,” will run from Aug. 23 through Oct. 11, featuring photographs from Kozak’s 30-year career documenting wars, politics and […]
Posted inLocal Government, Westside Albuquerque
Sandoval Commission to weigh new fire districts, polling places
Sandoval County Commissioners Wednesday will consider updating the list of polling places for the Nov, 4 election. Joey Dominguez, chief deputy county clerk, wrote in the agenda that the action is necessary because some sites are no longer available because leases have ended or property owners have construction that conflicts with elections. If the amended […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Pueblos
New Mexico could lose $177 million under trump plan to transfer national parks to states
New Mexico stands to lose at least $177 million in economic output under the Trump Administration’s plan to transfer national park units to state control, according to a new report that has prompted sharp criticism from the state’s senior senator. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Pueblos
Sen. Luján introduces $30 billion bill to address infrastructure crisis at New Mexico’s national labs
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján introduced legislation last week that could bring billions in infrastructure improvements to New Mexico’s two national laboratories, which employ more than 33,000 workers and contribute over $8 billion annually to the state’s economy. The Restore and Modernize Our National Labs Act of 2025 would authorize $30 billion in federal funding […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, NM.news, Pueblos
Work comp law changes increase attorney fees
Triple Spaced Again Merilee Dannemann is a longtime New Mexico journalist. She has written freelance for many local newsrooms and served as the Taos correspondent for the Albuquerque Journal. Find her online at triplespacedagain.com It has been quite a while since New Mexico has done anything substantive to make life better for injured workers covered […]
Posted inCourts & Justice, Pueblos
New Mexico sues chemical giants over widespread ‘forever chemical’ pollution
The State of New Mexico has filed a sweeping lawsuit accusing a number of major chemical companies of knowingly polluting land, water and communities across the state with toxic “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, immune dysfunction and even reproductive harm. The lawsuit, filed in June by Attorney General Raúl Torrez and the New Mexico Environment […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Pueblos
Good Trouble Lives On: New Mexico communities join national civil rights protests
This report is supported by NM Political Report, a nonprofit newsroom working to increase New Mexicans’ engagement in politics and public policy. Reported by: Kevin Hendricks Photos by: Roberto Rosales This report is original reporting by a New Mexico-based independent journalist with support NMreports.org and its readers and sponsors. Communities across New Mexico took part […]
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