Stuff you need to know, 10.7.23
Today's intelligence: The redrawing of New Mexico's Congressional District 2 map is ruled lawful—for now.
Today's intelligence: The redrawing of New Mexico's Congressional District 2 map is ruled lawful—for now.
Today's intelligence: confirmation of unexpectedly advanced age of human footprints discovered in New Mexico's White Sands National Park in 2021
Today's intelligence: why Sierra and Grant Counties have yet to begin Black Fire repair projects
Today's intelligence: wrap-up of testimony in the trial of the New Mexico Republican Party's civil suit charging that the state's new congressional district map is unfairly gerrymandered
Today's intelligence:: President Biden protects the Endangered Species status of an iconic New Mexican grouse.
Today's intelligence: "Marty," New Mexico's sole known moose, is again on the loose.
Today's intelligence: Will financial losses lead to the closure of Deming, New Mexico's 142-year-old newspaper? Plus: The out-of-court settlement of a wrongful death suit brought against Judge Shannon Murdock and the 7th Judicial District Court (which serves Sierra County).
Today's intelligence: Tesla automotives supplier to build plant in Santa Teresa Borderplex, while the state is urged to seek federal aid to clean up groundwater contamination at the White Sands Test Facility.
Today's intelligence: The Organ Mountains-Dsert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces has exceeded expectations in terms of visitation and economic impact. Plus: The Bureau of Land Management has been sued for its alleged neglect of environmental oversight of grazing lands.
New signage has been going up in the Dam Site area to help visitors and locals better navigate the area.
Today's intelligence: New Mexico CD2 representative Gabe Vasquez formally announces his re-election bid, with a new poll showing him in a dead-heat race with his likely Republican challenger.
Hooray! Since 2019 a state law allowed local municipal governments to have their county clerk run its elections. The secretary of state, overseeing the county clerks' elections, noticed some municipalities had quirky, hard-to-administer individual-seat contests. "Uniformity" has eliminated this inherently unfair voting practice.