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Today's intelligence: What was learned overnight about the yesterday's shooting in Farmington, New Mexico; and the New Mexico Supreme Court's ruling on the proposed PNM/Avangrid merger.
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James Gasowski no longer lives in Truth or Consequences, but when he did he elevated the art scene with his art and art salons. His work is being shown at Rio Bravo Fine Art.
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Today's intelligence: ramped-up local efforts to circumvent New Mexico's legal abortion guarantees and the surprising cause of the state's dramatic population decline
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Truth or Consequences Community Theatre announces a casting call for their September production of "A Southern Fried Murder."
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Today's intelligence: cautiously optimistic predictions of the impact of the end of Title 42 on New Mexico's Mesilla Valley
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Don’t miss this special performance on June 4th at the Hillsboro Community Center.
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City commissioners breezed through budget talks scheduled for two days but cut to one day. Nevertheless, its an insane amount of money to be spent for a city with a population of 6,042.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses a nuclear waste storage facility for southern New Mexico in the face of vociferous opposition from state officials and environmental activists. Virgin Galactic continues to tell investors and the media that it will soon begin commercial flights.
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Stargazers are invited to join the party for "Constellations of Ancient Cultures" with John T. Stocke on Saturday May 30 in Kingston at the Black Range Lodge.
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Announcing the launch of the New Mexico Indivisible Young Artists Fellowship which will culminate in TorC in October of this year. Seeking New Mexico artists ages 18 to 30 years old.
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Water pollution will now be addressed at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamagordo, allowing closed test wells to reopen and vital research to continue.
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Today's intelligence: Can New Mexico's new bill granting the state permitting control over nuclear waste storage facilities survive a court challenge from the federal government? What will it take to get the feds to clean up a water pollution problem at Kirtland Air Force Base?