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Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants

By Maxine Joselow · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Senate voted Thursday to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants, oil refineries and other industrial facilities, reversing one of President Joe Biden’s major environmental regulations. The 52-46 vote delivers a key victory to major companies and trade […]

Home hardening techniques to protect your residence from fire

By Hannah Grover With more than half of New Mexico experiencing extreme drought conditions, officials throughout the state are concerned about this year’s fire season. Bernalillo County and its partners hosted a wildfire preparedness town hall on Thursday at the Los Vecinos Community Center in Tijeras. While the federal funding cuts and reductions in staff […]

USFS says fall, winter prescribed burns are extinguished

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Concerns mount over Head Start programs for children 

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DOH warns summer travelers to get vaccinated against measles

While the growth of the measles outbreak in New Mexico has slowed to a crawl and vaccinations have increased, the New Mexico Department of Health says those looking to travel this summer should make sure they are vaccinated against the highly contagious disease. “Measles is a highly contagious disease, as we can see by its […]

Estancia residents asked to conserve water amid well issues

By Hannah Grover The Town of Estancia is asking residents to conserve water because the well is not producing enough to meet demands.  Estancia posted a notice on social media and its website this week, alerting residents to the situation and asking them to conserve water. The Town Board of Trustees met with community members […]

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Why do so many people hate Elon Musk?

By Maeve Reston · The Washington Post (c) 2025 LOS ANGELES – The moment that crystallized the ethos of Elon Musk for Janet Yoshitake, 71, was when the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla told podcaster Joe Rogan that the “fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” For Joel Morin, a 67-year-old self-described “cable guy” from San Diego, it […]

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As Musk steps back, DOGE looks to Congress to finish what it started

By Cat Zakrzewski, Matt Viser, Emily Davies, Elizabeth Dwoskin · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk arrived at the White House prepared to take a chain saw to the federal government, promising to slash $2 trillion in spending. A little more than 100 days later, the world’s richest man is retreating from Washington far short of that goal after an […]

Keller slams Trump administration’s cuts to minority small business aid

by Rodd Cayton Mayor Tim Keller said a Donald Trump administration action terminating federal funding for a local business assistance organization is an attack on New Mexico’s diversity. Keller has been vocal about actions from the Trump administration he said are harming the city. City officials say the New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency (NM […]

Estancia residents asked to conserve water amid well issues

By Hannah Grover The Town of Estancia is asking residents to conserve water because the well is not producing enough to meet demands.  Estancia posted a notice on social media and its website this week alerting residents to the situation and asking them to conserve water. The Town Board of Trustees met with community members […]