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Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World

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Week ending Friday, February 25, 2022


Water Cycle Surge

New research suggests that the movement of water  between the clouds, land and ocean due to climate change has intensified at twice the rate earlier predicted. Writing in the journal Nature, scientists say that rising global temperatures have been making this...

NMAA releases championship schedule

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Covers round 1, quarterfinal matchups

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The New Mexico Activities Association would like to highlight the following important information regarding the upcoming NMAA State Basketball Championship 1st Round and Quarterfinal matchups.

 

NMAA State Basketball

Official Championship Name:

NMAA State Basketball Championships

 

Championship Brackets:

Boys and girls brackets will be posted and updated throughout the event on MaxPreps.



Championship Locations:

1st Round & Quarterfinals:  Host School Sites (higher seed)

Semifinals & Finals:  UNM – The Pit, Rio Rancho Events Center, Bernalillo HS

 

Championship Dates for

1st Round & Quarterfinals:

1st...

Governor signs affordable housing legislation into law

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SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed Senate Bill 134, the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund, which will provide a dedicated funding stream for the construction and maintenance of thousands of additional affordable homes for low- and moderate- income New Mexicans.

“Every New Mexican deserves a safe, affordable and comfortable place to live, and this funding stream will make a real difference in the lives of New Mexicans, especially in rural areas of the state,” Lujan Grisham said. “Providing greater access to stable and affordable housing will have profound and positive social implications that ripple throughout New Mexico communities, and I’m grateful to Sen...

Senators advocate to extend USDA waiver authority in spending package

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WASHINGTON– As schools across the nation continue transitioning back to normal operations, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, D-NM, a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, is leading a group of 29 Senate colleagues, including Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), in an effort to make sure school administrators, staff, and industry partners that supply food to child nutrition programs have continued support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that granted USDA the authority to issue several nationwide waivers and flexibilities for schools...

Gallup’s new tourism website jumps into the 21st century

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Gallup is coming into the 21st century with the revamping of its tourism website and the launch of a tourism app.

Gallup Tourism and Marketing Manager Jennifer Lazarz told the city council on Feb. 8 that the website went live on Feb. 4, and it took about 15 months to complete.

The city had help from a branding consultancy company Bandwagon, LLC to come up with a color palette and mood for a new Gallup logo to be used in promotional materials such as the website. In a Sun article published on July 30, a Bandwagon partner Cory Cart explained why they chose the color scheme.

“We realized there was a very distinct color palette and a very distinct shape that is in everything from...

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