Staff Reports

Last flu season, more than two hundred New Mexicans died of flu and flu-related pneumonia during 2018-2019 season.

“Flu can be fatal if left untreated or if a person at any age, has a weakened immune system,” New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary Secretary Kathy Kunkel said. “Getting your flu vaccination every year is the single best way to protect you[rself], your family, and our state’s most vulnerable residents, from infants to the elderly.”

The Department of Health recommends that everyone six months of age and older get a flu vaccine each flu season. The following groups of people are strongly recommended to be vaccinated because they are at...

LAS VEGAS, N.M. - Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement Oct. 22 after the U.S. Forest Service Southwest Region announced plans to resume firewood permit sales in regional national forests, including those in New Mexico.

“I am extremely grateful for the court’s quick action in modifying what would have been a devastating situation for so many New Mexicans who rely on these permits throughout the winter months,” Grisham said. “I know this is a relief to families across our state.

“I want to thank our congressional delegation, federal partners and our state forestry division for using their platforms to advocate for a fix and for immediately doing the work...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., delivered the keynote address at the International Summit on the Electric Transmission Grid at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Oct. 23. The event brought together key government and industry leaders in order to create a dialogue on electric grid modernization.

Heinrich has been a champion for building a more secure and robust 21st Century energy infrastructure, which is critical to realizing the nation’s true clean energy potential and creating jobs. His efforts to secure multi-year extensions of production and investment tax credits have spurred major growth in the wind and solar industries in New Mexico.

Among the...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Bureau of Land Management announced its strategy to implement Secretary’s Order 3376, Increasing Recreational Opportunities Through the Use of Electric Bikes Oct. 24. The order was recently signed by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and is designed to make it easier for more Americans to actively enjoy and experience their public lands.

Secretary’s Order 3376 directs the Department of the Interior bureaus to begin a process of obtaining public input on new regulations that will clarify that low-speed e-bikes should enjoy the same access as conventional bicycles, consistent with other federal and state laws.

Public land managers will have the ability...