WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Deb Haaland, D-N.M., and Xochitl Torres-Small, D-N.M., are calling on Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor to waive all cost-sharing requirements for assistance...News
New Mexico delegation wants to waive cost-sharing for COVID-19 response
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Deb Haaland, D-N.M., and Xochitl Torres-Small, D-N.M., are calling on Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor to waive all cost-sharing requirements for assistance...Heinrich urges FCC to ensure equal internet access for Tribes
Senator Martin Heinrich is leading the charge to ensure that rural Tribal communities have equal access to the internet.
At a time when people are being repeatedly reminded to stay in their homes, work from home, go to school from home, attend meetings from home and order online, the senator led 17 Senate Democrats in a letter calling on Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai to request that the FCC extend the 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window by 180 days.
Extending this deadline would allow Tribal governments more time to secure access to unassigned spectrum over tribal lands suitable for mobile coverage and broadband services.
Because Tribes have historically lacked...
At a time when people are being repeatedly reminded to stay in their homes, work from home, go to school from home, attend meetings from home and order online, the senator led 17 Senate Democrats in a letter calling on Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai to request that the FCC extend the 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window by 180 days.
Extending this deadline would allow Tribal governments more time to secure access to unassigned spectrum over tribal lands suitable for mobile coverage and broadband services.
Because Tribes have historically lacked...
Resource management plan comment period extended
FARMINGTON — Following meetings with leaders of the Navajo Nation and the All Pueblo Council of Governors, Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, in close coordination with Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney, directed the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs to extend the comment period for the Farmington Mancos-Gallup Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and associated Environmental Impact Statement. The public will now have until Sept. 25 to provide comments.The Draft RMPA/EIS, which was released on Feb. 28, is analyzing resource management issues for lands in San Juan, Rio Arriba, McKinley, and Sandoval counties. The Draft RMPA/EIS...
Udall brings nature to Capitol Hill
New Mexico senator works to protect America’s lands, waterWASHINGTON, D. C. —U.S. Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M., along with the Center for Western Priorities and the Sierra Club, kicked off a “Road to 30 Virtual Tour” of states across the West May 19 to emphasize the importance of his legislation to set a national goal of protecting 30 percent of America’s lands and water by 2030, known as the 30x30 Resolution to Save Nature.
In the kick-off event, Udall joined Dr. Enric Sala, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence and one of the world’s top researchers on ecosystem recovery, and Lena Moffitt, senior director of Sierra Club’s Our Wild America Campaign, to discuss...
Primary election results will follow social distancing guidelines
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, primary election results will be handled differently this year.The public and candidates will not be allowed to present in the McKinley County Rotunda (207 West Hill Avenue) or gather around the courthouse.
Only the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian chairs will be allowed in the Rotunda if they want to be present.
After the polls close at 7 pm on June 2 statewide election results will be posted on the Secretary of States’ web site at http://www.sos.state.nm.us
The unofficial results will be available on McKinley County Bureau of Elections web site: http://www.co.mckinley.nm.us and updated unofficial results will be posted every...
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