SANTA FE — Attorney General Hector Balderas issued a consumer safety advisory to New Mexican consumers about the increased proliferation of COVID-19 vaccine related scams, as the vaccine rollout begins. Pharmaceutical companies and law enforcement entities across the globe are warning of organized criminal elements that...Atty. Gen. Balderas warns about COVID-19 vaccine scams
SANTA FE — Attorney General Hector Balderas issued a consumer safety advisory to New Mexican consumers about the increased proliferation of COVID-19 vaccine related scams, as the vaccine rollout begins. Pharmaceutical companies and law enforcement entities across the globe are warning of organized criminal elements that...Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World
Week ending Friday, December 11, 2020Solar Record
The sun has begun a new 11-year cycle of activity, which some scientists predict could be one of the strongest since observations began 270 years ago. Writing in the journal Solar Physics, a team from the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) says Sunspot Cycle 25 will peak with a maximum of about 210 to 260 sunspots, putting it near the top of the most active. But the official NOAA forecast says the new cycle will be about the same as No. 24, which peaked with only 116. Predicting solar activity is very difficult, and the NCAR researchers say that if their prediction is accurate, their new understanding of the...
Gold mining company named Toxic Polluter of 2020
N.M. Environmental Law Center hands out AWARDSANTA FE — The N. M. Environmental Law Center announced Dec. 4 that Homestake Barrick Gold Mining Company, with a mine five miles north of Milan, N. M., is this year’s selection for Toxic Polluter of 2020.
The Homestake Mill site, owned by Barrick Gold, an international mining company, processed uranium that was mined from nearby mines for decades. In 1983, it was named a Superfund site, meaning that it is one of the most contaminated places in the country and a clean up is required under federal law. Yet 40 years later, more of the groundwater aquifers near the site are contaminated with uranium and selenium than when the supposed...
Gov. announces free at-home COVID-19 tests
New Mexico’s governor announced residents can access free COVID-19 tests they can administer themselves at home, with results as soon as 24 hours later.Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said New Mexicans can order the saliva testing kits. regardless of whether or not they’re symptomatic or have come into close contact with an individual who tested positive for coronavirus. If they wish, residents can use Zoom to talk to a supervisor who can help administer the test before they mail it off to the lab for results.
“We can drive down county positivity rates, help more businesses and workers get safely back on their feet, and keep more New Mexicans healthy,” Lujan Grisham said in a Dec...
County budget revised for Coronavirus relief
The McKinley County Board of Commissioners recently voted to increase the county’s budget by more than $4 million, using revenue from the CARES Act, the economic relief bill signed into law during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.Commissioners Bill Lee and Billy Moore approved a motion on the matter during their Dec. 8 meeting with little fanfare.
But County Manager Anthony Dimas, Jr., who spoke with the Gallup Sun afterward, stressed the importance of the funds, saying they are much needed in a place like McKinley County, which has experienced its share of coronavirus cases compared to other parts of the state.
“It’s giving us (the ability) to be able to get PPE...
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