WASHINGTON D.C. — As part of the efforts to secure the borders and close the national trade deficit, President Donald Trump announced a series of tariffs on numerous trade partners in the leadup to and after last year’s election. They were proposed as a way to get other countries to tighten border security and clamp...News
New tariffs affect goods from Mexico, Canda, China
WASHINGTON D.C. — As part of the efforts to secure the borders and close the national trade deficit, President Donald Trump announced a series of tariffs on numerous trade partners in the leadup to and after last year’s election. They were proposed as a way to get other countries to tighten border security and clamp...UNM researchers find microplastics in human brains
Microplastics – tiny bits of degraded polymers that are ubiquitous in the air, water, and soil – have lodged themselves throughout the human body, including the liver, kidney, placenta and testes, over the past half century.Now, University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers have found microplastics in human brains, and at much higher concentrations than in other organs. Worse, the plastic accumulation appears to be growing over time, having increased by 50% over the past eight years.
In a new study published in Nature Medicine, a team led by toxicologist Matthew Campen, PhD, Distinguished and Regents’ Professor in the UNM College of Pharmacy, reported that plastic...
February checkpoints announced by NMSP
The New Mexico State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints; saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of February.
NMSP hopes to reduce alcohol-related fatalities through continued media attention. The agency wishes to change societal attitudes about drinking and driving.
Delta Dental of New Mexico is now accepting new applications for their 2025 small grant program
Started in 2024 by Delta Dental of New Mexico, the Smiles Across New Mexico small grant program provides grants to organizations throughout New Mexico to help fund dental education initiatives and programs designed to promote the oral health of underserved children and individuals in at-risk populations across the state.DDNM is now accepting grants, and will accept them until March 31.
Objectives of the program include:
Reducing oral disease through education, prevention, and treatment
Ensuring access to affordable, timely and high-quality dental care
Enhancing the awareness of good oral health with a focus on children and individuals in needMaking a measurable difference in the oral...
Council Delegate Shawna Ann Claw hosts event to kick off Diné Bizaad as official language
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Council Delegate Shawna Ann Claw (Chinle) joined students and staff from Chinle Junior High School (CJHS) to kick off a special event celebrating Diné Bizaad as the official language of the Navajo Nation Jan. 30. This milestone follows Claw’s successful passage of a bill during a special session of the 25th Navajo Nation Council on Dec. 16. The bill amended Title 1 of the Navajo Nation Code, formally recognizing Diné Bizaad as the official language. It was signed into law by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren Dec. 24.
Claw remarked that the event, dubbed Diné Bizaad Day, symbolized a powerful declaration to both the Navajo Nation and the U.S. It affirmed...
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