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Beds for unhoused people sit at a hotel conference room in Gallup, paid for by the New Mexico Office of Housing’s first-ever grant funding program to help shelters keep unhoused people warm.
Courtesy, DHS
Homeless shelters across the state received funding to keep people warm amid a statewide cold snap thanks to a first-ever, state-funded grant program from the new Office of Housing.
Protests were outside an ICE facility on the southside of Albuquerque on Friday January 09, 2025 in response to the killing of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, who was fatally shot behind the wheel of her vehicle by an ICE officer on Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Jeanette DeDios
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KUNM-FM
On Friday two people were detained during a protest at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Albuquerque. Protestors were responding to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by ICE earlier this week.
Let's Talk New Mexico
Located in Lordsburg, Lightning Dock is the only utility scale geothermal power plant in New Mexico.
BLM New Mexico
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Via Flickr
Geothermal energy is a virtually inexhaustible and clean renewable resource that can be used for heating, cooling, and electricity generation by tapping into steam and hot water created by the Earth’s molten core. A recent report found that New Mexico has the potential to produce substantial power from its abundant geothermal resources – but what will it take it to tap into it?
Finding Help With Food
More than half a million New Mexicans will see their monthly grocery budgets shrink significantly when the U.S. government cuts off extra aid that had been doled out during the coronavirus pandemic. Top New Mexico officials issued the warning Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, saying it will take a mix of short and long-term efforts to fill gaps that will be created when the extra food assistance ends after next month.
Susan Montoya Bryan
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AP
A list of resources around New Mexico for those who need assistance in the wake of the ongoing government shutdown and disruption in SNAP benefits.