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Kaveh Mowahed
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KUNM
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced her pick to lead a new statewide independent child welfare watchdog office: Dawn Walters, an attorney who heads the Office of Advocacy at the New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department.
Overdoses in three northern New Mexico counties have increased by as much as 340% as fentanyl levels have been testing much higher than average, according to the Department of Health, which offers free naloxon, also known as Narcan, to revers opioid overdoses at its public health offices.
VCU Capital News Service
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Fewer people are dying of overdose in New Mexico. Monday the state’s Health Care Authority announced a decline in overdose deaths for the second consecutive year.
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.