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GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM: Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 1,798; two additional deaths

By Press release submission | Apr 20, 2020

New Mexico state health officials on Saturday announced 87 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip 87107 increase in 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 19, 2020

There were 6,960 total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip code 87107 in 2018, a 2.1 percent increase over 2017, which had only 6,820 total beneficiaries, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

CITY OF GALLUP NM: Council Restricts Alcohol Sales

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2020

Council Restricts Alcohol Sales

Total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip 87110 increase in 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 18, 2020

There were 8,930 total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip code 87110 in 2018, a 4.4 percent increase over 2017, which had only 8,550 total beneficiaries, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

EDDY COUNTY: Clerk Urges Citizens to CHECK VOTER INFORMATION

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2020

Clerk Urges Citizens to CHECK VOTER INFORMATION

NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY: Highlands Employee Uses 3-D Printer to Make Protective Face Masks

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2020

Mariano Ulibarri of New Mexico Highlands University is producing reusable plastic protective face masks on a 3-D printer for the campus and broader community to use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip 87109 increase in 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 17, 2020

There were 8,800 total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip code 87109 in 2018, a 0.92 percent increase over 2017, which had only 8,720 total beneficiaries, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

Total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip 87112 increase in 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 16, 2020

There were 9,870 total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip code 87112 in 2018, a 0.71 percent increase over 2017, which had only 9,800 total beneficiaries, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

Total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip 87116 decrease in 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 15, 2020

There were 85 total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip code 87116 in 2018, a 5.6 percent decrease from 2017, which had only 90 total beneficiaries, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

Despite need for budget revision, New Mexico legislature stays closed

By Savannah Howe | Apr 14, 2020

In a mid-March tweet by the New Mexico Legislature, officials announced that the state capitol would be closed until at least April 6. On the third of this month, however, the legislature tweeted again that the closure had been extended "until further notice." The shutdown, a part of national efforts to smother the spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus, has proved to be problematic for some legislative agenda items.

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New COVID-19 order closes liquor stores and payday loan companies in New Mexico

By Charmaine Little | Apr 14, 2020

As of this morning, liquor stores and payday advance businesses in New Mexico were no longer considered essential companies and were among the ranks of nonessential businesses ordered to close by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Rio Grande Foundation president sets the record straight on plastic bag bans, donors

By Kyla Asbury | Apr 14, 2020

COVID-19 or not, the president of the Rio Grande Foundation wants to make it clear that plastic bags should not be banned and that decisions involving them should be left up to stores to create their own policies.

Total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip 87119 unchanged in 2018

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 14, 2020

There were 120 total OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico zip code 87119 in 2018, unchanged from 2017, which had same total beneficiaries, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO: Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 1,091

By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2020

New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 106 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO: New Mexico Human Services Department provides supplemental SNAP payment to households for March and April

By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2020

New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) on Friday announced it is distributing an enhanced payment of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to households that did not receive the maximum SNAP benefits during the months of March and April.