The deal secures funding for most of the government while giving lawmakers two weeks to negotiate changes to immigration enforcement. It still needs to pass the House, which is in recess until Monday.
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El Rito Media Publisher Josh Byers covers top stories each week on Alamogordo NOW.
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With climate change creating a looming threat, a new report from a group called the New Mexico Groundwater Alliance details significant groundwater data gaps, challenges and opportunities to protect the state's declining groundwater supply.
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Fire station 6 received a statue created by artist Trevor O'Tool.
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Updates on area delays and closures will be posted as they are received. Updated: 5:51am Tuesday, 1/27/26.
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The New Mexico Department of Transportation reports some areas are snow packed and icy while others are flooded.
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New Mexico data show there were 80 fewer overdoses in 2023 when compared to 2021, an 8% decline, but sustaining improvement may be difficult, as federal data for 2025 showed New Mexico's fatal overdose counts began to rise.
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Earlier this month, congressional Democrats removed a rider from an appropriations bill to fund the Environmental Protection Agency that would have granted pesticide makers legal immunity from nondisclosure lawsuits by New Mexicans and others.
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The Village of Ruidoso discourages any travel and warns residents to stay clear of downed power lines.
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State lawmakers again will weigh a pledge to reduce emissions. Last year, two Democrats joined the GOP to sink it.
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Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it.
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Demonstrators in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities participated in protests as part of a "national shutdown" to end immigration enforcement operations.
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A federal judge dropped two of the charges against Luigi Mangione — the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — making his case no longer eligible for the death penalty.
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O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity.
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Blue Origin, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it's stopping human spaceflights for at least two years. The move will allow it to "shift resources" to the company's lunar landing capabilities.