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Meta, geothermal startup XGS Energy to build plant in New Mexico

Meta, geothermal startup XGS Energy to build plant in New Mexico

Meta is helping to fund geothermal energy projects in New Mexico

Meta is helping to fund geothermal energy projects in New Mexico

Meta has entered into an agreement with XGS Energy to develop "next-generation geothermal energy" projects in New Mexico. The plan is for these projects to connect directly into the electrical grid that Meta's data centers draw from, feeding the...

National study ranks New Mexico 4th in childhood hunger

National study ranks New Mexico 4th in childhood hunger

A new report says 1 in 4 kids are at risk of hunger in New Mexico. The meal gap grew by 6 million from last year’s report, resulting in a lack of over 66 million meals statewide. Katy Anderson, vice president of strategy partnerships and advocacy...

Meta signs deal for advanced geothermal power in New Mexico

Meta signs deal for advanced geothermal power in New Mexico

NEW YORK :Meta signed an agreement with XGS Energy to help develop 150 megawatts of advanced geothermal electricity in New Mexico to power the Facebook parent company's artificial intelligence expansion, the companies said on Thursday. WHY IT'S...

New Mexico Offers $5.3M In Low-Interest Loans For Energy-Saving Building Upgrades

New Mexico Offers $5.3M In Low-Interest Loans For Energy-Saving Building Upgrades

Nonprofits, community centers, and other public-serving buildings across New Mexico can now apply for low-interest loans to make their facilities more energy efficient, thanks to a new $5.3 million fund from the state. The Energy Efficiency...

New Mexico’s Governor Declares Drought Emergency. Sort Of.

New Mexico’s Governor Declares Drought Emergency. Sort Of.

In late May, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office sent out a press release announcing an executive order that declared a drought emergency and state of emergency in New Mexico. The order itself was missing two things: It didn’t actually include an...

Sirius Technologies, Inc., to Become Tenant at Spaceport America

Sirius Technologies, Inc., to Become Tenant at Spaceport America

Bulletin report Innovative Space Carrier Inc. (ISC), a space startup based in Tokyo, Japan, and its United States subsidiary, Sirius Technologies, Inc., signed an operational lease at Spaceport America in May. The two-year lease allows ISC and its...

Inaugural New Mexico Tech Talks begin Thursday

Inaugural New Mexico Tech Talks begin Thursday

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s tech industry is robust – and growing – and some key players are getting together to talk about taking the state to the next level. The first-ever New Mexico Tech Talks event kicks off Thursday morning. Organizers...

How much it costs to retire comfortably in every state without Social Security

How much it costs to retire comfortably in every state without Social Security

Social Security is the primary source of income for millions of people. As of April, some 73.9 million people – more than a fifth of the entire U.S. population – receive benefits from at least one of Social Security’s programs, according to a Pew...

Meet the 133 highest-revenue private companies based in New Mexico

The 133 largest private companies in New Mexico generated more than $8 billion in combined revenue in 2024. Based in New Mexico, those businesses employ more than 23,000 people locally. The online version of this ranking expands beyond what...

New Mexico Still Searching for New Broadband Director

New Mexico Still Searching for New Broadband Director

June 10, 2025 – New Mexico is still without a permanent director for its Office of Broadband Access and Expansion following the departure of former acting director Drew Lovelace. Lovelace, who had served as acting director since September 2023,...

Daughters of the American Revolution held ceremonies, laid wreaths at Madonna of the Trails and Tri-State 911 Memorial in Lamar

Daughters of the American Revolution held ceremonies, laid wreaths at Madonna of the Trails and Tri-State 911 Memorial in Lamar

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Diné Professor Named to First Endowed Professorship in Population Health at University of New Mexico

Details By Native News Online Staff June 11, 2025 The University of New Mexico’s College of Population Health (COPH) has named Dr. Carmella Kahn (Diné) as the first Davis-Kozoll Endowed Professor for Prevention Research and Practice. The new...

FBI Recovers Two Paintings Stolen From University of New Mexico Museum Forty Years Ago

FBI Recovers Two Paintings Stolen From University of New Mexico Museum Forty Years Ago

The University of New Mexico’s Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico, on June 6 unveiled to the public two canvases returned to the institution by the FBI, after having been missing for forty years. The works, Victor Higgins’s Aspens, ca....

MON : Albuquerque-based company a big-time player in ICE deportation flights

MON : Albuquerque-based company a big-time player in ICE deportation flights

Albuquerque-based company a big-time player in ICE deportation flights - By Cathy Cook and Dan Boyd, Albuquerque Journal An Albuquerque company is at the center of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push. Earlier this year, CSI Aviation...

New Mexico wrestles with risks and costs of reusing fracking wastewater

New Mexico wrestles with risks and costs of reusing fracking wastewater

New Mexico lawmakers are weighing whether to treat and reuse toxic fracking wastewater as the state faces worsening drought, but environmental groups warn that current technology can't guarantee public safety. Shi En Kim reports for High Country...

Pro AV Newsmakers: What You Missed During InfoComm 2025

Pro AV Newsmakers: What You Missed During InfoComm 2025

Record-setting numbers. Booths that dazzled. InfoComm stole the headlines last week, but there was so much more happening in Pro AV. Sit back, shake off the InfoComm hangover from another successful show, and get caught up with last week People...

Record levels of PFAS contamination found at Holloman Lake, New Mexico

Record levels of PFAS contamination found at Holloman Lake, New Mexico

91 LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU ERIC. NEW RESEARCH IS SHOWING JUST HOW BAD THE CONTAMINATION IS AT HOLLOMAN LAKE IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO’S MUSEUM OF SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGY REPORTED WORLD RECORD CONCENTRATIONS OF...

PrimeBiome Reviews (We Tried It for 90 days) Here’s Our Honest Prime Biome Review and the Real Science Behind It (Verified)

PrimeBiome Reviews (We Tried It for 90 days) Here’s Our Honest Prime Biome Review and the Real Science Behind It (Verified)

Prime Biome is a carefully formulated organic skincare supplement inspired by advanced medical research and certain herbal remedies for clear skin. But at the core of its workings, the formulation targets the real reason behind skin health issues,...

Catch Of The Week: Spammy Facebook Pages

By REBECCA RUTHERFORD Los Alamos Facebook can be awful, and one of the more annoying things about it lately is the proliferation of spammy/scammy state-themed groups. See example image below: Example NM Themed Group Courtesy image The below post...

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