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New Mexico COVID-19 Cases Now At 5,503 With 11 More Deaths And 1,576 Patients Recovered

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 143 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County remains at 6 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 11 additional deaths reported in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:

  • 25 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 7 new cases in Cibola County
  • 10 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 3 new cases in Eddy County
  • 1 new case in Grant County
  • 52 new cases in McKinley County
  • 1 new case in Otero County
  • 2 new cases in Rio Arriba County
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Heinrich Endorses Leo Jaramillo For Senate District 5

Senate Dist. 5 Candidate Leo Jaramillo

ALBUQUERQUE – Today, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich announced additional endorsements of candidates running in Democratic primary elections across New Mexico – including Leo Jaramillo who is running against incumbent Sen. Richard Martinez in Senate District 5, which includes Los Alamos.

“It’s crucial to have strong state and local leaders representing our communities throughout New Mexico as we work through this pandemic and its social and economic impacts,” Heinrich said. “I believe together we can rebuild our economy and social safety nets with more Read More

Operation Bandana NM Seeks Los Alamos Donations

OBNM News:

Operation Bandana New Mexico (OBNM) is collecting needed items to deliver to the people and clinics of the Pueblos and The Navajo Nation.

OBNM will be in Los Alamos to collect needed items 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily May 14-19 and 10 a.m. to noon May 20 at the Pueblo Gym, 1900 Diamond Dr.

The following items are needed:

  • Bottled Water – gallons or cases;
  • Canned Goods: vegetables, tomato sauce, fruit, beans, broth, soups, evaporated milk;
  • Dry Goods: beans, rice, flour, sugar, oil/shortening/lard, pasta;
  • Household items: cleaning supplies, bleach, hand soap, sanitizer, feminine hygiene
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Laura Montoya And Operation Bandana New Mexico Partner To Help Native American Communities At Ground Zero

Navajo Chapter visit. Courtesy/OBNM

Lyanbito Chapter visit. Courtesy/OBNM

National Guard assists with distribution of needed items to pueblos. Courtesy/OBNM

OBNM News:

Laura M. Montoya and Operation Bandana New Mexico in collaboration with the National Guard, several Navajo Chapter leaders and Operating Engineers Local 953, traveled to seven Navajo Chapters and four hospitals in McKinley and San Juan Counties.

Chapters visited were Iyanbito, Pinedale, Church Rock, Tohatchi, Sheep Springs (distribution site for 10 chapters), and Newcomb. Shiprock, Upper Fruitland, Nenahnezad, Read More

AWF: BLM Delivers Death Sentence For Wild Horses

AWF News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A surge in funding — $21 million of additional taxpayer dollars for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Management Program — will be used for the removal of 20,000-30,000 wild horses and burros from federal lands this year and each year for many years to come, and the painful mass surgical sterilization of thousands of wild mares, according to a report issued to Congress this week by the BLM.

The funding — and the consequent use of the money for roundups and surgical sterilization rather than humane fertility control such as the PZP vaccine — is the Read More

AGU: New Proof Of Watery Plumes On Jupiter’s Moon Europa

The new study is based on data collected by Galileo during a flyby of Europa in 2000. The image comprises data acquired by the Galileo Solid-State Imaging (SSI) experiment on the spacecraft’s first and fourteenth orbits through the Jupiter system, in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and was recently re-processed in 2014. The image scale is 1.6 km/pixel, and the north pole of the moon is to the right. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute

AGU News:

Jupiter’s moon Europa is a fascinating world. On its surface, the moon appears to be scratched and scored with reddish-brown scars, which rake across Read More

U.S. Celebrating Endangered Species Day Friday

ESC News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, May 15, thousands of Americans are participating in Endangered Species Day digital events and at-home activities across the country, in recognition of our nation’s commitment to protecting and restoring our disappearing wildlife.

This is the 15th annual international Endangered Species Day, which occurs on the third Friday of May, celebrating our wildlife and wild places.

“Endangered Species Day celebrates our declared national responsibility to our children and their children to save our vanishing wildlife and plants,” stated Leda Huta, executive Read More

New Mexico Emergency Public Health Order Modified May 16

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced late this afternoon that New Mexico’s emergency public health order, set to expire May 15, will be extended through May 31 and modified to allow most retailers to operate at 25 percent of their maximum occupancy as determined by fire code. Screenshot/LADP

STATE News:

  • Retailers will soon be permitted to operate at limited capacity;
  • State continuing to move forward safely as virus risk remains high.

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state health officials late this after announced New Mexico’s emergency public health order, set to expire May 15, Read More

Chart 60: COVID-19 In New Mexico May 13

Statewide counts. Shown are the cumulative numbers of tests, diagnoses, recoveries, and deaths in New Mexico. Created by Eli Ben-Naim

Change in the number of new diagnoses over a two week period by county. The percentages indicate change in number of diagnoses during April 29-May 12 as compared with April 15-April 28. Counties with less than 10 diagnoses are not shown. Statewide, the number of diagnoses increased by 68 percent to 2,389 over the past two weeks from 1,407 over the preceding two weeks. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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