N.M. elevates all counties to Turquoise SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday authorized the execution of a new statewide public health order that places each of the state’s 33 counties at the least-restrictive Turquoise Level within the state’s...
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General Services secretary to retire
Ortiz served decades in state government in varied, essential roles SANTA FE – Secretary Kenneth Ortiz of the General Services Department will retire from state government at the end of June. Ortiz has led the General Services Department since the outset of the Lujan...
New Mexico launches ‘Vax 2 the Max’ Sweepstakes
$10M in winnings, free N.M. travel packages, fishing licenses, state parks passes, other prizes available to residents getting COVID-19 shots SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Lottery on Tuesday announced...
Gov. Lujan Grisham fills District Court vacancy
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday appointed Michael Abel Aragon of Mora County to the Fourth Judicial District Court, serving Guadalupe, Mora and San Miguel counties. The judgeship became vacant upon the governor’s appointment of Gerald Edward Baca...
Gov. Lujan Grisham touts key road project, meets with students in Las Vegas
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday participated with local leaders in celebrating the completion of an important state roadway infrastructure project in the heart of Las Vegas and visited with local public school elementary students at schools that...
Gov. Lujan Grisham visits classroom of 2021 New Mexico Teacher of the Year
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday visited the classroom of Alisa Cooper de Uribe, the 2021 New Mexico Teacher of the Year, at the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque. After meeting with students, the governor presented Ms. Cooper de Uribe...
Gov. Lujan Grisham visits local businesses to highlight state investments in homegrown success stories
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday visited local businesses in Albuquerque that have received financial assistance from her state administration as part of the governor’s efforts to celebrate and support homegrown New Mexico businesses as the state...
Gov. Lujan Grisham applauds $300M investment in high-tech cannabis manufacturing and research facility
SANTA FE – Rural New Mexico will soon be the home to one of the nation’s largest cannabis manufacturing and research facilities, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Bright Green Corp. announced Monday – a $300 million investment in a state-of-the-art agricultural...
Gov. orders flags to half staff in mourning for Artesia officer killed in collision
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday ordered all flags to half-staff in the state of New Mexico in mourning for Corporal Tom Frazier of the Artesia Police Department, who was killed Friday in an automobile collision. Frazier was involved in a collision...
Gov. Lujan Grisham attends successful Virgin Galactic launch in Southern New Mexico
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Saturday attended the successful Virgin Galactic launch that made New Mexico the third U.S. state to send humans to space, a culmination of a yearslong effort at Spaceport America and partnership between the...