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The New Mexico Department of Health has announced today that vaccineNM.org registrants who are 40 years and older can now schedule their own COVID-19 vaccine appointments. According to a release, users simply log in to vacconeNM.org using their conformation code and date of birth, choose their location, and then select from available appointments in their area. Event codes for New Mexicans 40 and older are no longer required, though they are required for younger populations. In addition, if the user does not immediately find an available appointment, the NMDOH encourages them to check back again. Providers are continually updating their appointment schedules. Seniors and those with disabilities can also call 1-800-432-2080 for support with registration and scheduling.
April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
(Photo by Aaron Rogers for the Daily Press)
Among those who marched up College Avenue on Saturday morning in the inaugural WNMU Remembrance March are university President Joseph Shepard, and Lt. Gov. Howie Morales and his brother, Marvin Morales, who holds a photo of their late father, Henry Morales.
About a month ago, Jason Quimby, who serves as veterans affairs manager at Western New Mexico University, learned that the Bataan Memorial Death March, normally held in March at White Sands Missile Range, was going to take place virtually for a second consecutive year and he wanted to do something to offer marchers an opportunity for an in-person event.
Wrestling with a dilemma - Silver, WNMU join up for COVID-safe outdoor wrestling
Silver head coach Luis Alvarado goes over technique with freshman Landon Sandoval during practice Thursday afternoon in the new SHS wrestling room. The Colts will be hosting the Inaugural Outdoor Silver High Wrestling Invitational this afternoon at Ben Altamirano Field on the Western New Mexico University campus.
(Press Staff Photo by Dean Thompson)
In a normal year, wrestling season is held in the dead of winter.
But this isn’t a normal year, and Silver head wrestling coach Luis Alvarado had been thinking about switching things up. Making the most of an unusual situation, he came up with holding the “annual” Silver Wrestling Invitational outside this year.
LAS CRUCES - The capital outlay bill signed last week by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham includes more than $28 million in funding for projects in Doña Ana County, as well as millions for other projects in southern New Mexico.
The bill funds more than $511 million in projects throughout the state, including roughly $64 million for water and wastewater improvements, $53 million for roads, $49 million for higher education, $48 million for public safety and $8 million for acequias, dams, and ditches. There is also $12.5 million to support Local Economic Development Act projects and $10 million for health facilities and prisons.
Lujan Grisham used her line-item veto authority to strike less than two percent of the projects included in the bill, explaining in a news release that the projects she vetoed lacked proper planning, had unused funds from previous years or were not large enough to qualify for capital appropriation.
LAS CRUCES - The capital outlay bill signed last week by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham includes more than $28 million in funding for projects in Dona Ana County, as well as millions for other projects in southern New Mexico.
The bill funds more than $511 million in projects throughout the state, including roughly $64 million for water and wastewater improvements, $53 million for roads, $49 million for higher education, $48 million for public safety and $8 million for acequias, dams and ditches. There is also $12.5 million to support Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) projects and $10 million for health facilities and prisons.
Lujan Grisham used her line-item veto authority to strike less than two percent of the projects included in the bill, explaining in a news release that that the projects she vetoed lacked proper planning, had unused funds from previous years or were not large enough to qualify for capital appropriation.