Several leaders said they'd like to see the logging industry return to the area in force, and a local sawmill to reopen.
Gabrielle Porter
Reporter
This year's bill includes the indigenous Saskinax people from the island of Attu, who were were also captured by the Japanese.
Lawmakers this year replenished the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund, which pays for expansions for Medicaid providers.
The three-year, nearly $500,000 grant will help UNM linguistics professors, and a U.K.-based colleague, build on research.
The goal of the program is to encourage people, even those in small apartments, to grow food or flowers for themselves.
Anselmo Valdez, who died on Aug. 6, started his first job at the tender age of about 9 years old and never really retired.
Last month, the CDC officially ended its Bridge Access Program, which has been paying for vaccinations for uninsured people.
The fair runs through Sept. 15 and has lots on tap, including new food offerings and the return of the draft horse pull.
From a small group of St. Vincent nurses, District 1199NM has grown into a major labor force for New Mexico medical staff.