SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 18 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release: * * * 150 users are urged to Boil Water Prior to Drinking * * * Rio Arriba County - The New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) Drinking Water Bureau is confirming that a "boil water advisory" is required for the Heron Lake State Park Water System in Rio Arriba County. Heron Lake State Park Water System was required to issue the advisory on September 16, 2024, after turbidity in   more

CLAYTON SOUTH, Australia, Sept. 19 -- The International Journal of Wildland Fire, a peer-reviewed journal that says it aims to assist in the understanding of the principles of fire as a process, its ecological impact at the stand and landscape level, as well as presenting information on how to manage fire, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 33, No. 9): * Assessing changes in high-intensity fire events in south-eastern Australia using Fourier   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 18 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * Department seeking technical and economic feedback from stakeholders * * * The New Mexico Environment Department today released a draft feasibility study for the Strategic Water Supply (SWS), a groundbreaking initiative aiming to protect New Mexico's freshwater supply in the face of water scarcity challenges. The study provides greater details on the technica  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 19 -- The New Mexico Department of Tourism issued the following news release: In an effort to help reinvigorate visitor spending activity in the Village of Ruidoso and Lincoln County, the New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) is committing $125,000 in specialized cooperative advertising support for the area. In total, NMTD is contributing to a collective media value of $200,000 for the purposes of destination marketing for the Ruidoso area. Lincoln County will contri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Raymond Nava Jr., 20, of Bell Gardens, California., was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that spanned the country and that was responsible for the distribution of kilograms of fentanyl from Southern California to the DMV. Nava - who sold 12,000 fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills and one dozen firearms, including   more