The Environmental Protection Agency was the latest government entity, and by the far the largest, to resist the amendment offered by the state in April that would require more nuclear waste from within New Mexico sent to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for disposal.
According to court records, at 2:46 p.m. on Monday June 22, deputies police responded to calls of a bicyclist who had been struck by a black Cadillac Escalade on Fairacres Road west of Las Cruces.
In the summer of 2025, Wilcocks was in the midst of completing classes for a master’s degree in agricultural communication from Stillwater-based Oklahoma State University.
The New World screwworm is a fly that lands on cattle and burrows into their flesh, laying eggs that hatch into larvae and feed on the animal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. If infected cattle are not treated quickly, the parasite can prove deadly.
The so-called “Roadless Rule,” adopted in 2001 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, affects about 45 million acres of federal public land in the U.S., including 1.6 million acres in New Mexico national forests.
At WIPP, the Energy Department disposes of transuranic nuclear waste (TRU), which is clothing materials, equipment and other debris irradiated during nuclear activities.