Leanne Gandy, a Republican from Tatum, came out on top over Republican Dan Lewis of Artesia by a 8-vote margin. Gandy received 999 votes to Lewis’ 991 votes.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright earlier this year called for removal of the so-called ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle that guides how the agency limits worker exposure to radiation at nuclear facilities.
The New Mexico Desert Dogs, a Las Cruces-based “hunting and community outreach nonprofit,” aims to help children, first responders and active and retired military members by sponsoring fishing, hunting and community events at parks around the state, according to the organization’s chief executive officer Tony Torrez.
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.