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COVID-19 in Southern New Mexico

A sharp-pointed mountain range at sunset.

Algernon D’Ammassa is a reporter with the Las Cruces Sun-News. He’s been covering the COVID-19 public health crisis in Las Cruces as well as some of Southern New Mexico’s smaller towns. This week, he talks with correspondent Laura Paskus as part of her series of interviews with journalists around the state as they cover COVID-19 in their communities.  Correspondent:Laura Paskus  Guest: Algernon D’Ammassa, Reporter, Las Cruces Sun-News  This story is…

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Opening More Public Land to Hunters

A large group of birds stand and water and hover among desert brush.

April 17, 2020 – In early April, the Trump administration announced plans to open more than 2.3 million acres of wildlife refuges and hatcheries to hunting and fishing. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service’s press release called it “the single largest expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities” in the agency’s history, and the proposal will…

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