Bernalillo County commissioners unanimously declared a fentanyl-related state of emergency, expanding the county manager’s powers, unlocking previously unavailable funds, and requesting state assistance in response to overdose deaths.
What changed
Open for a concise New Mexico public-health governance update with budget and emergency-power implications.
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KUNM leads; related coverage includes City Desk ABQ, KRQE News 13, KUNM.
Yemen’s former prime minister argues that Taiz’s fate affects Western security, warning that a Houthi breakthrough could jeopardize the Bab al-Mandab strait, the route to Aden, and expose a drone-enabled form of radical terrorism.
IEEE describes new Smart Cities Technical Community services aimed at helping municipalities coordinate standards, share lessons, and engage engineers and residents as smart-city projects expand amid privacy, safety, trust, governance, and uneven-success challenges.
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Kiwanic Club At the Kiwanis October 6 meeting, Los Alamos County Emergency Management Coordinator Lance Fresquez of the Los Alamos Community Preparedness Team (LACPT) gave a presentation on the program’s purpose, structure, training, and goals. The purpose of the program is to prepare local interested volunteer residents to help with outreach on preparedness […]
Los Angeles fire survivors are set to lose case managers early as a California-FEMA dispute continues, adding another obstacle for communities still recovering and awaiting billions in additional federal aid.
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Mansour Abbas, a dentist-turned-lawmaker, helped oust Benjamin Netanyahu once before. Now, he and a Jewish ex-police commander have teamed up to try to do it again.
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The New York Times leads; related coverage includes Foreign Policy.