RECA /tags/reca RECA en-US Copyright Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:53:48 GMT Congressional District 1 candidates differ on the federal government’s role in key issues /local-news/2024-10-21/nm-congressional-district-1-election-stansbury-jones Democratic incumbent Rep. Melanie Stansbury and Republican challenger Steve Jones have differing stances on the federal government’s role in resolving matters like pocketbook issues and abortion protections, and how Congress should go about it. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:53:48 GMT /local-news/2024-10-21/nm-congressional-district-1-election-stansbury-jones Nash Jones NM leaders and advocates demand reauthorization of radiation act in DC /local-news/2024-09-25/reauthorization-of-radiation-act New Mexico congressional leaders and advocates met with other federal lawmakers in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to urge reauthorizing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Thu, 26 Sep 2024 04:44:45 GMT /local-news/2024-09-25/reauthorization-of-radiation-act Jeanette DeDios Indigenous advocates from NM to travel to DC, demand compensation for radiation exposure /local-news/2024-09-20/indigenous-advocates-reca-dc Local Indigenous communities that have been impacted by long-term uranium exposure will be traveling to Washington D.C. on Sunday to demand that Congress pass a bill that will compensate those exposed to radiation. Sat, 21 Sep 2024 00:27:32 GMT /local-news/2024-09-20/indigenous-advocates-reca-dc Jeanette DeDios Trinity Site expects uptick in visitors this weekend because of "Oppenheimer" film /local-news/2023-10-20/trinity-site-expects-uptick-in-visitors-this-weekend-because-of-oppenheimer-film Officials with White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico are expecting even more visitors than usual for its Trinity Site open house on Saturday. The public affairs office is warning of waits up to two hours to enter the site. They attribute the uptick to renewed interest in nuclear history following the release of the film “Oppenheimer.” Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:43:00 GMT /local-news/2023-10-20/trinity-site-expects-uptick-in-visitors-this-weekend-because-of-oppenheimer-film Lawmakers, community members say RECA expansion is needed to help the ‘unknowing, unwilling, uncompensated victims of the Cold War’ /local-news/2023-09-21/lawmakers-community-members-say-reca-expansion-is-needed-to-help-the-unknowing-unwilling-uncompensated-victims-of-the-cold-war Downwinders, uranium miners and others seeking compensation for harm from the nuclear industry held a press conference in Washignton, D.C., Wednesday to call for expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:31:48 GMT /local-news/2023-09-21/lawmakers-community-members-say-reca-expansion-is-needed-to-help-the-unknowing-unwilling-uncompensated-victims-of-the-cold-war Hannah Grover, NM Political Report Radiation exposure victims get extension to compensation law /local-news/2022-06-08/radiation-exposure-victims-get-extension-to-compensation-law President Biden on Tuesday signed an extension to a law compensating those impacted by uranium extraction and nuclear weapons testing. Without the extension the program would have expired next month Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:51:15 GMT /local-news/2022-06-08/radiation-exposure-victims-get-extension-to-compensation-law Alice Fordham Group Fights For N.M. To Be Compensated For Atomic Bomb Test /local-news/2017-02-15/group-fights-for-n-m-to-be-compensated-for-atomic-bomb-test Congress passed a law decades ago to apologize to people who were exposed to radiation when the U.S. tested nuclear weapons. New Mexico’s never been… Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:17:25 GMT /local-news/2017-02-15/group-fights-for-n-m-to-be-compensated-for-atomic-bomb-test Marisa Demarco