federal employees /tags/federal-employees federal employees en-US Copyright Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:38:32 GMT Advocates raise alarms over national park staffing impacts during prolonged shutdown /local-news/2025-10-23/alarms-national-park-staffing-impacts-shutdown Some National Park Service advocates are worried that, once the ongoing quarrel in Congress is over, the agency’s staff might shrink, impacting park quality. Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:38:32 GMT /local-news/2025-10-23/alarms-national-park-staffing-impacts-shutdown Bryce Dix How the government shut down could effect New Mexicans /local-news/2025-09-30/government-shut-down-could-effect-new-mexicans Officials on both sides of the aisle have been pushing Congress to avoid a government shutdown for weeks by passing a budget or a continuing spending resolution. Despite these efforts, a shutdown will likely take place at midnight Tuesday. So what could a government shutdown mean for working New Mexicans right now? Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:50:22 GMT /local-news/2025-09-30/government-shut-down-could-effect-new-mexicans Mia Casas ‘It’s bad’: How drought, lack of snowpack and federal cuts could spell wildfire disaster in NM /local-news/2025-03-13/drought-lack-of-snowpack-federal-cuts-wildfire A new national forecast warns that above-normal wildfire risk will exist through most of New Mexico by April. Meanwhile, federal cuts could leave one-third of the state without dispatchers to monitor for nascent blazes and fewer firefighters to respond if they blow up.silver Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:56:14 GMT /local-news/2025-03-13/drought-lack-of-snowpack-federal-cuts-wildfire Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico Stansbury to NM’s fired federal workers: ‘Call my office, call your union, you have rights.’ /local-news/2025-02-20/stansbury-to-nms-fired-federal-workers-call-my-office-call-your-union-you-have-rights U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, the ranking member of the House DOGE Subcommittee, told °µºÚÍø’s Let’s Talk New Mexico Thursday that she has heard from many New Mexicans who have lost their jobs and is reminding them that they have rights. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:20:34 GMT /local-news/2025-02-20/stansbury-to-nms-fired-federal-workers-call-my-office-call-your-union-you-have-rights Kaveh Mowahed, Nash Jones Federal wildland firefighters are getting closer to a permanent pay boost /local-news/2024-08-02/federal-wildland-firefighters-permanent-pay-raise Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have earmarked money to permanently boost federal wildland firefighter pay — leaving advocates cautiously optimistic. Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:59:13 GMT /local-news/2024-08-02/federal-wildland-firefighters-permanent-pay-raise Bryce Dix Wildland firefighters fear being left behind as government shutdown looms /local-news/2023-09-28/wildland-firefighters-fear-being-left-behind-as-government-shutdown-looms Come Sunday, if there’s no movement in Congress, firefighters will be expected to man the fire line without pay. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 22:27:52 GMT /local-news/2023-09-28/wildland-firefighters-fear-being-left-behind-as-government-shutdown-looms Bryce Dix VP At SIPI Accused Of Assault And Harassment /local-news/2018-02-13/vp-at-sipi-accused-of-assault-and-harassment The vice president of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute has been accused of sexual assault by a staff member. Other complaints about Eric… Wed, 14 Feb 2018 01:23:35 GMT /local-news/2018-02-13/vp-at-sipi-accused-of-assault-and-harassment Marisa Demarco