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Dust storm causes deadly highway pileup in Kansas. Here’s what to know

Fast Company Tech

Blinding dust also prompted New Mexico’s transportation department to close Interstate 25 from the Colorado border southwest to Las Vegas, New Mexico. Such conditions resulted in a pileup on Interstate 70 last week in western Kansas involving dozens of cars and trucks that left eight people dead.

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3-day outbreak of severe weather leaves hundreds displaced in U.S. South and Midwest

Fast Company Tech

While conditions over the weekend allowed crews to get a handle on most wildfires across Texas and Oklahoma, forecasters at the National Weather Service said extremely critical fire weather conditions were expected Tuesday over an area spanning from southeastern New Mexico through the Texas Panhandle and into western Oklahoma.

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January Cause Awareness: National Mentoring Month

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That’s why we take time every January to celebrate National Mentoring Month! If you’re wondering how you can celebrate the mentors in your life or even become a mentor yourself, here’s a little bit about National Mentoring Month. About National Mentoring Month. How to Celebrate National Mentoring Month.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

New Mexico high school student Jessica Pinto also depends on Bookshare’s accessible digital texts to meet top academic standards. Jessica, who is a junior at Manzano High School in Albuquerque, is a straight-A student and a member of the National Honor Society. You can read our full profile of Steffon here.

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Prosecutors turn to data, community to advance criminal justice reform

Tableau

It is a first-in-the-nation community resource to access disaggregated data on criminal prosecution and processes. . A national partnership for local action. Measures for Justice is a national organization that was founded to make criminal justice data meaningful, actionable, and publicly available. Rooting reform in data.

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Should we be growing trees in the desert to combat climate change?

TechCrunch

But the stealth-phase startup Undesert is working on a whole new frontier for reforestation. As you can probably guess from the name, the company is focused on planting trees in deserts, specifically desert shrublands in the Alamogordo region of New Mexico. But should we be planting trees in the desert?

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Foresight raises $15M for its construction workers’ compensation platform

TechCrunch

Of the $57 billion national workers’ compensation market, Foresight focuses on policies ranging from $150,000 to $1 million+ in annual premiums. Foresight now covers Nevada, Oklahoma, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico. The company expects to launch workers’ compensation in the eastern U.S.

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