Morning Word: Monsoons Remain Active

Afternoon Thunderstorms

Continue to Hit State

The summer

over much of New Mexico this week with the assistance of a tropical storm off the Mexican coast. Meanwhile, the Navajo Nation Commission on Emergency Management

that caused destructive flooding on the reservation.

Big Power Outage Impacted Businesses and Hospitals

Officials at the Public Service Company of New Mexico say Sunday night’s lightning-caused power outage is

. Staci Matlock reports it shut down 81 substations and left 128,647 customers in the dark. KOAT shows how the power

.

Balderas Backs Data Center

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says

. Members of the state’s congressional delegation have already endorsed the project.

People along living near the US-Mexico Border, Lauren Villigran reports, “have grown accustomed to the constant patrols by border agents, the whirr of a Customs and Border Protection helicopter overhead, the night chases down their streets, young migrant men in handcuffs on a desert corner.” It’s an interesting read about

of Ciudad Juárez.

Albuquerque voters won’t get to weigh in on the controversial new rapid transit system after all. The City Council’s Government and Operations Committee

 which would have sent the project to a public vote, but the tie essentially killed the measure. If it had passed, construction on the project would have been halted until after the election in November.

Patrick Pyle, a former Carlsbad High School Cavemen sprinter, hurdler and high jumper, is

at the Olympics this month in Rio de Janeiro.

Artwork from comedian

later this month. Shandling, who died earlier this year, collected many of the pieces during frequent vacations to Northern New Mexico.

It turns out that tourists aren’t the only ones flocking to Sandia Mountains this summer. A ton of

.

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