The New Mexico Tourism Department is boosting spending on fairs, festivals and other events statewide the fiscal year that began July 1, awarding $460,692 in grants for 35 tourism-related events, the agency said in a news release. The grants will be disbursed among 17 communities, including two tribal communities. The total investment amounts to a 61.6 percent increase over the previous year’s $177,000 in funding from the Tourism Event Growth …