It’s been 22 years; yet for many, it seems like yesterday. A group of 19 well-trained al-Qaeda operatives hijacked four commercial airliners and carried out coordinated terrorist attacks on U.S. soil on September 11, 2001. At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 deliberately crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. At 9:03 a.m., the south tower of the World Trade Center was hit …
New Mexico lawmakers appropriate $5M for food banks statewide
Colores United expected to reach 1 million pounds of food distributed
Headlight staff reports
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Human Services Department was appropriated $5 million from House Bill 1, during the second special session of the New Mexico Legislature last month to support and supplement emergency feeding operations at food banks across the state. The funds are being distributed equitably this week to the five major food banks that support all 33 counties and tribal communities through an existing hunger relief network:
• Road Runner Food Bank in Albuquerque
• The Food Depot in Santa Fe