Missile launch at White Sands Missile Range 1959. Courtesy photo DEPT. OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS NEWS RELEASE A new exhibit opens at New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) that tells the story of the dramatic transformation of life in the Tularosa Basin of Southern New Mexico in the 1940s and beyond. Home on the Range: From Ranches to…
Millie Chino of Laguna Pueblo teared up as she spoke about her spouse, who died in September due to a health condition linked to radiation exposure. He worked in the uranium mines for six months in 1971 and was not eligible to receive compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act because he did not work
People who live near the areas where nuclear weapons were tested say their communities still suffer harm and are pressing Congress to renew funding to help them.