As the New Mexico Office of Broadband continues in its mission to deploy high-speed internet to all corners of the state, our agency often gets featured in the media. Explore recent news highlights below.

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January 2026

February 20, 2026 | ILSR Community Networks
ACP gone new mexico creates first state level internet affordability program

February 20, 2026 | GovTech
Whats new in digital equity fed framework for ai literacy

February 20, 2026 | Broadband Breakfast
New Mexico sends 10m broadband assistance bill to governor

February 20, 2026 | Telecompetitor
New Mexico broadband bill passes state house

February 19, 2026 | KRWG
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan talks broadband workforce in New Mexico

February 18, 2026 | Broadband Breakfast
New Mexico broadband office approves 6-7m in public wi-fi grants

February 16, 2026 | KUNM
Navajo Nation awarded $110 million in broadband infrastructure

February 13, 2026 | KOB
New Mexico Lawmakers debate several bills with under a week left to pass them

February 13, 2026 | Los Alamos Daily Post
State broadband officials taut investments push for affordability program

February 13, 2026 | Santa Fe New Mexican
New Mexico Broadband Officials Tout Investments Push for Affordability Program

February 4, 2026 | Bob Clark Podcast
( Click to listen  - Interview starts at 2:07)
Bob Clark podcast - The final go ahead

February 4, 2026 | Los Alamos Daily Post
State Broadband Office Launches Free Broadband Workforce Development Program

February 4, 2026 | Telecompetitor
New Mexico unveils free program to develop broadband workforce

February 4, 2026 | Benton
New Mexico launches free broadband workforce development program

January 29, 2026 | KOAT
Feds approve New Mexico broadband plan

January 28, 2026 | Senate Newsroom
Lujan applauds federal approval of New Mexico’s $382 million broadband plan

January 28, 2026 | Los Alamos Daily Post
Feds approve New Mexico"s $382million broadband plan

January 28, 2026 | Quiver Quantitative
Lujan Highlights Federal Approval of New Mexico $382 Million Broadband Initiative
 
January 28, 2026 | Yahoo
Federal government approves New Mexico plan to spend millions on high-speed Internet infrastructure

January 28, 2026 | Santa Fe New Mexican
Federal government approves new mexico plan to spend millions on high speed internet infrastructure

January 28, 2026 | Santa Fe New Mexican
Feds OK New Mexico's 382 million broadband expansion plan for homes businesses

January 27, 2026 | Broadband Breakfast
New Mexico Senate Bill Would Fund $10 Million Broadband subsidy

January 12, 2026 | KOB
High Speed Internet Expands in Valencia County
 
​January 12, 2026 | KRQE
6 Broadband Access Grants Awarded to Thousands of New Mexicans

January 12, 2026 | Benton
State Broadband Projects Connect 4000 Rural Student Households and Other Locations
 
January 12, 2026 | YouTube
6 Broadband Access Grants Awarded Across New Mexico
 
January 11, 2026 | Los Alamos Daily Post
Connect New Mexico Landmark Broadband Infrastructure Pilot Program is Completed
 
January 11, 2026 | Benton
First New Mexico Broadband Office Project Reaches 100 Percent Completion
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January 9, 2026 | KRQE
Remote Community in Chaves County Now Able to Tap into Internet Service

January 9, 2026 | Yahoo News
Remote Community Chaves County Now Able to Tap Into Internet Service

January 6, 2026 | KOAT
State Releases Statewide Broadband Plan Internet
 
January 6, 2026 | Yahoo News
New Mexico Releases Three year Statewide Broadband Plan 

January 5, 2026 | Benton Institute
New Mexico State Broadband Office Releases Three Year Statewide Broadband Plan 
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/lawmakers-debate-several-bills-with-under-a-week-left-to-pass-them/
 
 
 

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December 2025

December 2025 | KNME-TV New Mexico in Focus

Interview with OBAE Director Jeff Lopez on KNME-TV New Mexico in Focus 

December 9, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
At Broadband Summit Lopez Highlights Strong Community Coordination to Prevent Los Alamos Style Failures

December 9, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
State Awards Broadband Grants to Two Tribal Communities

November 2025

November 4, 2025 | Broadband Communities News
New Mexico’s OBAE Continues Push for Rural, Tribal Connectivity

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October 2025

October 3, 2025 | Telecompetitor
New Mexico Launches $7M Public Wi-Fi Grant Program

October 3, 2025 | Yahoo
State broadband office launches $7 million grant program to expand public Wi-Fi access
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October 3, 2025 | KOB4
Interview: OBAE Director Jeff Lopez, Eye on New Mexico

October 2, 2025 | Albuquerque Journal
State broadband office launches $7 million grant program to expand public Wi-Fi access
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October 1, 2025 | KOB News
Miles of new fiber connect Jemez Pueblo homes to better internet

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September 2025

September 26, 2025 | KOB 4 Eye on New Mexico

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September 23, 2025 | KOB News
New federal grants could help New Mexico reach full internet connectivity

September 12, 2025 | Telecompetitor
PVT and TDS Celebrate Broadband Disaster Recovery Projects

September 12, 2025 | KTSM
New Mexico celebrates recovery efforts for fiber, digital in Ruidoso area 

September 12, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
OBAE Ribbon Cutting Marks Milestone For Broadband Recovery In Lincoln County
 
September 12, 2025  |  KTSM Yahoo News
New Mexico Celebrates Recovery Efforts for Fiber Digital: Ruidoso

September 11, 2025  |  KTSM
Off Final Rebuilding Projects In Ruidoso New Mexico With Ribbon Cutting

​September 11, 2025 | TDS Telecom
TDS Kicks Off Final Rebuilding Project in Ruidoso with Ribbon Cutting
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September 2, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican
New Mexico Broadband Office Quick to Fulfill Records Requests
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September 2, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican
Student Connect program offers free broadband to some New Mexico students, school staff

September 2, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican
New Mexico Set to Expand Broadband Access with State Funds at a Hefty Cost  

September 2, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican
Broadband Renaissance Transforms Life in Rural Lincoln County

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August 2025

August 26, 2025  |  Los Alamos Daily Post
Public Comment Opens for States Largest Broadband Program
 
August 27, 2025  |  NM Political Report
New Mexico Opens Public Comment on $675 Million Broadband Expansion Plan

August 27, 2025  |  NM Politic
New Mexico Celebrates Recovery Efforts for Fiber Digital in Ruidoso Area

August 28, 2025  | Los Alamos Daily Post
Public Comment Opens for State’s Largest Broadband Program

August 28, 2025  | NM Political Report
New Mexico Opens Public Comment on 675 Million Broadband Expansion Plan
 
August 28, 2025  | Telecompetitor
Updated Comprehensive List: BEAD Benefit-of-the-Bargain Provisional-Awards

August 12, 2025 | Source NM
State's New Broadband Boss Says Satellite Is Significant in Getting New Mexico 100 Percent Connected

August 7, 2025 | Albuquerque Business First
Broadband-Applications Surge for Federal Grants

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July 2025

July 25, 2025 | KOB
Data: New Mexico Leads US for Internet Speed Improvement 

July 25, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
New Mexico Leads Nation in Broadband Speed Improvements

July 25, 2025 | Telecompetitor
New Mexico and Resound Networks Celebrating Groundbreaking in Raton

July 23, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
State Awards 3.1 Million to Bring Fiber Internet to 1370 Homes and Businesses in Raton

July 24, 2025 | World Journal Newspaper
One Gig Internet Coming to Parts of Raton

​July 24, 2025 | KRTN Radio
1 Gig Internet Coming to Parts of Raton

July 8, 2025 | Albuquerque Journal
Three Projects to Connect Northwest New Mexico to Cross to High Speed Internet to Cross the Finish Line

​July 8, 2025 | Cibola Citizen
Thoreau Ramah Among Rural Areas Gaining High Speed Internet Access through $5.8 Million Project

July 8, 2025 | KOAT
Rural Areas Get Access to High Speed Broadband Internet

July 8, 2025 | Yahoo News
Three Projects Connect Northwest Mexico

July 8, 2025 | New Mexico Political Report
High Speed Internet Expands in Rural New Mexico

July 8, 2025 | The Candle
Five Hundred Rural Locations Gain High Speed Internet Access

July 6, 2025  |  Albuquerque Journal
Internet Companies will have to Apply Again for $675 Million in Federal Broadband Money

July 3, 2025  |  Government Tech
NM Will Still Receive $675 Million in Federal Broadband Grants
 
July 3, 2025  |  New Mexico News
Broadband Office Notifies Providers of New Federal-Rules Restructuring States $675 Million Program

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June 2025

June 25, 2025  |  Santa Fe New Mexican
Former Ben Ray Lujan Staffer Announced to Lead Office of Broadband Access and Expansion

​June 24, 2025  | Broadband Breakfast
Jeffrey Lopez Appointed as New Mexico Broadband Director
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June 23, 2025  | Albuquerque Journal
Governor Appoints Federal Policy Advisor as New State Broadband Director

​June 24, 2025  | Los Alamos Daily Post 
Governor Announces New Broadband Office Leadership

June 23, 2025  | KRQE
New Mexico Governor Announces New Broadband Office Leader
 
June 2025  |  MSN
New Mexico Governor Announces New Broadband Office Leader
 
June 23, 2025  | New Mexico Sun
New Mexico Governor Appoints Jeffrey Lopez as Broadband Office Director
 
June 23, 2025  | Yahoo News
Governor Appoints Federal Policy Adviser ​

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May 2025

May 6, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
New Mexico Expands School Broadband Access

May 6, 2025  |  Telecompetitor
NM Surf  $2.4 Million Grant for Broadband in Rural New Mexico Schools

May 5, 2025  | Telecompetitor
New Mexico Combines Education=Related Broadband Offices

​May 2, 2025 | KRQE
New Mexico Bill Signed to Improve Internet Access for Students and Rural Communities

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April 2025

April 4, 2025  | Broadband Breakfast 
States Advance Bead Subgrantee Selection Amid Federal Uncertainty

April 1, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post 
Obae Receives 66 Applications for $675 Miillion in New Mexico Broadband Infrastructure Grants

April 1, 2025 | KRQE
Nearly 20 Organizations Apply for Broadband Access Grants in New Mexico

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March 2025

March 31, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
Nearly 40 Applications Submitted For OBAE’s ‘PINON’ Grants

March 28, 2025  | Yahoo News
Nearly 20 Organizations Apply Broadband Access Grants

March 28, 2025 | KRQE
Nearly 20 Organizations Apply for Broadband Access Grants in New Mexico

March 27, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
Obae Receives 66 Applications for $675 Million in New Mexico Broadband Infrastructure Grants

​March 27, 2025   | Deloitte
Building Communication Infrastructure for Universal Access (NM mention) 

March 27, 2025 | Broadband Breakfast
New Mexico Broadband Expansion Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature 

March 24, 2025 | KOAT
Broadband Bill Awaits Signing by Governor 

March 24, 2025  | Los Alamos Daily Post
Preliminary Assessment Work Continues For Community Broadband Network

March 22, 2025 | Gallup Independent
Partnership addresses network resilience in McKinley

March 18, 2025  | Los Alamos Daily Post
New Mexico Senate Floor Wrap For March 18, 2025

March 22, 2025 | East Texas News 
County puts ARPA funds to good use, now has 100% service

March 21, 2025 | Broadband Breakfast
Johnny Kampis: Texas Tells NTIA to Loosen BEAD Barriers to Deployment

March 20, 2025 Light Wave Online
Building Broadband: Broadband One Expands Fixed Wireless Acess into Savannah Georgia; eX2 Technology Tapped to Enhance Wireless Connectivity in Yuma County, Arizona

March 21, 2025 Broadband Breakfast
State by State BEAD Bids Reveal Varying Degrees of ISP Participation

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February 2025

February 21, 2025 | Grant County Beat 
2025 NM Legislative Session - Ssenate Committee Unanimously Clears Wireless Infrastructure Bill

February 20, 2025 Inside Towers​
New Mexico Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Wireless Infrastructure Bill

February 20, 2025  | Los Alamos Reporter
Senate Committee Unanimously Clears Wireless Infrastructure Bill

February 19, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican 
Rural Santa Fe County Could Get Broadband Boost through Federal Funds

February 19, 2025 | NM Wireless Bill
New Mexico Wireless Tower Bill Moves Forward in Roundhouse

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January 2025

January 27, 2025 | Broadband Breakfast
​New Mexico’s Proposed Broadband Satellite Program is a Blessing From Above

January 26, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican
Broadband Satellite is a Blessing from Above

January 16, 2025 | KKOB Radio Show
The Bob Clark Podcast - Connect New Mexico 

​January 14, 2025 | KOB 
EYE on New Mexico Legislative Review

January 13, 2025 | KDSK Radio
Drew Lovelace Broadband 1-13-25

​January 13, 2025 | KHIIKEDU live broadcast
KHIIKEDU Live Broadcast

January 13, 2025 | Albuquerque Journal 
Federal Net Neutrality Doesn’t Affect New Mexico - Yet

January 13, 2025 | KDSK Radio
Listen to the Radio broadcast from Drew Lovelace Broadband 1-13-25

​January 12, 2025 | KOB News at 9am
January 11, 2025 | KOB News at 5pm

January 10, 2025 | Albuquerque Journal
Broadband Office Inches Closer to Allocating $675 Million in Internet Grants

January 10, 2025 | Albuquerque Journal
Making Waves: Questions about NM Media and Internet Up in the Air with FCC Chair Pick

January 10, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican 
Three New Mexico Pueblos to Get More than 20 Million in Federal Broadband Grants

January 7, 2025 | KRQE 
Three New Mexico Pueblos Receive Millions in Broadband Grants

January 7, 2025 | KRQE 
​Jemez Pueblo Receives $15.2 Million Grant for Internet Access

January 3, 2025 | Los Alamos Daily Post
OBAE Announces Applications Have Opened for $675 Million in Broadband Infrastructure Grants​​

​January 1, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican
Grants Awarded to Five Entities to Promote Broadband Internet Access

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RADIO BROADCASTS

AUGUST 2025:
KKOB Radio -
​Bob Clark Podcast

OBAE Director Jeff Lopez was on KKOB Radio Wednesday, August 13, 2025, where he spoke to host Bob Clark about the agency's many programs, projects and goals. Lopez touched on the BEAD program, Student Connect, Connect New Mexico Fund and where the state stands when it comes to connectivity for all across New Mexico.

1/13/2025 KDSK Radio
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1/16/2025 KKOB Radio

Media Highlights from OBAE in the News 2025:​​

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Drew Lovelace from the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion starts speaking at 15:55 in the video.