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Santa Fe police arrest suspect in 18 robberies, could face over 90 years if convicted

Santa Fe authorities recently arrested a suspect who has been tied to more than a dozen burglaries and hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages in the city's downtown business district.


Turrieta of Girls on the Run Rio Grande: Running program addresses 'social and conflicting messages that girls get'

Girls on the Run Rio Grande is a local program that aims to inspire local young girls to "be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running."


NMBC board member on PRC secret meeting allegations: 'This is not how public bodies should conduct themselves'

The New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC) has filed two complaints with the New Mexico attorney general's office against the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC).


Albuquerque police union leader: 'We are so severely understaffed in every single entity of this police department'

The Albuquerque Police Department is short of cops, and police officers long for that to change.





Public Regulation Commission  accused of 'egregiously' violating New Mexico Open Meetings Act

The New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC) has recently filed two complaints against the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) for what it calls "egregious" violations of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act.


City of Santa Fe Planning Commission met Thursday, Jan. 6.


City of Santa Fe Water Conservation Committee met Tuesday, April 12.


Roswell PD manhunt: 'We are currently in search' of double-murder suspect

Police are searching for 15-year-old Jayvin Montoya as a suspect in a double homicide that took place on April 16.


VRF lawsuit: Public access to non-confidential voter information at 'zenith of First Amendment protection'

A federal lawsuit seeking greater transparency in New Mexico’s voter rolls cites the prohibitive cost to gain access to the rolls, and a vague state law that restricts how the information can be used.In its complaint filed in U.S.


City of Santa Fe Women's Commission met Tuesday, April 12.


City of Santa Fe Public Works and Utilities Committee met Tuesday, April 12.


New Mexico Freedoms Alliance leader: 'Doctors have been seeing firsthand the damages caused by masks'

The toll on the mental health of American young people during the enforced isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming more and more clear, and the results are both revealing and troubling, according to some studies.


City of Santa Fe Arts Commission met Monday, April 11.


City of Albuquerque Finance & Government Operations Committee met Monday, April 11.


Garcia: Cooks Peak fire 'a very fast-moving fire, a fast-growing fire'

Several New Mexico communities near Cooks Peak are still under evacuation orders as a wildfire continues to spread.


PNM's Yingling: In New Mexico's high-wind season, 'we have to be very proactive'

PNM, New Mexico's largest power company, is preparing for any effects that high winds may have on the state's power lines and poles.


UNM's OMI receives federal funding to expand research on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women cases: 'Uniquely poised ... to help make progress'

The University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Medicine's Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) received additional funding to solve Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) cases.