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City of Santa Fe Quality of Life Committee met Wednesday, April 20.




'Make their voices heard': Unaffiliated NM voters can switch before primaries as state adapts to same-day registration

New Mexicans who claim membership in a minority party or are unaffiliated in their voter registration can switch to one of the three majority parties in advance of the upcoming primary elections


145,000 acres burned in Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire, mandatory evacuations in progress: 'Crews continue to work up 65'

A wildfire in Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak has claimed more than 145,000 acres as evacuation efforts in the area continue.


Albuquerque City Council member: Proposed encampments 'are not safe or compassionate' solutions to homelessness

Government-sanctioned homeless encampments are a bad idea for both the homeless and Albuquerque, City Councilor Dan Lewis told the New Mexico Sun.







Coalition delivers thousands of comments demanding protection for Greater Chaco Landscape

The Greater Chaco Coalition, a group comprising environmental justice advocates, Indigenous grassroots organizations, tribal community leaders, and members of the public, gathered in Santa Fe, New Mexico to deliver nearly 80,000 comments to the...


City of Santa Fe Public Safety Committee met Tuesday, April 19.


City of Santa Fe Library Board met Tuesday, April 19.


Lewis on proposed Albuquerque trash pickup fee increase: 'This is why people do not trust City Hall'

Homelessness is on the rise in Albuquerque, and the city is proposing raising the cost of residential trash pickup to provide funding for cleaning up homeless camps.


Albuquerque grassroots group on government-sanctioned homeless encampments: 'This would be a travesty'

The Albuquerque City Council is considering legislation to create government-sanctioned homeless encampments across the city, but a grassroots group called “Better Together New Mexico” is opposing the action and has issued a call to action.


Fires, drought send bears into neighborhoods looking for ‘food sources’

In the midst of trying to survive a drought and serious wildfires, New Mexico residents have a new concern: bears.


Foothills residents 'outraged' over poachers killing two neighborhood deer

An Albuquerque community is furious over the illegal killing of two of their beloved neighborhood deer.


City of Santa Fe Human Services Committee met Tuesday, April 19.


City of Santa Fe Community Health and Safety Task Force met Tuesday, April 19.