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‘Please, please evacuate’: Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire grows, residents urged to evacuate

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) declared a state of emergency in New Mexico as the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire grew to over 200,000 acres.


Two suspects arrested following street racing incident in Albuquerque

Two suspects who were involved in an alleged street racing incident appeared in court in Albuquerque on Monday (May 9) after being apprehended by police.


Fires force inmates out of jail: ‘Repeat offenders who were in custody’

It wasn’t exactly a jailbreak as we know it, but inmates at the San Miguel County Detention Center had to make a quick getaway to escape the threat of oncoming fires.


Return to the basics

For those of us who are sports fans, it doesn’t matter what sport, we have all heard the phrase by coaches who have taken over losing teams, “we have to return to the basics.”


City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability met Thursday, April 21.


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.