News from July 2021
State to hold clinics for student immunizations, COVID vaccinations
By Art Benavidez | Jul 15, 2021
To help protect students from the COVID-19 coronavirus before the start of the new academic year, New Mexico is holding immunization clinics from July 24 to Aug. 14.
'Santa Fe’s shattered obelisk' could be the undoing of a second term for Webber
By Karen Kidd | Jul 14, 2021
In the midst of his campaign for a second term, Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber is under fire over his part in the destruction of the 152-year-old obelisk in the city's plaza last October.
Airing 'dirty laundry' ends with NMCYFD firings, may imperil 'children in state custody'
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 14, 2021
The firing of two New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department employees who raised concerns about the agency’s practice of encrypting and destroying records may lead to an investigation and hamper representation of children in custody.
Former candidate blasts governor on vaccination clinics: 'Keep pushing, it's killing kids'
By Alexus Barnhart | Jul 13, 2021
Brett Kokinadis, a former 1st Congressional District candidate for the U.S. House, is mounting an anti-COVID vaccine campaign on social media directed at New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and President Joe Biden in the wake of the death of a 13-year-old Michigan boy and news reports of a new warning label from Johnson & Johnson.
Now fully reopen, Albuquerque's Enchanted Trails RV Park expects bump in business
By Karla Florez | Jul 13, 2021
Albuquerque residents enjoyed their first official holiday free of COVID-19-related restrictions since the pandemic hit as the state fully reopened for the Fourth of July weekend.
Maria Andreita Romero
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Maria Andreita Romero - 1932 - July 4th, 2021
Donna Medina-Gonzales
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Donna Medina-Gonzales - January 20th, 1961 - July 8th, 2021
Ralph Allan Watilo
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Ralph Allan Watilo - January 12th, 1931 - July 11th, 2021
Enedina Madrid Varela
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Enedina Madrid Varela - December 25th, 1942 - July 5th, 2021
Paula Roybal Sanchez
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Paula Roybal Sanchez - January 10th, 1954 - July 7th, 2021
Edward Daniel Santana
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Edward Daniel Santana - January 15th, 1976 - July 7th, 2021
Elizabeth "Betty" Wright
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Elizabeth "Betty" Wright - 1928 - 2021
Richard Silverio "Dickie" Griego
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Richard Silverio "Dickie" Griego - 1983 - 2021
Georgia S. Tafoya
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Georgia S. Tafoya - October 11, 1924 ~ June 27, 2021 (age 96)
Cecilia Jimenez
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Cecilia Jimenez - January 29, 1929 ~ June 28, 2021 (age 92)
Sharon Eileen King
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Sharon Eileen King - July 23, 1959 ~ July 7, 2021 (age 61)
Elizabeth (Betty) (Shepherd) Kellam
By New Mexico Reports | Jul 13, 2021
Elizabeth (Betty) (Shepherd) Kellam - December 3, 1935 ~ June 29, 2021 (age 85)