New Mexico Sun

News from October 2021



Mary Elaine Granado

Mary Elaine Granado - September 5, 1938 ~ October 17, 2021 (age 83)


City of Santa Fe Mayor's Youth Advisory Board met Thursday, Oct. 21.


City of Santa Fe Occupancy Tax Advisory Board met Tuesday, May 25.


UPDATE: $3 Million Available for Affordable Housing

$3 Million Immediately Available From Affordable Housing Trust Fund for the Creation, Preservation, and Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing



City of Albuquerque Finance & Government Operations Committee will meet at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 25.


New Mexico Supreme Court clarifies 'facilitative use' of deadly weapon after Clovis middle schooler threatens principal with BB gun

The New Mexico Supreme Court recently clarified what counts as "use" of a dangerous weapon following an incident involving a 12-year-old boy bringing a BB gun to school, according to Administrative Office of the Courts documents.


'We are strengthening our entire public safety system,' Albuquerque Community Safety Department marks its one-month milestone

The newly formed Albuquerque City Safety Department (ACS) has concluded its first full month of service to the community, according to a press release from the City of Albuquerque.


Albuquerque Business First honors city's top under-40 professionals

Albuquerque Business First on Oct. 14 held its 40 Under Forty event at Topgolf to honor the best and brightest young professionals — under the age of 40 — in New Mexico, The Business Journals reported.


New Mexico State professor who challenged vaccination requirements out of a job; UNM reports high faculty compliance

One New Mexico State University faculty member who had been outspoken against campus mask and vaccination requirements is no longer employed by the school, according to a KOAT report.


Famed MMA fighter earns suspension from Albuquerque gym

Trouble with the law in Las Vegas prompted the suspension of a famed MMA fighter from an Albuquerque gym.


Student-led New Mexico social justice group disbands amid 'burnout'

Fight For Our Lives, a network of students across New Mexico, has decided to shut down indefinitely after three years of promoting social justice causes.


'He’s got all the intangibles': UNM hoops senior Singleton ready to lead Lobos this season

Lobos senior guard Saquan Singleton said he has been practicing his shooting and is ready to help the Lobos address one of their biggest weaknesses for the upcoming season.


New Mexico families, prosecutors push for harsher sentencing in child abuse cases

Calls for change in the handling of child abuse cases have sparked families and prosecutors to push for tougher punishment.


Mayor: Albuquerque's Cibola Loop Multigenerational Center will be 'important asset for our age-friendly city'

The planned two-level multigenerational complex in northwestern Albuquerque will be a facility long needed by the city's older population, Mayor Tim Keller said in recent announcements.


Energy manufacturer bringing 315 jobs to southern New Mexico is 'pay off' of state's economic development policies, governor says

A New Jersey-based renewable energy company's decision to expand into southern New Mexico — and bring more than 300 jobs with it — is the culmination of the state's economic policies, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said.


'This decision turns the roles of the criminal and the victim upside down': New trial scheduled for man who fatally shot veteran during ATM robbery

A man who murdered an army veteran during an ATM robbery in Albuquerque has had his sentence overturned, according to a KRQE report.


Los Alamos scientists report how to better estimate stress in earth's crust from oil and gas activity

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have found a way to avoid certain science fiction book and movie plots by using a technique to better estimate stress in earth’s crust from oil and gas drilling


City of Santa Fe Governing Body met Tuesday, May 25.