New Mexico Sun

News from April 2022






City of Santa Fe Governing Body met Wednesday, Jan. 12.


New Mexico Foundation for Open Government: Secret meetings 'breed public mistrust in our public institutions'

An open government advocate says that the actions of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission violate "both the letter and spirit of the law."


City of Santa Fe Historic Districts Review Board met Tuesday, Jan. 11.


City of Santa Fe Economic Development Advisory Committee met Wednesday, April 13.



ABQ BioPark spokesperson: Run for the Zoo live again, 'one of our biggest fundraisers'

COVID-19 has put a halt to plenty of things over the past two years, but Run for the Zoo at the Albuquerque BioPark will be back in action May 1, as well as other events over the course of the next few months.



City of Albuquerque City Council met Monday, Jan. 10.


City of Santa Fe Historic Districts Review Board met Tuesday, April 12.


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.