News from April 2022
Albuquerque police union leader: 'We are so severely understaffed in every single entity of this police department'
By T.H. Lawrence | Apr 27, 2022
The Albuquerque Police Department is short of cops, and police officers long for that to change.
Public Regulation Commission accused of 'egregiously' violating New Mexico Open Meetings Act
By Andy Nghiem | Apr 27, 2022
The New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC) has recently filed two complaints against the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) for what it calls "egregious" violations of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act.
City of Santa Fe Planning Commission met Jan. 6
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Apr 27, 2022
City of Santa Fe Planning Commission met Thursday, Jan. 6.
City of Santa Fe Water Conservation Committee met April 12
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Apr 27, 2022
City of Santa Fe Water Conservation Committee met Tuesday, April 12.
Annual Earth Day Event Clears Trash Out of Rio Salado Riverbed
By Constance-Sophie Almendares | Apr 26, 2022
Over 100 volunteers spend their Earth Day cleaning a section of the Salt River as part of the Rio Reimagined Initiative
Roswell PD manhunt: 'We are currently in search' of double-murder suspect
By John Kelly | Apr 26, 2022
Police are searching for 15-year-old Jayvin Montoya as a suspect in a double homicide that took place on April 16.
VRF lawsuit: Public access to non-confidential voter information at 'zenith of First Amendment protection'
By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 26, 2022
A federal lawsuit seeking greater transparency in New Mexico’s voter rolls cites the prohibitive cost to gain access to the rolls, and a vague state law that restricts how the information can be used.In its complaint filed in U.S.
City of Santa Fe Women's Commission met April 12
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Apr 26, 2022
City of Santa Fe Women's Commission met Tuesday, April 12.
City of Santa Fe Public Works and Utilities Committee met April 12
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Apr 26, 2022
City of Santa Fe Public Works and Utilities Committee met Tuesday, April 12.
New Mexico Freedoms Alliance leader: 'Doctors have been seeing firsthand the damages caused by masks'
By Tom Lawrence | Apr 25, 2022
The toll on the mental health of American young people during the enforced isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming more and more clear, and the results are both revealing and troubling, according to some studies.
Ukrainian Researcher Flees War to Department of Chemistry in Kumpula
By Riitta-Leena Inki | Apr 25, 2022
Yuliia Bardadym, a doctor of chemical technology from Ukraine, arrived in Finland at the end of March.
City of Santa Fe Arts Commission met April 11
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Apr 25, 2022
City of Santa Fe Arts Commission met Monday, April 11.
City of Albuquerque Finance & Government Operations Committee met April 11
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Apr 25, 2022
City of Albuquerque Finance & Government Operations Committee met Monday, April 11.
Garcia: Cooks Peak fire 'a very fast-moving fire, a fast-growing fire'
By Andy Nghiem | Apr 24, 2022
Several New Mexico communities near Cooks Peak are still under evacuation orders as a wildfire continues to spread.
PNM's Yingling: In New Mexico's high-wind season, 'we have to be very proactive'
By Andy Nghiem | Apr 24, 2022
PNM, New Mexico's largest power company, is preparing for any effects that high winds may have on the state's power lines and poles.
UNM's OMI receives federal funding to expand research on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women cases: 'Uniquely poised ... to help make progress'
By Andy Nghiem | Apr 24, 2022
The University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Medicine's Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) received additional funding to solve Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) cases.
'Orbeez Challenge' comes to Farmington, police warn of possible criminal consequences
By Solange DeLisle | Apr 23, 2022
The Farmington Police Department is doing its part to warn the community about a new TikTok challenge among teenagers involving toy guns and water beads that is taking the internet by storm.