New Mexico Sun

News from December 2022


 Homeland Security Investigations spokesperson on recent immigrant rescue: 'They see dollar signs. And they have total disregard for their health, for their safety'

Leticia Zamarripa, spokesperson of Homeland Security Investigations, The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. said When discussing the stash house, she described it as atrocious conditions with a lack of food, no running water, etc. on Dec 7th.


New Mexico Business Coalition to Congress: 'Responsible withdrawals from the LGPF are key to providing for our children’s education in perpetuity'

The New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC) is calling for Congress to deny changes to the state’s Land Grant Permanent Fund in a letter to New Mexico’s Congressional delegates on Dec. 20, according to a news release.


City of Santa Fe Planning Commission met Thursday, Aug. 18


City of Santa Fe MPO Transportation Policy Board met Thursday, Nov. 17


PB & J Family Services accepting holiday donations: 'I didn’t expect to have a Christmas this year'

PB & J Family Services is struggling to receive the normal amount of donations needed to provide for families during the holiday season.


Humble Coffee hosted the Humble Holiday Market: 'It’s really about bringing the community together'

The cold temperatures didn’t detour thousands of people from attending the 8th annual Humble Holiday Market hosted by Humble Coffee.


Aycock: Albuquerque mayor's Housing Forward Plan is 'poorly conceived'

Colleen Aycock believes the city of Albuquerque is doing the local homeless population, and the city itself, a disservice by promoting its "Housing Forward" plan to convert motels into temporary housing, calling the program "poorly conceived."


Elias Archuleta: 'The intent of the ordinance is to reduce the likelihood of a pedestrian-caused crash or injury'

A law passed by the Bernalillo County Commission prevents people from impeding or obstructing public roads, sidewalks, medians and crosswalks and also prohibits camps on sidewalks.


City of Santa Fe Community Health and Safety Task Force met Tuesday, Aug. 16


City of Santa Fe Children and Youth Commission met Thursday, Nov. 17


Dr. Jason Mitchell: 'I think it's important to recognize that it's a unique time.'

The UNM Hospital staff is reportedly setting up triage tents in order to help with rising cases of respiratory syncytial virus, COVID-19, parainfluenza, rhinovirus and the flu.


NM Higher Education Department's Rodriguez: More than 36,000 students benefiting from Opportunity Scholarship

The New Mexico Higher Education Department is asking state lawmakers for a funding increase to support the highly successful Opportunity Scholarship Program.


Manny Manriquez: Modernizing airport is 'about thinking through how the passenger experiences the Sunport'

An $85 million renovation project inside the Sunport is underway and officials want local businesses for the new retail spaces being created.


Outrage to reparations is 'manufactured anger'

Undeserved "guilt" isn't the issue Mr. Helgesen suggests it is.


McCann on flight school: 'It was sort of born out of the ashes'

A Taos man is offering flying lessons to high school students as a way to combat a recent surge in teen suicides.


City of Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency Joint Powers Board met Thursday, Nov. 17


City of Santa Fe Community Development Commission met Wednesday, Nov. 16


Conservation groups petition USFWS to protect Mexican gray wolves

More than a dozen conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare coyotes an endangered species in an effort to protect the Mexican gray wolf.