News from August 2024
City of Santa Fe Ethics and Campaign Review Board will meet Sept. 6
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Ethics and Campaign Review Board will meet at 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 6
City of Santa Fe Planning Commission will meet Sept. 5
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5
City of Santa Fe Buckman Direct Diversion Board will meet Sept. 5
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Buckman Direct Diversion Board will meet at 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5
City of Santa Fe Archaeological Review Committee will meet Sept. 5
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Archaeological Review Committee will meet at 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5
City of Santa Fe Community Development Commission will meet Sept. 4
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Community Development Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4
City of Santa Fe Economic Development Advisory Committee will meet Sept. 4
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Economic Development Advisory Committee will meet at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4
City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability will meet Sept. 4
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Mayor's Committee on Disability will meet at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4
City of Santa Fe Film and Digital Media Commission will meet Sept. 3
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Film and Digital Media Commission will meet at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 3
City of Santa Fe Public Works and Utilities Committee will meet Sept. 3
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Santa Fe Public Works and Utilities Committee will meet at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 3
City of Albuquerque City Council will meet Sept. 4
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 31, 2024
City of Albuquerque City Council will meet at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4
Albuquerque announces events for Hispanic Heritage Month
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 31, 2024
The City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture is hosting the "La Cultura Speaks" campaign throughout Hispanic Heritage Month. This initiative aims to celebrate the richness and diversity of Hispanic culture in Albuquerque by sharing stories from youth and their family legacies. The campaign will be held virtually on cabq.org.
New Mexico Historic Sites announces Los Genízaros event
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
New Mexico Historic Sites has announced the Retracing New Mexico’s Ancestry: Los Genízaros event at the Coronado Historic Site.
New Mexico Historic Sites announces Los Luceros Harvest Festival
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
New Mexico Historic Sites has announced the Los Luceros Harvest Festival event at the Los Luceros Historic Site.
Study reveals humans reached Mallorca over a millennium earlier than previously believed
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
A new study led by researchers from the University of South Florida and The University of New Mexico suggests that humans were present in Mallorca, Spain, at least 5,600 years ago. This date is over 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Albuquerque celebrates National Black Business Month with Civic Plaza event
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
The City of Albuquerque’s Office of Equity & Inclusion (OEI) and the Office of Black Community Engagement (OBCE) held a celebration on Civic Plaza in honor of National Black Business Month. This month is nationally recognized for acknowledging and supporting Black-owned businesses across the United States.
Suspect arrested in Buchanan Avenue stabbing death
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
Police have arrested the suspect believed to be responsible for Thursday morning’s stabbing death of a 30-year-old man in Las Cruces.
New Mexico addresses opioid crisis on International Overdose Awareness Day
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
SANTA FE – August 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day, an event dedicated to remembering those who have died from drug overdoses and promoting prevention strategies. The day also serves to encourage support and recovery for individuals impacted by substance use and overdose.
Las Cruces issues breach notice over unmet healthcare obligations
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
At a news conference Friday morning, Las Cruces City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau addressed a Notice of Material Breach that was delivered to Memorial Medical Center and LifePoint Health on Thursday, August 30, 2024. Taumoepeau expressed that the City would hold itself and its partners accountable to their commitments.
UNM professor awarded $1.25 million grant for precision measurement research
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
Victor Acosta, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of New Mexico, has been named a 2024 Experimental Physics Investigator by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Acosta will receive a five-year $1.25 million research grant to investigate the true limits of precision measurement. He is one of 19 researchers to receive this award.
Martinez del Rio explores vital animal-plant interactions at Wildlife Wednesday
By New Mexico Sun | Aug 30, 2024
Carlos Martinez del Rio, a board member of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, is set to deliver a talk titled "The Bat, The Bee, the Pinyon Jay and the Hunter" at the federation’s "Wildlife Wednesday" event on September 11. The focus of his presentation will be on the conservation of non-game wildlife and its importance for outdoors enthusiasts.
