Posted inEnvironment, Conservation & Climate

Rain check: State forester lifts fire restrictions after soggy September

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper A soggy September just bought New Mexicans a rain check. The state forester lifted restrictions on campfires, smoking, fireworks and open burning Monday morning after late-season storms knocked down the wildfire threat. State Forester Laura McCarthy’s order ends restrictions in place since April 6 on state and private land outside […]

Posted inCorrales

Rick Clemente, 79

Rick Clemente died on Friday, August 28, 2026, at the age of 79. He passed peacefully in Albuquerque with his wife Debbie by his side. Debbie says, โ€œRick lived life to the fullest and there wasnโ€™t a thing he wanted to do that he didnโ€™t end up doing.โ€ His career in the film and entertainment […]

Posted inEstancia

State agents uproot 10-ton illegal cannabis grow near Estancia

By Kevin Hendricks Twenty-one greenhouses near Estancia went from green to gone Thursday after state agents seized an estimated 6,300 illegal cannabis plants, about 10.5 tons of weed, from a large-scale grow on Howell Road. The Regulation and Licensing Department’s Enforcement Bureau and the New Mexico Organized Crime Commission served a search warrant at 102 […]

Posted inEnvironment, Conservation & Climate

Estimated bills, real frustration: Regulation commission brings PNM meter-reading mess to Alamogordo

By Kevin Hendricks If your PNM bill lately looks more like an educated guess than a meter reading, state regulators want to hear about it, in person, in Alamogordo. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission will host a community town hall from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Sgt. Willie Estrada Memorial […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News

Potential $219 billion penalty: Jury finds Meta misled New Mexicans 43.9 million times

By Kevin Hendricks In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook users, “We do not and never will sell any of your information to anyone.” A Santa Fe jury didn’t buy it. Jurors in state District Court found Friday that Meta Platforms Inc., formerly Facebook Inc., willfully violated New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act 43,899,720 times by misleading […]

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