Three sitting City Councilors will each face multiple challengers in the March 5 municipal election in Rio Rancho, setting up a potential shakeup on the Governing Body. Incumbents Jim Owen (District 1) and Paul Wymer (District 4) will be up against two opponents in their re-election efforts, and Nicole Dahn List (District 6) has three […]
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Girls with grit: Moriarty High School girls ‘falling in love’ with wrestling
Two girls stand close together in the middle of Moriarty High School’s gymnasium with their arms locked in a firm grasp. The floor is completely covered with a foam mat. Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” blares at full blast throughout the gym. The girls start tussling with each other before plunging to the mat with […]
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A professionalized legislature doesn’t require six-figure salaries
The close of the 2024 legislative session was rather unremarkable, but for rumblings of calling a special session to address public safety. A mere 72 bills of the more than six hundred filed made it to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. The lackluster session juxtaposed against a state awash in revenues yet […]
Posted inEstancia, Moriarty, Torrance County, Uncategorized
Commission Lauds Legislature’s Inaction to Close Detention Center
Torrance County, Estancia in particular, dodged an economic bullet recently when the State Legislature let a Senate bill die on the floor that would have prevented the Torrance County Detention Facility from continuing to house immigrant detainees. Janice Barela, county manager, told the commission last week that the bill passed two senate committees along party […]
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Mountainair Food Market Joins National Co-op
Other than two discount general stores, the B Street Market is the only full-sized grocery store in Mountainair and the only source of local, natural and organic foods for the town. The B Street Market recently joined the Independent Natural Food Retailers Association to offer natural products at reasonable prices. Nancy McCloud opened the market […]
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Lawmakers help small hospitals but medical malpractice lurks
New Mexico’s strained rural hospitals finally got some love this year. Two bills sitting onthe governor’s desk could go far in relieving financial pressure on the state’s smallest hospitals. But medical malpractice insurance, the subject of two compromises in recent years, isstill a threat. In New Mexico, where 26 of 33 counties meet the definitions […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Placitas
Colores de México Exhibit Featured at Placitas Library
The spring exhibit at the Placitas Community Library in March will feature Colores de México. The exhibit will feature figurative, magical and mystical works by Jade Leyva, Armando Adrián López and Enrique Flores. The artists offer narratives that are both unique to the artists’ Mexican roots and universal in their appeal. Originally from Mexico City, […]
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Letter to the Editor: Small Towns Should Hold Leaders and Police Accountable Too
Submitted by Pilar Tirado Murray, East Mt. resident If you’d like to submit a Letter to the Editor, please email editor@newmexico.news Merritt Hamilton Allen’s tart, intelligent and tongue-in-cheek take on New Mexico politics is always a pleasure to read and last week’s column (“APD: A Cautionary Tale”) was no exception. The “crisis communication pro tips” […]
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Hearing Examiner Recommends PRC Reject Controversial Natural Gas Storage Facility in Rio Rancho
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Hearing Examiner Anthony Medeiros recommended that the commissioners deny New Mexico Gas Company’s request to build, own and operate a controversial liquified natural gas storage facility in Rio Rancho. Medeiros released his decision, which is more than 150 pages long, on Wednesday. In his recommended decision, Medeiros writes that the […]
Posted inObituaries , Placitas
Placitas’ Jeff Spiegel, 77, M’Tucci’s founder and community leader, dies after battle with Leukemia
From New York to New Mexico, and through adventures around the world, Placitas’ Jeff Spiegel saw his many businesses and public service ventures as opportunities to improve the lives of the people who worked there and the communities they served. He died earlier this week after a six-year battle with Leukemia, surrounded by family and […]