Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino’s retirement announcement during the redistricting process allowed for the redesign of his district. One Democrat and two Republicans have filed for the new SD 12. The Republican primary promises to be high profile. Former state Sen. Candace Gould, a moderate Republican, is hoping to return to the Senate. Sandoval County […]
Tierna Unruh-Enos
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Moriarty’s Sandoval Memorial Track and Field Meet: ‘Just Like Mateo and Pete Would’ve Done’
It was cloudy and cold at Moriarty High School last Saturday, but that didn’t dull the excitement of the annual Pedro and Mateo Sandoval Memorial track and field meet. Hundreds of student-athletes competed in the annual event. The meet included individual running and relay races, along with jumpers, pole vaulters, and throwers. Moriarty’s boys’ and […]
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Senator Tackles Fentanyl Epidemic With New Funding
On Saturday, March 23, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced he had secured $400 million in funding to aid in the detection, inspection, and seizure of fentanyl and other narcotics to help address the fentanyl crisis around the country. The bill requires the Department of State to designate a Counter-Fentanyl Coordinator and funds the Fentanyl Results […]
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Senator Tackles Fentanyl Epidemic With New Funding
On Saturday, March 23, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced he had secured $400 million in funding to aid in the detection, inspection, and seizure of fentanyl and other narcotics to help address the fentanyl crisis around the country. The bill requires the Department of State to designate a Counter-Fentanyl Coordinator and funds the Fentanyl Results […]
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Tijeras Canyon Residents Grumble Over Rumble Strips
Residents of the Tijeras Canyon area will soon sleep peacefully without the continuous noise disturbance of the rumble strips on I-40 East, now that the New Mexico Department of Transportation has a solution to the noise, with just a few paint stripes. What’s all the rumble? Rumble strips are meant to act as a road […]
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Tijeras Canyon Residents Grumble Over Rumble Strips
Residents of the Tijeras Canyon area will soon sleep peacefully without the continuous noise disturbance of the rumble strips on I-40 East, now that the New Mexico Department of Transportation has a solution to the noise, with just a few paint stripes. What’s all the rumble? Rumble strips are meant to act as a road […]
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New Antique Show Coming to Moriarty
A new antique show, the Roots 66 Rendezvous and Extravaganza, will be held at the Moriarty Civic Center at 202 S, 202 Broadway in Moriarty on Saturday, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will showcase antiques, bottles, insulators, jewelry, rocks, marbles, woodcarvings, tools, breweriana, railroad items and toys. Vendors and attendees […]
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Joe Turner
Joe Douglas Turner, 71 of Fort Sumner, NM passed away Friday, March 22, 2024, at Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell, Texas following an illness. He was born February 13, 1953, in Seminole, Texas to the home of Joe Junior and Alice Lou (McMillan) Turner. The Turner family moved to Fort Sumner when Joe was in […]
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Nine Stealth City Elections
Nine municipal governments around New Mexico held local elections a couple of weeks ago. If you didn’t know anything about this, you’re in good company. For these municipalities, according to the Secretary of State, there were a total of 122,035 eligible voters. Of those, 9,785 voted. That is 8.02%. In the off-year consolidated local elections […]
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Nine Stealth City Elections
Nine municipal governments around New Mexico held local elections a couple of weeks ago. If you didn’t know anything about this, you’re in good company. For these municipalities, according to the Secretary of State, there were a total of 122,035 eligible voters. Of those, 9,785 voted. That is 8.02%. In the off-year consolidated local elections […]