By Alice Fordham, KUNM The mayor of the town of Edgewood, Republican Ken Brennan, is challenging incumbent Democratic Representative Matthew McQueen for House District 50, south of Santa Fe. In April last year, Edgewood’s commissioners, including Mayor Brennan, voted to join a handful of other municipalities in passing an ordinance citing a century-old federal law to […]
New Mexico Statewide News
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections
Heinrich, Domenici clash over abortion, oil, inflation
Abortion rights and energy policy dominated a Monday afternoon debate between the major-party candidates for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Democratic incumbent Sen. Martin Heinrich and Republican challenger Nella Domenici sparred during the televised debate, while also selling themselves to voters as the best choice for Washington, D.C. “I’ve spent my career fighting to […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections
Heinrich, Domenici clash over abortion, oil, inflation
Abortion rights and energy policy dominated a Monday afternoon debate between the major-party candidates for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Democratic incumbent Sen. Martin Heinrich and Republican challenger Nella Domenici sparred during the televised debate, while also selling themselves to voters as the best choice for Washington, D.C. “I’ve spent my career fighting to […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Rio Rancho
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center reaches ‘tentative’ deal with health professionals union
By Kevin Hendricks, Sandoval Signpost After more than two years of public feuding, the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center and the United Health Professionals of New Mexico division of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which represents UNM SRMC workers, reached a tentative contract agreement, the union announced Friday. The medical center […]
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UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center reaches ‘tentative’ deal with health professionals union
By Kevin Hendricks, Sandoval Signpost After more than two years of public feuding, the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center and the United Health Professionals of New Mexico division of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which represents UNM SRMC workers, reached a tentative contract agreement, the union announced Friday. The medical center […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, rio-rancho
One injured in hot air balloon crash in Rio Rancho
The Rio Rancho Police Department said that officers responded to a hot air balloon crash early Wednesday morning. According to RRPD, the balloon crashed as it was attempting to land on the old golf course. “The balloon struck a large tree in an open field suspending the gondola approximately 25 feet above the ground,” RRPD […]
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One injured in hot air balloon crash in Rio Rancho
This story was originally published in the Sandoval Signpost. If you like this story, please support local, independent journalists like these by reading more and subscribing today at SandovalSignpost.com By Kevin Hendricks, Sandoval Signpost The Rio Rancho Police Department said that officers responded to a hot air balloon crash early Wednesday morning. According to RRPD, […]
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One injured in hot air balloon crash in Rio Rancho
This story was originally published in the Sandoval Signpost. If you like this story, please support local, independent journalists like these by reading more and subscribing today at SandovalSignpost.com By Kevin Hendricks, Sandoval Signpost The Rio Rancho Police Department said that officers responded to a hot air balloon crash early Wednesday morning. According to RRPD, […]
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Animal Cruelty Case Against Placitas Man Dismissed, Again
A magistrate judge dismissed animal cruelty charges for the second time against a Placitas man, who was initially charged on Feb. 26 after authorities said they found dozens of Australian shepherds and five horses on his property. Paul Jaramillo, who faced 19 total misdemeanor charges — 18 counts of animal cruelty and one count of […]
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Movie armorer on Alec Baldwin’s film ‘Rust’ pleads guilty to gun charge in separate case
By Morgan Lee, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust” pleaded guilty Monday to a separate criminal charge of carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment. Movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed agreed to change her plea to guilty […]