Sandoval County voters headed to the polls in November will have the option to vote on local bond questions for all county residents and some voters will have choices for local offices governing municipalities and school boards. Here are all the candidates qualified for November’s elections, according to the New Mexico Secretary of State. Corrales […]
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Sandoval County Community Briefs
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Everywhere U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Representative Norma Torres (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to replace the official holiday recognized on the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The bill would also replace any mention of Columbus Day in all federal laws or regulations with Indigenous Peoples’ […]
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Clerk Announces Early Vote Locations
Sandoval County Clerk Anne Brady-Romero posted the Regular Local Election 2023 Notice of Early Voting Locations and Hours of Operation for Sandoval County. “Providing our residents with multiple voting sites at easily accessed locations is a priority,” Brady-Romero said. “We want everyone in Sandoval County to be able to cast their vote with confidence and […]
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Election Guide: 2023 Sandoval County School Board Races
Why are school board races so important? Once upon a time, not a lot of attention was paid to school board races, especially by those who didn’t have children in that district. Times have changed. According to Ballotpedia, school board races are now one of the hottest seats on the ballot. What Do School Boards […]
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Sandoval County School Bond Measures
On the November ballot, there are several bond questions relating to public schools throughout Sandoval County. Cuba Independent Public Schools Cuba Independent Schools district has a total of $6,500,000 in bond questions to support capital projects such as remodeling existing school buildings, teacher salaries, building upgrades and other improvements. The bond would be funded in […]
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PNM Gives Back to Your Wallet Time to bust out the bubbly and celebrate. Thanks to a decision by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission on Thursday, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) customers will get a break on their bills by the utility company that has a near-stranglehold on the state’s energy market. […]
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Rancher Unveils New Tech to Remotely Vaccinate Wild Horses
Unwittingly, Roch Hart says he found himself at the nexus of the controversy over how humans take on the problem of managing the roughly 150 free-roaming horses in open spaces near Placitas. Not only does he manage the 20,000-acre Diamond Tail Ranch north of Placitas where more than 100 other wild horses roam the rugged […]
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Supreme Court Opinion Matters in Sandoval County Gerrymandering Case
Attorneys representing both sides of a lawsuit that accuses the Republican-majority Sandoval County Commission of gerrymandering commission districts are weighing how an opinion recently issued by the New Mexico Supreme Court in another gerrymandering case could have influence on their case. In December 2021, the Sandoval County Commission approved new district maps on a party-line […]
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County Commission Votes to Be Able to Vote Against Legislative Bills They Dislike
The first half of the September 13 Sandoval County commission meeting included many presenters, and also many comments from various commission members. Commissioner Jay Block urged Sandoval County citizens to ignore Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham’s 30-day emergency ban on carrying guns in Bernalillo County; Commissioner Katherine A. Bruch celebrated the Valles Caldera; Mike Baker, Chief Public […]
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Power Project Plans Path Through Sandoval County
By Bill Diven The heavy-duty pipe and power lines already lacing Placitas may gain a new neighbor as renewable energy seeks a transmission route across northern New Mexico. While Invenergy Transmission has published a map of the broad corridor it plans to study, there are limited options to bring its New Mexico North Path project […]