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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Mexico on Election Day

By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and five third-party candidates will compete for New Mexico’s five electoral votes, but the most competitive race on the ballot will likely be a U.S. House race that could determine control of the narrowly divided chamber. New Mexico was once one of […]

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Santa Ana Pueblo debuts new Public Safety and Judicial Complex

The Pueblo of Santa Ana’s new Public Safety and Judicial Complex, which was nearly a decade in the making, opened for business Friday morning. The 20,000-square-foot, $15.5 million facility, located at 11 West Prairie Star Road near the intersection of U.S. highways 550 and 528 on the Santa Ana Pueblo, will house the Santa Ana […]

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State’s ‘Breaking Bad Habits’ beautification push includes iconic Breaking Bad character

Walter White is back from the dead and he’s got no tolerance for litterbugs. The Breaking Bad character is at the center of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s new beautification campaign, rolled out Thursday in Santa Fe. Lujan Grisham’s news conference at the Jean Cocteau Cinema included the premier of two new television ads featuring the […]

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State’s ‘Breaking Bad Habits’ beautification push includes iconic Breaking Bad character

Walter White is back from the dead and he’s got no tolerance for litterbugs. The Breaking Bad character is at the center of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s new beautification campaign, rolled out Thursday in Santa Fe. Lujan Grisham’s news conference at the Jean Cocteau Cinema included the premier of two new television ads featuring the […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Sandoval County

Four New Mexico newspapers receive $100,000 national grants 

Press Forward, a national group aiming to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news, announced Wednesday that 205 newsrooms across the country were awarded a total of $20 million in grants to “close persistent coverage gaps in their communities.” The Sandoval Signpost and The Independent News — two of just four media outlets in New Mexico […]

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Edgewood mayor who voted for controversial abortion ordinance runs for state House

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 […]

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Edgewood mayor who voted for controversial abortion ordinance runs for state House

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]