By Andrea Vasquez The town of Mountainair welcomed a new officer to its Police Department. Mountainair’s Mayor Peter Nieto personally recommended Officer Steven Aragon, expressing his confidence in his ability and the enrichment he will bring to both the department and the community. After approval from the Mountainair Town Council last week, Aragon officially began […]
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Bernalillo’s Fundraiser to Save Newborns
By Jesse Jones The Town of Bernalillo aims to raise funds to install a Safe Haven Baby Box at the Bernalillo Fire Department’s main fire station. The Sandoval County Sheriff’s Posse will host the fundraising event. The event is set for 5 p.m. March 1 at the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Posse Grounds, 1043 Rodeo Lane […]
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Feds Raid Two Cannabis Greenhouse Grow Operations in Torrance County
By Kevin Hendricks Multiple federal law enforcement agencies, along with state and local police, raided at least two cannabis greenhouse operations near Estancia. Agents and officers from the FBI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New Mexico State Police and the Torrance County Sheriff’s Department arrived en masse at the facilities […]
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Power outage scheduled by CNMEC: Preparation Tips for East Mountains
By Andrea Vasquez Despite various icy weather concerns the East Mountains community voiced, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative (CNMEC) announced a scheduled outage from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The scheduled power outage will occur on Wednesday, Jan. 22 and is said to be necessary to switch members in the Coron, Cedarvale, Duran, White Oaks, […]
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Power outage scheduled by CNMEC: Preparation Tips for East Mountains
By Andrea Vasquez Despite various icy weather concerns the East Mountains community voiced, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative (CNMEC) announced a scheduled outage from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The scheduled power outage will occur on Wednesday, Jan. 22 and is said to be necessary to switch members in the Coron, Cedarvale, Duran, White Oaks, […]
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Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll
By AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and TIM SULLIVAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a new poll. But as President Donald Trump begins his second term with a series of sweeping executive orders on immigration, […]
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Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll
By AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and TIM SULLIVAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a new poll. But as President Donald Trump begins his second term with a series of sweeping executive orders on immigration, […]
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Crime, Child Welfare, Behavioral Health Among Lujan Grisham’s Legislative Priorities
By Susan Morée Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signaled in her State of the State speech on Tuesday that she intends to pick up the fight over public safety that led to a stalemate in the special session this summer. Lujan Grisham highlighted several legislative priorities, from improving oversight for the New Mexico Child, Youth and […]
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Crime, Child Welfare, Behavioral Health Among Lujan Grisham’s Legislative Priorities
By Susan Morée Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signaled in her State of the State speech on Tuesday that she intends to pick up the fight over public safety that led to a stalemate in the special session this summer. Lujan Grisham highlighted several legislative priorities, from improving oversight for the New Mexico Child, Youth and […]
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Consolidation of Power
America’s 47th Inauguration Day was notably different and not just for record cold temperatures bringing events indoors and January 20 coinciding with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the College Football Playoff National Championship Game (where my alma mater, Notre Dame, did not pull off a necessary Hail Mary play to beat Ohio State). […]