News
New Mexico’s promise of free child care comes with a fiscal escape hatch
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (838+ words) SANTA FE, N.M. " An ambitious universal child care program aimed at fully footing the bill for working families across New Mexico is being enshrined into law, with state legislators making good on promises by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to make…...
Judge dismisses challenge to Republican campaign for New Mexico governor
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (420+ words) James Maes, a Navajo Dam resident, and John Rockwell, a former Republican Party of Bernalillo County chair, filed the lawsuit against Rodriguez earlier in February and accused him of being ineligible to run for governor. In court, Rodriguez's attorney countered…...
New Mexico lawmakers advance $2 million for federally defunded farm-to-food bank program
4+ week, 1+ day ago (542+ words) Legislation that would restore a federal farm-to-foodbank program advanced Tuesday morning through the New Mexico Legislature's House Agriculture, Acequia and Water Resources Committee, along with a bill to hike fines for stealing water and funding for statewide water projects. The…...
New Mexico communities prepare for Route 66 centennial celebrations all year long
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (731+ words) New Mexico communities big and small have worked for a year or longer to unveil their celebrations next year for the 100-year anniversary of Route 66. Along the 487-mile historic corridor crossing New Mexico from east to west, they're restoring gas…...
Skyhawks women’s soccer dominates New Mexico Highlands in home victory
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (861+ words) If Friday's women's college soccer game between Fort Lewis College and New Mexico Highlands was a boxing match, the referees would've called the fight in the third or fourth round. FLC dominated New Mexico Highlands for the entire 90 minutes as…...
New Mexico family reunited with lost dog in Silverton
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (798+ words) The Rodriguez family was preparing for a night of spectacle ahead of Silverton's widely anticipated Fourth of July fireworks show when trouble came a sniffing. Tanner Rodriguez was sitting in the bed of his father John's truck, accompanied by two…...
After lengthy search, Bayfield names new town manager
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (427+ words) After two failed searches for Bayfield town manager, the third has proved successful. The Board of Trustees named John Waters as town manager last week after contract negotiations were finalized. "It was a long process, longer than anticipated," said Bayfield…...