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A shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho on Saturday afternoon left multiple people dead and others injured, police said. www.santafenewmexican.com/ap/national/...
Multiple people dead after shooting at fast food restaurant in southern IdahoAuthorities in southern Idaho say a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant has resulted in multiple people dead and others injured. Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said in awww.santafenewmexican.comA 22-year-old Santa Fe man driving a motorcycle died Saturday afternoon in a crash on Airport Road, according to Santa Fe police. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Man killed in Airport Road motorcycle crash, Santa Fe police sayThe motorcyclist collided with a midsize SUV that had been driving west and turning left from Airport into Chamisa Center.www.santafenewmexican.comA mix of local organizations, public officials and private companies lent school supplies, scholarships and funded classes ahead of what can be a stressful time for parents and kids alike as Santa Fe Public Schools returns to classes Friday. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Rain can't put damper on Back to School Bash as crowds come for help and funStorms briefly scattered the second Back to School Bash, but families still left SWAN Park with supplies, support and fun.www.santafenewmexican.comA task force examining the state's public records law will make a stop in Santa Fe on Tuesday — and the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government is encouraging members of the public to attend. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Task force on public records law to hold meeting in Santa FeBy Oct. 1, the task force will compile and submit a report featuring the input it has gathered — and any proposed legislation — to state lawmakers.www.santafenewmexican.comOn Friday, about a dozen relatives of Manhattan Project employees gathered in the historic lodge for the "Los Alamos Progeny Gathering," a weekend trip to learn more about their parents' lives and work during World War II in the secret city. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
'Reconnecting our parents' experiences': Children of Manhattan Project workers visit Los AlamosAbout a dozen relatives of people who lived and worked in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project are visiting the town to learn more about their families' lives.www.santafenewmexican.comPresident Donald Trump on Saturday sharply criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction and not the work of vandals, as he claims. www.santafenewmexican.com/ap/washingto...
Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandalsPresident Donald Trump is sharply criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following a recent renovation was caused by shoddy constructionwww.santafenewmexican.comIn the debate over which college football conference is strongest, the Southeastern Conference argues its superior depth makes up for the Big Ten winning the last three national titles. The Big Ten calls its reputation as a top-heavy conference unfair. www.santafenewmexican.com/sports/big-t...
Big Ten believes its reputation as a top-heavy league is unfairNo SEC team has reached any of the last three championship games.www.santafenewmexican.comThe city of Santa Fe has paid out $16,158 to a nuclear watchdog group in a settlement over a records request lawsuit, its latest in a string of payouts over the last several years for violating the state Inspection of Public Records Act. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
City of Santa Fe pays out $16,000 to Los Alamos Study Group over records request lawsuitThe anti-nuclear group sought emails between city and Los Alamos National Laborary about a potential campus in Santa Fe.www.santafenewmexican.comA Taos County jury has found the innovator of the sustainable, off-grid Earthship homes financially responsible for maintaining infrastructure at the Greater World Community near Taos. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Taos County jury awards couple $32,000 in complaint against Earthship creator over HOA duesThe jury found Michael Reynolds was responsible for covering costs of infrastructure in the off-grid subdivision, not a homeowners association.www.santafenewmexican.comTribal governors and lieutenant governors from the state’s 19 pueblos — some who received their own high school diplomas there in years past — stood this week with golden shovels to mark the start of the once-great Paolo Soleri Amphitheater’s rebirth. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/educati...
Santa Fe Indian School plans to rebuild, reopen amphitheater— but no big concertsThe multimillion-dollar renovation of the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater is scheduled to begin in mid-August, officials said.www.santafenewmexican.comThe keys to Santa Fe Indian School’s athletic department have been handed to a man who has a long history with Northern New Mexico sports. www.santafenewmexican.com/sports/santa...
Santa Fe Indian School names new athletic directorThe keys to Santa Fe Indian School’s athletic department have been handed to a man who has a long history with Northern New Mexico sports.www.santafenewmexican.comThe chief financial officer of the state Early Childhood Education and Care Department is alleging she fears she is on the brink of being fired for raising concerns about an $83 million budget shortfall related to the state’s universal childcare rollout. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
Early childhood department official alleges retaliation after childcare funding warningCarmel Pacheco-Aragon says she wrote a memo earlier this year showing an $83 million shortfall in the childcare program.www.santafenewmexican.comSome local officials had agreed to the use of public property for the training exercise and also remained quiet about the plans at the request of military officials. They said they would think twice about agreeing to such an exercise in the future. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
'Crazy intense': Secret military exercise in Española took residents by surpriseSome residents wondered why they found themselves in a simulated war zone — with flash bangs and helicopters — on a work night.www.santafenewmexican.comThe leadership change took place against a background of a pending sale of a majority of Century stock to an Oklahoma-based company, Bank7 Corp., although bank officials said the two were unconnected. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/busines...
Century Bank board vice chair takes over as interim CEO amid pending saleThe leadership shakeup comes amid a potential sale of a majority of the Santa Fe bank's stock to the Oklahoma-based Bank7 Corp.www.santafenewmexican.comAspire Online School proposed to serve students across the state. But its creation and operation was “expressly prohibited,” read an excerpt of the formal letter to the district sent Monday. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Deemed illegal by state, new virtual Las Cruces school shuts down on first dayNew Mexico leaders put kibosh on Aspire Online School, which was formed during yearlong moratorium on new online schools.www.santafenewmexican.comA medically fragile 8-year-old boy who required a feeding tube was placed in a Hobbs office of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department and allowed to go hungry for a day, a lawsuit filed last week alleges. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
CYFD let medically fragile child go hungry in Hobbs office, lawsuit claimsThe lawsuit alleges the boy was also denied medication, and that he later received treatment at an ER for malnourishment.www.santafenewmexican.comThe mural is the crowning achievement this week of the summer art camp, which for 24 years has held a common goal: raising kids’ confidence by challenging them to express themselves through a slate of mediums. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/educati...
Santa Fe summer art campers brighten up neighborhoodWith a new mural and "knitbombing" campaign, a Hopewell Mann art camp made the community a bit more colorful this week.www.santafenewmexican.comIn the latest episode of the “Around the Roundhouse” podcast, retired state government attorney Clifford Rees shares his insight into a proposed constitutional amendment to pay state legislators. youtu.be/J_S875odQyg
New Mexicans to decide if state legislators will receive salary; proponent says ‘now is the time’New Mexico is the only state in the country with an unpaid Legislature, but that could change come November. Voters in the upcoming general election will consider a constitutional amendment that would pave the way for state lawmakers to receive a salary for the first time in New Mexico’s history. Retired state government attorney Clifford Rees served House Democrats as a technical expert on the proposed amendment during the 30-day legislative session earlier this year and is a proponent of efforts to modernize the Legislature. In the latest episode of the “Around the Roundhouse” podcast, Rees joins Santa Fe New Mexican state politics reporter Daniel J. Chacón to share his insight on the amendment, discuss the potential amount legislators would receive and talk about what he thinks may have held up past efforts to pay legislators. Rees worked for four different state agencies as an attorney, spending the bulk of his career at the New Mexico Department of Health before retiring as general counsel of the state Department of Finance and Administration in 2005. He has volunteered his time and expertise over the last four years to research and speak on the process to modernize the New Mexico Legislature. While legislators don’t receive a salary, they do receive per diem for meeting attendance, mileage reimbursements and pensions. Rees discusses how their pensions work and says that the constitutional amendment to pay legislators a salary would have no impact on their pensions. Rees argues that paying lawmakers would expand the pool of people who are able to serve and says proponents of the amendment need to make the case that constituents as well as legislators would benefit by its passage.youtu.beAn interim report due Friday from a state House committee formed to investigate the activities of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in New Mexico will be released on Wednesday. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Epstein 'truth commission' report due Friday to be released next weekA report that was due Friday will be presented during a meeting of the Survivor's Truth Commission on Wednesday afternoon.www.santafenewmexican.comThe secret military training exercise sparked concerns from many confused Española and Abiquiú residents, who said they found themselves in a simulated war zone late on a work night with no explanation from public officials. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
'Crazy intense': Secret military exercise in Española took residents by surpriseSome residents wondered why they found themselves in a simulated war zone — with flash bangs and helicopters — on a work night.www.santafenewmexican.com