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Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 16h

Political pressure from some on both sides of the aisle, including the governor, has been mounting in recent years in favor of a tough-on-crime approach for kids, particularly after a series of high-profile juvenile crimes.

Juvenile justice advocates warn lawmakers against harsher youth crime laws

A group of youth advocates and a retired children's court judge urged lawmakers to support rehabilitation efforts for youth.

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Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 16h

Mayoral candidate Oscar Rodriguez issued an apology this week after using the N-word during a packed public event at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in downtown Santa Fe while recounting a traumatic experience in his youth.

Santa Fe mayoral candidate 'deeply sorry' for racial slur in talk on traumatic experience

During a candidate event at the Lensic, Oscar Rodriguez used the N-word to describe a traumatic experience in his youth.

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Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 19h

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Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 22h

OUR VIEW: These aren’t just competitive races, with enough candidates in both to trigger ranked choice voting, the candidates in districts 1 and 2 for the most part are excellent. Here's who The New Mexican endorses. sfnm.co/42x0S5w

Endorsements for City Council

Congratulations to the voters in City Council Districts 1 and 2 — in each race multiple candidates are worth supporting. These aren’t just competitive races, with enough candidates in both

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 22h

New Mexico’s economic development agency this week opened an office more than 1,000 miles south of the state’s border — in Mexico City. sfnm.co/472T3Wq

New Mexico economic development agency opens office in Mexico City to boost tourism, trade

The new contractor-run outpost will focus on boosting trade and investment, tourism and culture and academic collaboration.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 22h

RINGSIDE SEAT: This year’s mayoral race has candidates talking more about management than money. Forums still reduce complex problems to sound bites, but the campaign at least centers on the community instead of fundraising. sfnm.co/3IZGZx6

There's something to like about this campaign

Mayoral candidates are talking more about management than money. Cash received far more attention in 2021, when Mayor Alan Webber raised $507,000.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 23h

Residents of Melody Ranch, a small community with about 75 homes southeast of Edgewood in northern Torrance County, have been grappling with long-lasting water shutoffs since May. The water well that feeds the community has more or less run dry. sfnm.co/3KKknRR

Melody Ranch near Edgewood in water crisis for months amid PRC case

"You can walk into the kitchen and turn on the faucet and all you are going to hear is air," one Melody Ranch resident said.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 23h

Holtec International, a private nuclear energy company, has officially given up on developing what was billed as a temporary waste repository for commercial spent fuel in southeastern New Mexico. sfnm.co/4736h5K

Holtec abandons plan to build New Mexico storage facility for spent nuclear fuel

The state Legislature in 2023 passed a bill meant to block building a storage facility like Holtec's without state consent.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 23h

Not all soccer fields are the same, but Santa Fe Prep can safely say it loves Sun Mountain Field. The home of the Blue Griffins was a welcome sight Thursday, with its wide-open spaces that invited an attacking style of soccer. And attack they did. sfnm.co/42x1kke

Blue Griffins use speed to overwhelm Phoenix, reclaim first place in 2-1A/3A boys soccer

Not all soccer fields are the same, but Santa Fe Prep can safely say it loves Sun Mountain Field.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

The meandering path of a modern-day, high-level college athlete has more twists and turns than a daytime soap, but everything a pair of brothers with SoCal origins have heard about New Mexico tells them this is the place to be. sfnm.co/3VVSgBF

Patton brothers took winding path to Lobos basketball team

The meandering path of a modern-day, high-level college athlete has more twists and turns than a daytime soap, but everything a pair of brothers with SoCal origins have heard about

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

Los Alamos County has entered into a seven-year contract with a California-based tech company that uses robots to fight fire. sfnm.co/4nVJsry

Flamin' bot: Los Alamos County debuts remote-controlled wildfire mitigation technology

Los Alamos County has entered into a seven-year contract with a California-based tech company that uses robots to fight fire.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

Santa Fe Public Schools is asking local voters to approve a $150 million property tax-funded general obligation bond for capital improvements. The bond is an increase over the district's last bond cycles and not everyone is optimistic about the proposal. sfnm.co/4haX53W

Santa Fe school board members optimistic voters will OK $150M bond, despite rocky rollout

The proposal has drawn opposition, namely around the bond's biggest planned expenditure — an administrative building — and general disapproval over how the school board has handled the bond's rollout.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

Scores of providers and community members attended a public comment hearing on Thursday to discuss a proposed rule change to make child care universally accessible in New Mexico. Many lauded the state’s good intentions but said they had deep concerns. sfnm.co/3J29g6l

Providers concerned about finances, government overreach in New Mexico's universal child care plan

New Mexico's early childhood department emphasized that providers still have the choice to opt out of the updated system.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

Santa Fe Mayoral Candidate Letitia Montoya joins the latest episode of "Around the Roundhouse" to discuss her background, plans for the city and her thoughts on what should happen to the Soldiers’ Monument on the Plaza. sfnm.co/3KOy0PT

'Around the Roundhouse': Letitia Montoya says collecting shopping carts around Santa Fe helped inform her run for mayor

Montoya said her priorities include increasing affordable housing, helping the homeless population and increasing wages for city employees.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

The national debate over immigration enforcement has come to a Torrance County pumpkin patch. On Wednesday morning, commissioners assured the public there is no connection between federal immigration enforcement and a popular Moriarty pumpkin patch. sfnm.co/4mXuWhK

Torrance County commissioners decry tying ICE to pumpkin patch

A firestorm surrounded a local pumpkin patch after a teachers union newsletter warned of its owner's vote for ICE detention.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

State officials agreed last month to pay $400,000 to settle claims made by an Albuquerque man whose home was raided in December in what appears to have been a fruitless search for evidence of retail crime. sfnm.co/4nHC56Z

State pays Albuquerque's 'Mr. Discount' $400,000 to settle claim over home raid

Law enforcement assaulted his dog with a fire extinguisher and seized property and cash, according to David McGhee's tort claim notice.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

A return to sanity in city campaign spending seemed as unlikely as the giant old Woolworth's store rising again on the Plaza.

As it turned out, the end of Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber's campaigns halted record expenditures.

There's something to like about this campaign

Mayoral candidates are talking more about management than money. Cash received far more attention in 2021, when Mayor Alan Webber raised $507,000.

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Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

Commissioners were seeking to tamp down a firestorm that started with a short item in a newsletter noting all three commissioners had voted in favor of immigration detention in the county but that had spiraled into online rumors about ICE agents lurking behind pumpkins to arrest families.

Torrance commissioners decry tying ICE to pumpkin patch

A firestorm surrounded a local pumpkin patch after a teachers union newsletter warned of its owner's vote for ICE detention.

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Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Holtec International, a private nuclear energy company, has officially given up on developing a waste repository for spent fuel in southeastern New Mexico despite a win at the Supreme Court earlier this year. sfnm.co/3WiIb1X

Holtec abandons plan to build storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste, in New Mexico

The state Legislature in 2023 passed a bill meant to block building a storage facility like Holtec's without state consent.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

OUR VIEW: Opinions differ about the fate of the obelisk — the next mayor and City Council eventually will make a decision — but the presence of the Honoring Native Nations Powwow this Indigenous Peoples Day is a welcome innovation on our Plaza. sfnm.co/3KFsJu6

Back on the Plaza: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples weekend

Five years ago, on Oct. 12, 2020, a gathering on Indigenous Peoples Day led to the toppling of the Soldiers’ Monument at the center of the Plaza.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

More than a year after a private equity firm announced its plans to purchase the state’s largest natural gas utility, advocacy groups and government agencies continue to tussle with Bernhard Capital Partners over disclosure of information. sfnm.co/4o9VFbZ

Groups seek sanctions against private equity firm in proposed New Mexico Gas merger

Some government and advocacy groups have argued Bernhard Capital Partners has transparency issues in its proposed takeover.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed into law a bill passed during a special legislative session last week giving the state control over vaccination requirements for schoolchildren. sfnm.co/4mPEV8N

Governor signs special session vaccine bill, criticizes House

The governor signed the other four last week but waited to sign Senate Bill 3, which will go into effect on Dec. 31.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

In an effort to address the dangerous — and sometimes deadly — walk released inmates face on their way from the Santa Fe County jail, the county and Blue Bus are teaming up to offer free on-demand rides beginning Tuesday. sfnm.co/48X8emD

Blue Bus to offer free rides from Santa Fe jail in wake of national reporting on deaths

Jail staff will help released inmates schedule rides, and the county will cover the usual $1 fare, making the rides free.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 1d

An Indigenous People's Day celebration, music, a movie set flea market and more fun and culture in Santa Fe this weekend. sfnm.co/4h79i9E

Pasa Plus: Local events for Oct. 10-12

An Indigenous People's Day celebration, music, a movie set flea market and more fun and culture in Santa Fe this weekend.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 2d

Pojoaque has had its own obstacles to deal with. Crushed by injuries and a slow start, the Elks got the landmark, milestone win they’ve long needed. One could argue it was the biggest regular-season win in school history. sfnm.co/3KIiSUf

Pojoaque Valley made prep football history Friday, but this week is bigger

It’s rare, but the Elks find themselves in the thick of the Class 3A playoff race and, even more impressively, at the forefront of the District 2-3A scramble.