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Robinson: War Veterans Join Public Debate Over Monuments

By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

On Indigenous Peoples Day 2020 in broad daylight, a mob of vandals tore down the 154-year-old Soldier’s Monument in the center of Santa Fe Plaza because it was offensive to some Native Americans. Now veterans groups are demanding it be restored.

The destruction followed months of controversy that was notable for its absence of historical fact. Nobody seemed to know the obelisk honored Union soldiers, many of them Hispanic, who died in New Mexico’s two Civil War battles. But there was plenty of vitriol directed at one word that’s been Read More

New Mexico’s Elections Ranked Number One In Nation

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver

STATE News:

          • Prestigious Non-Partisan Ranking Measures Election Performance in Each State

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s elections have been ranked best in the nation by the prestigious Elections Performance Index (EPI), a project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Election Data and Science Lab described as “a non-partisan, objective measure of U.S. election administration.”

The rankings, released late last week and based on the 2022 midterm elections, use a variety of performance indicators measuring aspects of election Read More

New Mexico History Museum Presents Talk On First Known Publication About America April 3 On YouTube

NMHM News:

Friends of History in collaboration with Southwest Seminars invites the public to a talk by Dr. Thomas E. Chavez, 12-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 on YouTube, in which he discusses the first known publication about America in Europe.

Written as a narrative epic poem, La Historia de Nuevo Mejico recounts the early days of Juan de Oñate’s 1598 expedition to colonize northern New Mexico. It was written by Captain Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá, a member of Oñate’s settlement party, and published in Spain in 1610.

Chavez is an independent researcher, consultant, and historian; former Director Read More

NM Cannabis Control Division Recalls Concentrates Sold At Got Greens, Issues Consumer Health, Safety Advisory

NMRLD News:

SANTA FE — The Cannabis Control Division (CCD) of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department is issuing a consumer health and safety advisory due to the identification of contaminated cannabis concentrates (shatter, dabs, wax, etc.) that tested positive for a prohibited pesticide.

Products subject to this recall were sold to consumers between Jan. 31, 2023, and Feb. 15, 2024, at Got Greens located at 10200 Corrales Rd Ste E2, Albuquerque, NM 87114. The concentrates were sold under the names: Purple Kush Live Sugar, Cali Dream Live Sugar, Jigglers Live Diamonds, and OG Read More

Museum Of International Folk Art And FOFA Present Annual Folk Art Flea May 4

Courtesy photo

MOIFA News:

SANTA FE — Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) and the Friends of Folk Art (FOFA) present the 13th annual Folk Art Flea Saturday, May 4 at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds. Admission to the event is free. Although admission is free, FOFA members enjoy early-bird admission to the Flea 9-10 a.m. Public admission is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 4.

The Folk Art Flea supports MOIFA’s excellent education programs and world-class exhibitions such as La Cartonería Mexicana/The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste, Staff Picks: Favorites from the Collection, and Between the Lines: Prison Read More

White House Investment Set To Make New Mexico A Vital Domestic Epicenter For Advanced Chip Manufacturing

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks to Intel New Mexico employees Jan. 24, 2024, at the company’s Rio Rancho campus. Attendees include, from left, Rio Rancho Mayor Greggory Hull, Sandoval County Commission Chairman David Heil, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury. Courtesy/Intel Corp.

NMEDD News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has applauded the White House announcement that will make New Mexico a vital domestic epicenter for silicon chip manufacturing.

President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Intel Read More

ENMU Receives $16.6 Million From State Legislature

Portales Eastern New Mexico University Campus. Courtesy/ENMU

ENMU News:

PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) received $16.6 million from the state legislature for campus improvements from the 2024 legislative session.

“We are grateful for the support we received from this legislative session and our elected officials’ investment in higher education,” ENMU Chancellor James Johnston said. “Although this total represents support received for the Portales campus only, I want to thank all involved system-wide for working with me to advocate for all three campuses. We all benefit Read More

Interior Department Makes $55 Million Available To Clean Up Orphaned Oil And Gas Wells On Tribal Lands

DOI News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior Friday announced final guidance for Tribal communities on how to apply for $55 million in grant funding and direct assistance available under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells across Indian Country.

Funding through the program may be utilized to plug, remediate or reclaim orphaned wells on Tribal lands, restore soil and habitat in degraded areas, decommission or remove associated infrastructure, identify and characterize additional undocumented wells on Tribal land, and set Read More

Heinrich Pushes For Action To Tackle Fentanyl Crisis

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) held a press conference with New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, first responders, law enforcement, and a New Mexico resident personally impacted by the fentanyl crisis to highlight the urgent need for action and discuss efforts happening at all levels of government to keep families safe and get deadly fentanyl out of our communities.   

Heinrich is leading comprehensive efforts to tackle the opioid epidemic and protect New Mexico communities from fentanyl. Most recently, as Read More

New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division’s FY24 Outdoor Equity Funding Reaches $3.7 Million

Photo by Kiefer Garcia

Courtesy/Santo Domingo Pueblo

EDD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) of the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) has announced funding of $975,142 in new Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF) awards to 33 organizations.

These awards will be distributed to 16 rural, 13 urban, one land grant, and five Tribal communities. Of those awarded, 28 are first-time recipients of OEF funding. 

The first-of-its-kind Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF) was created in 2019 to enable all New Mexican youth equitable access to the outdoors. The grant supports programming Read More

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