State Land Office Named A National Top Workplace For Third Year In A Row
Employees of the State Land Office celebrate receiving the 2026 USA Today National Top Workplaces Award. Courtesy/NMSLO
STATE News:
SANTA FE — For the third year in a row, the New Mexico State Land Office is a recipient of the 2026 USA Today National Top Workplaces Award, Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today. Only 924 organizations with fewer than 500 employees will be recognized in this year’s USA Today publication. The State Land Office ranked in the top 100, placing at #67, and were one of only seven government entities to win a USA Today National Top Workplaces Read More
FBI: Farmington Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearms Charge After Armed Carjacking
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Farmington man has pleaded guilty in federal court to federal firearms offenses following a 2022-armed carjacking in which he discharged a weapon.
According to court documents, April 10, 2022, Myles Cordelle Dan Padilla, 34, took a motor vehicle from John Doe by force with a firearm. As a previously convicted felon, Padilla is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
Padilla pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and faces up to 15 years in prison at sentencing.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent Read More
Senate Republicans Identify Key Topics For Interim Consideration By Health & Human Services Committee
NMSR News:
SANTA FE — The Republican members of the Legislative Health & Human Services (LHHS) Committee are recommending that the committee include several topics in its annual work plan.
Among these topics are long-needed reforms to the state’s troubled Children, Youth, & Families Department (CYFD), which was the subject of a scathing report highlighting “systemic failures” and which is also being investigated for alleged misuse of funds. Republicans also have raised concerns that the agency’s child placement decisions run afoul of the “best interest of the child.”
“Mahatma Read More
AMA Launches ‘Health Vs. Hype’ Podcast Series
AMA News:
CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA), in collaboration with iHeartMedia’s Ruby studio, today announced the launch of its new podcast series, “Health vs. Hype with the AMA”.
The eight-episode series will provide an entertaining deep dive into the latest viral wellness trends, DIY medicine, and common health myths. Each episode will also include an evidence-based discussion with a physician to help listeners understand the trend and distinguish between which health claims are real, which are risky, and which are backed by science.
“With wellness trends and health Read More
New Mexico Governor Signs Record $1.5B For Higher Ed
From the Office of the Governor:Commissioner Garcia Richard, Department Of Defense, N.M. Land Conservancy Partner On 2nd Largest Land Conservation Agreement In State History
STATE News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard has announced that she has partnered with the United States Department of Defense and the New Mexico Land Conservancy for the second time to protect an additional 60,000 acres of state trust land covering portions of Socorro and Torrance Counties in the White Sands region known as Turkey Ridge from future large developments.
The State Land Office received $3.2 million to benefit public education and other institutions under the agreement.
In January 2025, Commissioner Garcia Richard, the Department of Defense, Read More
Today Marks World Quantum Day 2026
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World Quantum Day is an annual celebration promoting public awareness and understanding of quantum science and technology around the world.
Why April 14?
The World Quantum Day is celebrated on April 14, a reference to 4.14, the rounded first digits of Planck’s constant: 4.1356677×10−15 eV⋅s = 0.000 000 000 000 004 1356677 electron volt second, a product of energy and time that is the fundamental constant governing quantum physics.
Why is Planck’s constant so important? Did you know it is used to define the kilogram? Read More
FBI: Former Ohkay Owingeh Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Obstruction Of Justice
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A former Ohkay Owingeh Police Department officer has pleaded guilty to using his position to disclose sensitive information about a federal investigation.
According to court documents, Feb. 26, 2020, Justin Aguino, 31, a former police officer with the Ohkay Owingeh Police Department, placed a phone call to an individual and disclosed that a person that individual was in contact with was cooperating with federal authorities. Aguino made these statements to alert the individual to the person’s status as an informant, knowing that such disclosure could interfere Read More
Update On State Police Turquoise Alert: Amaya Baysinger
Heinrich Meets With White Sands Missile Range Leadership
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, 3rd from left, meets with White Sands Missile Range leadership for update on the range’s critical role in strengthening New Mexico jobs and advancing national security, April 10, 2026. Courtesy photo
U.S. SENATE News:
LAS CRUCES — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, met with White Sands Missile Range Senior Commander Colonel Andrew R. Morgan, Command Sergeant Major Hermes F. Acevedo, U.S. Navy Commander Patrick D. Smith, Chief of Staff Patrick Curran, and U.S. Navy Detachment Site Director Abran Parra to receive Read More