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Albuquerque Couple Indicted For Conspiring To Harbor Illegal Aliens And Laundering Human Smuggling Proceeds Through Real Estate
FBI News: ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque couple is accused of conspiring with human smugglers, turning their rental properties into stash houses for human smuggling operations, and laundering what they believed to be human smuggling profits through...
Local business owner to continue lawsuit after councilors vote down changes to safe space law
Last week, the Albuquerque City Council struck down a proposed change to the ordinance regulating Safe Outdoor Spaces, which are designated managed areas with access to basic amenities for people experiencing homelessness. The changes were aimed...
LANL: Energized Watershed Project Could Boost New Mexico Economy And Increase Water Security
LANL’s Sanna Sevanto led this agrivoltaics project in El Rito through the state SBA Program. Courtesy/LANL LANL News: The Energized Watershed project was recently announced as a semifinalist in the Regional Innovation Engine competition through...

More storms expected to pop up in southern New Mexico
More storms expected to pop up in southern New Mexico Lincoln County has been placed underneath a flash flood watch until 8 PM because of the expected rain. Rain chances will remain strong until about Tuesday and then begin to drop off on...

Dispatches From the Ever-Evolving Santa Fe Indian Market
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Governor declares emergency in Española area amid crime surge
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency Wednesday for Rio Arriba County, the city of Española and surrounding Pueblo communities in response to what officials describe as an overwhelming surge in violent crime and drug...

Junkyard Discoveries of Ulibarri’s Auto Towing Service in Las Vegas, New Mexico
The Renault Dauphine was hugely popular, selling more than 2 million units globally between 1956 and 1967. The economical French-made car, which was powered by an 845 cm3 rear-mounted engine, had mixed fortunes in the US. It was initially welcomed...

Stansbury sounds off on midterms during Roswell stop
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-01) warned during a visit to Roswell next week that the 2026 midterm elections will be “the most important election in modern history” and that the balance of power in Congress could hinge on whether one of her...

Democrats on the wrong side of medical malpractice reform
The State Ethics Commission tore the mask off New Mexico Safety Over Profit and revealed — ta-da! — trial lawyers. After arguing that they didn’t have to register as lobbyists or reveal funding sources, NMSOP had a change of heart after reading...

MON: NM Attorney General files petition to remove Gallup district attorney from office, + More
NM Attorney General files petition to remove Gallup district attorney from office -Dan Boyd, Albuquerque Journal In a move that could break a tense legal stalemate, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a petition Monday seeking to remove...

Sandia National Laboratories scientist puts asteroid detection method to test
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Across the globe, technology that is designed to generate solar energy could potentially be employed for yet another planet-saving enterprise: Asteroid detection. One scientist at Sandia National Labs has started to get the...

Leadership Roswell announces Class of 2026
The Roswell Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Roswell program is proud to announce the students in its Class of 2026. The program is the oldest continuous program of its kind in the State of New Mexico. A community cannot rise any higher than the...

NM providers fault insurance red tape for cutting into patient care
Health insurance-related tasks are so time-intensive and complex that many clinicians and claims processors in New Mexico are blaming them for compromising patient care and driving health care workers out of the field, according to the authors of...

LANL: Energized Watershed Project Could Boost New Mexico Economy, Increase Water Security
Sanna Sevanto led an agrivoltaics project in El Rito through the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program. Photo Courtesy LANL LANL NEWS RELEASE The Energized Watershed project was recently announced as a semifinalist in the Regional...

City leaders accelerate projects downtown as violent crime persists
Albuquerque leaders are pushing to revitalize and bring new energy to downtown. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque leaders are pushing to revitalize and bring new energy to downtown. Director of Albuquerque’s Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency, Terry...

New Mexico declares state of emergency in Rio Arriba amid rising crime
New Mexico is facing another state of emergency, this time in response to a rise in violent crime rather than a natural disaster. On Wednesday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a executive order requesting federal assistance to support...

EPCOG hears about electrical grid
The Eastern Plains Council of Governments heard of a new state program that aims to modernize New Mexico’s electrical grid. The presentation came during the EPCOG board of directors meeting Aug. 13, one of six held annually. New Mexico Energy,...

Last dance for lesser prairie chicken?
A U.S. District Court in Texas last Wednesday vacated a decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as threatened and endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. It was a winding path to get such protections for the small bird, which...

"He's a problem": UCLA HC Mick Cronin sends stern warning to Big 10 programs
UCLA head coach Mick Cronin has issued a strong warning to Big Ten rivals, stating that transfer guard Donovan Dent is poised to cause major problems this season. Speaking on CBS’ Inside College Basketball Now with Jon Rothstein, Cronin emphasized...

New Mexico Governor Declares State Of Emergency Due To Rampant Crime
Just two days after President Donald Trump took direct control of Washington, D.C.’s police force in an effort to bring down violent crime in the capital, New Mexico’s governor declared a state of emergency over what she described as an escalating...