Carol A. Clark

Scenes From Friday Summer Concert Featuring Gonzalo

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Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Headliner Gonzalo was born and raised in Las Vegas, N.M. He has earned his place in New Mexico Music having performed for decades and he has received six Los 15 Grandes De Nuevo Mexico Awards and 24 New Mexico Hispano Music Awards. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Headliner Gonzalo Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park with headliner Gonzalo. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Scene from Read More

Tales Of Our Times: ‘Context’ Improves Policymaking

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Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

‘Context’ Improves Policymaking

“Facts” in the news depend hugely on context. Yet, news has little time for context (i.e., how facts relate). Through the years, many have observed that, at its core, the news is designed to lack context. In the early 1900s, famed newswriter Ben Hecht put it this way: “Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.”

Hecht reveals both the prime strength and weakness of news reporting. For quick Read More

New Mexico Supreme Court Reverses First-Degree Murder Conviction Of Roman Cerna For 2020 Fatal Shooting

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State Supreme Court News:

The New Mexico Supreme Court has reversed the first-degree murder conviction of Roman Cerna for a fatal shooting in 2020 outside of an Albuquerque smoke shop, and ordered the Second Judicial District Court to enter a judgment for second-degree murder.

Click here to read the decision in State v. Cerna, S-1-SC-40598.  Read More

SFCC Opens UNHOUSED Exhibition With Event June 11

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Scene of a 2025 Santa Fe Community College opening reception for the unhoused community. Courtesy/SFCC

Scene of a 2025 Santa Fe Community College opening reception for the unhoused community. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Art on Campus will open UNHOUSED, an exhibition of artwork made by members of Santa Fe’s unhoused community, with a festive opening reception 4-6 p.m. Thursday, June 11, in the Dean’s Gallery, in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center on campus at 6401 Richards Ave.

The opening is free to the public. All artwork in the exhibition is available Read More

Sam Houston State University College Of Osteopathic Medicine Receives Award To Bring Artificial Intelligence Into Residency Training

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SHSU News:

HUNTSVILLE — Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (SHSU-COM) has been awarded $25,000 through the Innovations in Graduate Medical Education (GME) Development Grant from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM).

The three-year award will support a new initiative, AI Across Residency, focused on bringing artificial intelligence training into residency programs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already showing up in healthcare, helping with diagnosis, patient communication and everyday clinical work. But while many Read More

Scenes Of Quemazón Jazz Combo At Co-op Showcase

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The Quemazón Jazz Combo entertaining the crowd Friday at the third show of the Co-op Summer Showcase Series at Co-op Park at 1010 Central Ave. The Quemazón Jazz Combo is the flagship ensemble of The Santa Fe Symphony’s Jazz Project. It is one of The Symphony’s 27 after-school programs – including orchestras, choirs, mariachi ensembles, chamber groups, and early childhood programming – that serve students in Los Alamos and Santa Fe. The Quemazón Jazz Combo includes guitarist Ethan Fox, bassist León Garcia Rivera, saxophonist Elliot Gaunt, bass clarinetist Sara Khan, saxophonist Antonio Read More

USDA Forest Service And NMRECA Collaborate On Statewide Powerline Permit Guidance Across New Mexico National Forests

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USDA News:

SANTA FE — The USDA Forest Service and the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, in coordination with New Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives, have developed a new statewide framework designed to improve consistency, coordination, and efficiency for powerline utility special use permits across National Forest System lands in New Mexico.

The initiative comes at a critical time as rural communities, electric cooperatives, and federal land managers face increasing wildfire risks, aging infrastructure challenges, and growing demands for reliable electric Read More

SFCC Art On Campus To Host Free Lecture ‘The Bed As A Universe: Frida Kahlo’s Intimate Spaces’ Friday June 26

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Art historian and professor Carlos Rovelo will present a lecture as part of Frida Fest and will talk about the commemorative bed art installation created at SFCC, noon to 1 p.m. Friday, June 26. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Art on Campus will host a free lecture, “The Bed as Universe: Frida Kahlo’s Intimate Spaces” presented by art historian and professor Carlos Rovelo from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, June 26, in the Jemez Rooms on campus at 6401 Richards Ave. The lecture is part of the Second Annual Frida Fest, June 26-28.

Rovelo’s lecture will explore Frida Read More

FBI: Three Inmates Charged In Brutal Assault On Correction Officer At Doña Ana County Detention Center Face 20 Years

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Three inmates accused of violently attacking a correction officer assisting the U.S. Marshals Service at the Doña Ana County Detention Center have been charged federally after the officer was beaten unconscious and tased during a 22-second assault.

According to court documents, May 11, 2026, John Doe was assisting the U.S. Marshal Service as a correction officer at the Doña Ana County Detention Center when he walked up the stairs to the top level to monitor six inmates who were supposed to be locked in their cells, including a federal inmate whom John Doe was required Read More