Traffic Alert:
A multiple vehicle accident has been reported this morning on the Truck Route and the Truck Route is now closed.
First responders are on the scene.
Motorists should take alternate routes, and drive with caution as roads may be icy.
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The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By DANIELLE PROKOP
The New Mexican
Democrats in the state Senate say they still don’t have enough votes to repeal an old, unenforceable abortion ban that remains in New Mexico law.
They believe a failed effort in the 2019 legislative session — when a handful of conservative Democrats joined Republicans to block it — could see the same results in this year’s 30-day session.
But with the U.S. Supreme Court poised to hear a Louisiana case that is expected to test the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, Senate Democrats and Read More
DEA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today released Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students.
This new publication provides a road map for college and university-based prevention professionals to address campus-wide drug misuse issues.
“With vaping, marijuana use, and the abuse of prescription drugs on the rise, it is critical we continue to do everything we can to reach at-risk populations such as college students,” DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon said. “DEA’s new publication provides Read More
Los Alamos residents at the March for Life rally Wednesday in Santa Fe, from left, Elise Lee, Los Alamos Right to Life Committee members Diane Coane and Pat Grubel and Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Paul Grubel. They were among some 900 people who attended a special Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi prior to the rally. Photo by Kenneth Lee/K of C member
Anti-abortion activists and church leaders gather on the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade Wednesday morning in the Capitol Rotunda in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Los Alamos Right to Life Committee
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In a ceremony presided over by Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados this morning at the Justice Center, Ofc. Mario Pratti, left, and Cpl. Brandon Archuleta were sworn into duty with the Los Alamos Police Department. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
By KHALIL SPENCER
Santa Fe
Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO, or “red flag”) bills designed to remove guns from those who have credibly put self or others at risk of gun violence have been prefiled at the legislature and are supported by the Governor.
In their present form, the bills have several highly problematic aspects. Of particular importance, and not just to gun owners, is the weakening of what constitutes due process under New Mexico law
Last year’s attempts to pass a defective bill died in Committee and have been resurrected with minor changes.
If there is any good news in this year’s Read More
Jorge Ernesto Rico-Ruvira
FBI News:
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the apprehension, arrest, and/or extradition of Jorge Ernesto Rico-Ruvira.
Rico-Ruvira, 32, is wanted for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 7, 2020 murder of his girlfriend in Roswell.
Rico-Ruvira allegedly fled with the couple’s 3-year-old son Osciel Ernesto Rico.
Rico-Ruvira may have fled to Mexico, where he has ties to the areas of Zacatecas and Jalisco. He may be driving a maroon, four-door, 2003 GMC Yukon with New Mexico license plate MNF-231.
Rico-Ruvira was charged Read More
NM SUPREME COURT News:
SANTA FE — Pretrial justice improvements are underway to provide better information to judges for release and detention decisions about people charged with a crime and to expand the capability of courts to monitor defendants released pending trial.
“The Judiciary is building a robust data-driven pretrial system to help judges statewide make the difficult decisions on whether a person charged with a crime should remain free or be detained before trial, and the level of monitoring that released defendants need to ensure they return for court appearances,” said Artie Read More
By AMANDA MARTINEZ
New Mexican
An organization that represents New Mexico county governments is pushing the state Legislature to increase reimbursements to counties for the rising costs of transporting state prisoners and providing behavioral health care to state inmates housed in county jails and youth centers.
The Santa Fe-based nonprofit New Mexico Counties is seeking a more than $6 million increase to the County Detention Facility Reimbursement Fund, which now stands at $2.3 million a year.
State law allows county sheriff’s offices to charge the state per diem and mileage expenses Read More
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper requesting that the Department of Defense’s (DoD) release a plan for next steps to ensure New Mexican communities and dairy farms in close proximity to Cannon Air Force Base receive access to a clean water supply and a reimbursement of incurred filtration expenses.
The delegation also requested DoD work on plans to purchase Read More