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DEA: Heightened Threat—Fentanyl Mixed With Emerging Synthetic Drugs

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DEA News:

The United States continues to face an unprecedented and evolving drug threat driven by illicit fentanyl, which is increasingly mixed with a dangerous array of synthetic substances emerging in the illicit market. These combinations are making an already deadly drug supply even more unpredictable and lethal.

Law enforcement and public health officials are seeing fentanyl combined with highly potent substances such as xylazine, nitazenes, cychlorphine, and medetomidine. Many of these substances are not approved for human use and are often undetectable to the user.

Xylazine Read More

Law Students To Serve As Summer Externs For Judges In Rural Judicial Districts

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Students from the University of New Mexico School of Law will serve as rural justice externs in state courts this summer. From left to right, with the judicial district where they will be based: Bradley “Liam” William Burnside, 7th Judicial District; Loren Vigil, 11th Judicial District; Andres Grano, 4th Judicial District; Darren Malanik, 8th Judicial District; A. Rafael Romero-Salas, 6th Judicial District; Andrew Kessel, 11th Judicial District; Alyssa Cruz, 9th Judicial District; Jasmine Jaramillo, 4th Judicial District; Glenna Leffler, 7th Judicial District; Stephanie Read More

Award-Winning Author Hampton Sides Keynote Speaker As New Mexico State Library Celebrates Volunteers

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NMDCA News:

SANTA FE — Volunteers who provided more than 1,800 hours of their time over the last year and brought books and resources to life for New Mexicans with visual disabilities were celebrated with an appreciation luncheon featuring keynote speaker Hampton Sides on Thursday, April 9, 2026.

Sides, an award-winning author known for his books on historical subjects, spoke about his career and particularly connected with volunteers by speaking about his own experience recording the commercial audio edition of his book Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Read More

Visit Beso Jewels At Village Arts This Saturday

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Courtesy photo

BUSINESS News:

Visit Beso Jewels at Village Arts from 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday, May 16. Check out “The Other Room” and a fine selection of jewelry, coins, and this month’s birthstone, Emerald.

Services:

  • Repairs of all types
  • Custom design
  • Gold and Silver jewelry
  • Silver Coins
  • Appraisals
  • Gemstones, Pearls and Diamonds
  • Layaway
  • I BUY Gold, Silver, & Jewelry in any condition as well as coins, gemstones and diamonds.
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Robinson: Election Changes Favor The Sensible Center

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services

Eight years ago, I complained in a column that the primaries “blessed progressives and conservatives and left moderates in the dust.”

Another frustrated moderate wrote in a letter to the editor: “When the majority of the country is in the middle, and elections are supposed to be about giving people a choice, those of us in the middle have fewer and fewer choices. Our America has been hijacked and stolen by the extremes of the party elites dictating what candidates we can vote for.”

Partisan posturing has been a turnoff to voters. Seeing Read More

Local Dancer Than Povi Martinez Competes For Miss Indian New Mexico Title

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Than Povi Martinez holding a pot for a photo shoot. You can also see photos of her in airports as part of the New Mexico True campaign. Courtesy photo

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

It really is a beautiful thing to see young adults that you’ve known since middle school grow into their true selves and accomplish their goals. One of those students is Than Povi Martinez. Martinez is hoping she can become Miss Indian New Mexico at the end of the month. The pageant takes place on May 30 and we can help her succeed in that quest.

If that name sounds familiar, it is because Than Povi Martinez will become the Read More

LAYSL To Hold Competitive Team Tryouts For 2026-2027

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LAYSL News:

Los Alamos Youth Soccer League (LAYSL) has announced competitive team tryouts for the 2026-2027 soccer season for boys and girls ages U9–U14.

Girls tryouts will take place 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, at the North Mesa soccer fields. Tryouts are open to all girls age groups U9 through U14 and will cover both the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 seasons. Questions regarding girls tryouts may be directed to matt.hemphill@gmail.com.

Boys tryouts will be held throughout May, with schedules posted on the LAYSL website and social media accounts, at various locations including North Mesa, Read More

Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute Launches Mobile Market Season With Community Partnership Event

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SFFMI News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute is launching its 2026 Tianguis Mobile Market season in partnership with the Tierra Real Neighborhood Association, bringing together residents, volunteers, and local organizations for a day centered on service, food access, and community connection.

From 1–3 p.m. Saturday, May 16, the Tierra Real Mobile Home Community will host a free public community meal and “Tianguis Fiesta” launch celebration, marking the start of the 2026 Tianguis Mobile Market season. This event is free and open to the public and offers a chance for the broader Read More

Ten New Mexico Companies Share $245,000 In Grant Money To Fuel State’s Creative Business Economy

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NMEDD News:

SANTA FE — Ten creative businesses in New Mexico will share nearly $245,000 in state grant money aimed at helping them improve operations, expand their reach and build long-term stability. Creative businesses use creative means such as design, production, culture or crafts to turn original ideas, artistic talent and innovation into products or services that create economic value.

These Business Development & Expansion Grants, awarded by Economic Development New Mexico Creative Industries Division, are the second batch of awards during fiscal year 2026. Grant applicants Read More

Forestry Division: Burn Bans & Fire Restrictions, Explained

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Fire restrictions sign posted at a campground. Photo courtesy/U.S. Forest Service

NMFD News:

When the weather gets warm, we all want to get outside and build a backyard bonfire, take an off-roading excursion or burn old yard debris. But which of those activities are allowed and where? Let’s talk fire restrictions.

Risky business

When fuels have dried out due to continued heat and winds, fire restrictions become preventative measures that remind the public, “It’s windy, and there’s a ton of dry grass; it’s too risky to have a campfire right now.”

Restrictions can come from county, state Read More