SFCC Services Unavailable Before 11 a.m. Jan. 14 Due To Campuswide Convocation Employee Meeting
Santa Fe Community College campus. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s services including front desk reception, academic advising, registration assistance and the cashier’s office will not be available Wednesday, Jan. 14 until 11 a.m. due to a campuswide Convocation employee meeting. Services will resume after 11 a.m. via email, phone, online and in-person. William C. Witter Fitness Education Center (FEC) will be closed until 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, for an in-service Fitness employee training.
The Santa Fe Higher Education Center, 1950 Siringo Road, Read More
Americana At 250 Ponders Who We Are As New Mexicans On America’s Birthday
Delbert Buck, Figure, about 2000. Collection of the Museum of International Folk Art, gift of Earnest J. and Edith M. Schwartz, A. 2010.99.2. Courtesy photo
NMDCA News:
SANTA FE — In honor of America’s 250th birthday, the New Mexico History Museum is celebrating with a special exhibit, “Americana at 250: Eagles, Flags, and Uncle Sam,” opening Feb. 20, 2026. The exhibit will showcase symbols of Americana that evoke national identity and pride, such as eagles, flags, and Uncle Sam.
While New Mexico was far from statehood when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, the Read More
Robinson: Could Rural Postal Service Be On The Chopping Block?
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
©2025 New Mexico News Services
What do these New Mexico communities have in common: Dulce, Gamerco, High Rolls, Hope, Lakewood, Medanales, Monument, Petaca, San Patricio, Sunspot, Timberon, Tinnie, Whites City, and Yatahey?
They’re all rural, and they (still) have post offices.
The U.S. Postal Service is facing some big changes. Even though we all just stood in lines to mail packages, our usage has declined. The internet has taken a bite out of the USPS, and yet people, especially in rural areas, still depend on it. In New Mexico one in four people live in rural Read More
Los Alamos High School Graduates Reuben Goettee & Samantha Grow Perform In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Los Alamos High School 2022 graduates and Northern Arizona University students Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow perform in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Courtesy photo
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
While many Americans could be found seated around the dinner table Thanksgiving Day, two Los Alamos High School graduates – Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow – found themselves on national television in front of millions of viewers.
Goettee and Grow are members of the Northern Arizona University marching band, which earned Read More
Housing New Mexico Opens Home Improvement Program Wait List In Eight Counties It Serves
HOUSING NM News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Housing New Mexico has opened the wait list for HOME Rehabilitation Program services in the eight counties it directly serves through its Home Improvement Program.
The Home Improvement Program provides financial assistance to income‑eligible homeowners who need critical home rehabilitation.
Residents in Guadalupe, Harding, Los Alamos, McKinley, Quay, Rio Arriba, San Juan and Union Counties may apply to the Home Improvement Program directly through Housing New Mexico.
Homeowner‑occupied residences are eligible for the Home Improvement Program, and Read More
State Sen. Crystal Brantley Seeks Attorney General Guidance After Court Halts Gun Waiting Period In New Mexico
Sen. Crystal Diamond Brantley
STATE News:
ELEPHANT BUTTE — State Sen. Crystal Diamond Brantley (R-Elephant Butte) has sent a formal letter to Attorney General Raúl Torrez requesting guidance on the enforcement of New Mexico’s seven-day firearm waiting period law following federal court action that has placed the statute on hold. A copy of the full letter is attached.
Brantley’s request follows recent decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit blocking enforcement of the waiting period while litigation continues. Despite the ruling, firearm retailers across New Mexico Read More
Ancient Pueblo Kiva Murals Back At Coronado Historic Site
The original kiva murals at Coronado Historic Site are back on display. New Mexico Historic Sites has spent the last year renovating the mural room and video orientation room at the site. Visitors may watch the video to learn more about the site’s history, take a docent-led tour of Kuaua Village, and view ancient murals. Courtesy photo
NMHS News:
The original Kiva murals from ancient Kuaua Pueblo at Coronado Historic Site are back on display after a year of renovations to the Kiva mural room.
New Mexico Historic Sites has spent the last year renovating the mural room which included much needed Read More
Los Alamos Members Of IWF-NM Celebrate Start Of 2026
Several Los Alamos members of the International Women’s Forum-New Mexico (IWF-NM), gathered for lunch Tuesday at Blue Window Bistro to celebrate the start of a new year. From left, Retired Bradbury Science Museum Director Linda Deck. Los Alamos Historian Nancy Bartlit, Enterprise Bank & Trust Regional President Liddie Martinez, County Administrative Services Department Director Helen Perraglio, and not pictured Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol A. Clark. IWF-NM celebrates women by advancing leadership across careers, cultures and communities, connecting the state’s most Read More
NMDOT: ‘Name A Snowplow’ Voting Open Through Jan.14
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE — Voting is live for the snowplow naming contest and will continue through noon Wednesday, Jan.14.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) launched the snowplow naming contest for the third straight year, and is again inviting New Mexicans to vote on their favorite names.
More than 600 names were submitted this year, and they were even better than we could have imagined. NMDOT communications staff narrowed the entries down to 50 creative, clever, and fun finalists, and now it’s up to New Mexicans to decide which ones rise to the top.
Once voting wraps up, the Read More
State Game Commissioner Sharon Salazar Hickey Resigns
NMWF News:
Sharon Salazar Hickey, vice-chair of the New Mexico State Game Commission, has resigned effective Dec. 31.
Salazar Hickey, of Santa Fe, has served on the commission since January 2020. She recently retired after working for decades at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a staff attorney, group leader and program manager.
Salazar Hickey said Tuesday that she resigned from the commission in order to go on an extended boating trip with her husband, retired Santa Fe lawyer John Hickey. She said she originally had considered remaining on the commission while traveling, but ultimately Read More
