Next Launch Pad Lecture: ‘Preservation Moon – Defining And Preserving The Cultural Landscape Of Tranquility Base’
NMMSH News:
You don’t want to miss the next Launch Pad Lecture, “Preservation Moon: Defining and Preserving the Cultural Landscape of Tranquility Base,” at 9 a.m., Friday, Dec. 5, in the New Horizons Dome Theater in Alamogordo. Coffee and donuts will be provided.
Presenting the lecture is NMMSH’s new Executive Director Karen Kincaid Brady, the first woman to serve in this role. Her presentation revisits Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 landing at Tranquility Base, offering archival media and preservation insights that will engage your curiosity.
About the Speaker: Karen Kincaid Brady Read More
NM Republican Party To Host Grand Opening For HQ Office
RPNM News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The Republican Party of New Mexico is set to open their headquarter office eight months after being destroyed by a firebomb in an act of political violence.
The grand opening party will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, at 5150 San Francisco Rd NE, #A, Albuquerque, NM.
“Political violence has no place in our country,“ Chairwoman Barela said. “We will not back down and our message is clear: the Republican Party of New Mexico is stronger than ever and we are poised to have our best election cycle yet.” Read More
State Grants Up To $25,000 Available For New Mexico Creative Businesses
Potter at Paseo Pottery. Courtesy/NMEDD
NMEDD News:
SANTA FE — Established creative businesses in New Mexico can apply for state grants up to $25,000, aimed at strengthening operations and supporting long-term growth.
The Business Development & Expansion Grant Program, administered by the New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Creative Industries Division, is open to for-profit creative businesses with at least three years of operational history. Funding aims to strengthen business infrastructure and marketing and support long-term sustainability.
“New Mexico’s Read More
New Mexico Medicaid To Hold Public Meetings For Input On Behavioral Health Needs
HCA News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Health Care Authority is hosting three public forums to gather input on how the state can better support individuals with serious mental illness, severe emotional disturbance, substance use disorder, or brain injuries.
Public input will inform the Behavioral Health Assessment and Feasibility Study report, which will be published in January 2026.
Medicaid members, providers, stakeholders, and interested parties are encouraged to attend one of the upcoming virtual public meetings to learn more about the study and share feedback. Zoom webinar login Read More
Posts From The Road: Gary’s Gay Parita
Gary’s Gay Parita: A view of the front of the gas station at Gary’s Gay Parita reveals just a sampling of what visitors will see while roaming around the grounds of the station. The original gas station burned in 1955 and business ceased. Gary Turner and some relatives constructed this replica Sinclair station in 2003. The purpose of the station was to provide a place for travelers to stop and see items from the period when the original station was in operation. This station did not sell gas. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
George: George Bowick sits on the porch of the gift shop located adjacent Read More
On Today’s Small Business Saturday, Haaland Urges New Mexicans To Shop Local, Strengthen Community Economies
Gubernatorial Candidate Deb Haaland
From the Deb Haaland for Governor Campaign:
ALBUQUERQUE – On Small Business Saturday, Deb Haaland, candidate for Governor of New Mexico, encouraged New Mexicans to shop small and support local businesses. Haaland views New Mexico small businesses as a key way to address the affordability crisis by growing opportunities for good-paying jobs across the state and providing an alternative to large corporations that price gauge.
As a single mom, Haaland started selling salsa to help make ends meet and provide the flexibility to care for her young child. Read More
FBI: Three Individuals Indicted On Federal Charges Related To 2020 Unsolved Murder Of Zachariah Juwaun Shorty
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Three individuals have been indicted on federal charges related to the murder of Zachariah Juwaun Shorty that occurred in Nenahnezad, N.M., on July 21, 2020.
Shorty was found deceased on July 25, 2020, on a dirt pathway in a field in Nenahnezad on the Navajo Nation. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
The case remained unsolved for years before Special Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation made a recent breakthrough.
According to court documents, Austin Begay, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, used a semiautomatic pistol to shoot and kill Shorty, Read More
Water Release From Abiquiu Reservoir To Begin Nov. 30
USACE News:
ABIQUIU LAKE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District (USACE) announced today that it has scheduled a water release from Abiquiu Reservoir to begin Nov. 30 and end Dec. 17, 2025.
The water will be delivered to Elephant Butte Reservoir by the end of December 2025.
Below is a tentative flow release in cubic feet per second (cfs):
- Nov. 30 – 500 cfs (start date)
- Dec. 1 – 800 cfs
- Dec. 2 – 1,000 cfs
- Dec. 3 – 1,200 cfs
- Dec. 4 to Dec. 8 – 1,400 cfs
- Dec. 9 – 1,200 cfs
- Dec. 10 – 1,000 cfs
- Dec. 11 – 800 cfs
- Dec. 12 to Dec.16 – 500 cfs
- Dec. 17 – 300 cfs
Spot checks along the Rio Chama during high flow releases Read More
Construction Project To Rebuild I-40 East Of Gallup To Go Into Partial Suspension Beginning Dec. 1
NMDOT News:
Construction on the project to rebuild I-40 east of Gallup will go into partial suspension beginning Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. The project stretches from Milepost 41.921 to Milepost 44.867 on I-40 east of Gallup.
Traffic Impacts
During partial suspension, crews will work on activities that are not part of the critical path.
The following traffic impacts will remain in place:
- Westbound I-40 will have two lanes of traffic open westbound; and
- Eastbound I-40 will have two lanes of traffic open eastbound.
Full construction activities are scheduled to resume in April 2026, and the project Read More
SFWAF Lunch Discussion With Anastasios Kioses On ‘Afghanistan Land Of Conflict & Beauty’ At SFCC Dec. 4
Anastasios (Tasos) Kioses
SFWAF News:
The community is invited to a Santa Fe World Affairs Forum (SFWAF) lunch program discussion with Anastasios (Tasos) Kioses, 12-2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4, in the Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) Board Room (Room 223).
Alexander the Great is thought to have said, “May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the revenge of the Afghans”. Winston Churchill wrote in 1897, “Financially it is ruinous. Morally it is wicked. Militarily is an open question and politically it is a blunder”.
This is not a talk that involves analyses of the Read More
