New Mexico State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard Continues Streak Of Historic Revenue … Bringing In Nearly $2.6 Billion In FY 2025
Stephanie Garcia Richard
Commissioner of Public Lands
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SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Land Office (NMSLO), led by Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard, continues its streak of historic revenue, earning the second highest amount of total revenue for a single year in the agency’s history, bringing in nearly $2.6 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2025, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today.
This year’s total came up just short of the all-time record set in FY 2023, when the NMSLO earned $2.75 billion. Read More
Learn How To Roast Corn In A Traditional Adobe Horno At Coronado Historic Oct. 12
Courtesy photo
DCA News:
Join us 1-4 p.m. Oct. 12 at Coronado Historic Site as we fire up the outdoor adobe oven to make roasted corn the traditional Pueblo way. Randy Tenorio (Santo Domingo) will demonstrate how to roast corn in the horno by sealing the oven door with adobe bricks and mud. Visitors will be able to taste the corn at the end of the program.
This program is included with admission of $7 for adults and free to children 16 years and younger, Tribal members, NM disabled veterans, NM foster families, and FCJHS and MNMF members.
This program offers visitors an opportunity to learn the traditions Read More
Photograph Night Sky At Jemez Historic Site Astronomy Programs Oct. 18
NMHS News:
Join special guest, photographer Joey Sandoval from Albuquerque, for two photography workshop opportunities during Jemez Historic Site’s astronomy programs Saturday, Oct. 18.
During the “Looking to the Skies” program at 11 a.m., join photographer Joey Sandoval from Albuquerque, for a photography workshop at Jemez Historic Site. He will teach participants the basics of DSLR (digital single lens reflex) cameras and cellphone photography (Android and iOS). The focus will be on how to take nighttime photos of the sky and functions for exposure and composition, rule of thirds, Read More
New Mexico Ranks High In Manufacturing Growth: 6th In Employment, 5th In Wages
EDD News:
SANTA FE — In celebration of Manufacturing Week, the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) announces continued strong national rankings in employment and wage growth within the manufacturing sector.
EDD economists have reviewed the national data and found that from August 2024 through August 2025, New Mexico ranked sixth in the nation for year-over-year (YOY) growth in manufacturing employment, recording a 1.4 percent increase. Over the same period, national manufacturing employment declined by 0.6 percent.
The state has shown continued growth in this category, Read More
Borrego Campground Prescribed Fire Planned Oct. 15
SFNF News:
The Santa Fe National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations in the Española Ranger District on Wednesday Oct. 15, 2025, pending all required approvals. The Borrego Campground prescribed fire is a 399-acre jackpot burn, meaning fire crews will burn concentrations (jackpots) of fuels only under specified environmental conditions. This method confines fire to a predetermined area and produces the fireline intensity and rate of spread needed to attain resource management objectives. These concentrations can be natural or result from thinning projects.
Ignitions are Read More
State Proposes Rules On Toxic PFAS Consumer Products
NMED News:
SANTA FE— The New Mexico Environment Department today petitioned the state’s Environmental Improvement Board to adopt proposed rules to implement New Mexico’s PFAS Protection Act.
The proposed rules implement the full scope of the PFAS Protection Act, including phasing out and prohibition on the sale of consumer products containing intentionally added PFAS, establishing consumer-facing labels for products which contain intentionally added PFAS, and the reporting requirements for the manufacturers of such products. The proposed rules only apply to the manufacturers Read More
New Mexico State Ethics Commission Announces Settlements With Deming City Officials For Governmental Conduct Act Violations
NMSEC News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico State Ethics Commission has reached settlement agreements with Deming City Councilors Irma Rodriguez and Joe “Butter” Milo, with related compliance obligations involving Deming City Manager Aaron Sera, resolving alleged violations of the Governmental Conduct Act.
The Commission alleged that Councilor Rodriguez failed to disclose her ownership interest in Triadic Enterprises when the City of Deming contracted with the business, in violation of Section 10-16-7(B) of the Act. To resolve the matter, Councilor Rodriguez verbally agreed to pay Read More
Explore The Possibility Of Life Beyond Earth At Aliens! A Spooky Planetarium Adventure With PEEC
PEEC News:
Is life beyond Earth science fiction or science fact? The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites the community to find out at Aliens!, a special planetarium program, 7-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
Led by astrophysicist Kelcey Davis, this exciting, Halloween-season show takes audiences on a spooky journey through the skies in search of friendly neighbors.
Discover astronomy’s fascinating history of “alien hunting”, travel through the solar system to examine the potential for life, and consider the biggest question of all: Are we alone Read More
Moving Arts Española Co-Founder And CNN Hero Roger Montoya Honored With National Dance Teacher Award
Roger Montoya, Tuesday, Oct. 7, visited New York to receive his award as a 2025 Dance Teacher Honoree, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors recognizing outstanding contributions to dance education. Courtesy photo
MOA News:
ESPAÑOLA — The good news continues for Moving Arts Española. Co-Founder and Creative Director Roger Montoya, a CNN Hero, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Dance Teacher Award, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors recognizing outstanding contributions to dance education.
Montoya and fellow Co-Founder Salvador Ruiz-Esquivel attended the awards Read More
Lawmakers, Land Grant And Acequia Leaders Announce Legislative Priorities For Upcoming Session
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Today, statewide land grant and acequia leaders joined the legislature’s interim Land Grant Committee to announce their shared legislative priorities for the upcoming session. In this final meeting of the interim committee, members officially endorsed three pieces of proposed legislation.
One proposal would improve the distribution process and adjust payout amounts within the Land Grant-Merced Assistance Fund, created in 2022. It also makes this a permanent fund, which retains allocated money for use the next year, rather than reverting it back to the state’s Read More
