Laguna Wildfire Burns 2,700 Acres, 15 Percent Contained
View on Saturday of the Laguna Wildfire. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
Crews are continuing firing operations on the east side of the Laguna Wildfire, working west to FR 169, in the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF).
To conduct a firing operation, firefighters cut away vegetation to make a line of bare soil ahead of a fire and then, using aerial and hand ignitions, burn the vegetation between that line and the actively burning fire front.
Aerial ignition will continue to be used to reduce fire intensity and to minimize firefighter exposure to ground hazards. Control lines Read More
Award-winning Book Artist And Palace Press Curator Explores Artist Books And Historic Letterpress
Courtesy/Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder
Museum News:
The community is invited to join Palace Press Curator Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder for an artist talk and tour of the Palace Press at New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe.
What: Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder is an award-winning book artist and the new curator of the Palace Press. This hybrid artist talk, and Press tour will include an introduction of Schroeder’s artist books and fine press projects followed by a presentation about the new evolving plans for the Palace Press.
Guests will be able to view limited-edition books and prints and take a tour of Read More
New Mexico Launches ‘NM 1776’ To Commemorate 250 Years Of American Independence
Courtesy/NM Dept.Cultural Affairs
STATE News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Semi-Quincentennial Commission has announced the official launch of “NM 1776”, a statewide initiative to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States of America.
This unique commemoration will connect a national moment to New Mexico’s rich history, encouraging an exploration of the core principles of democracy in today’s world through a uniquely New Mexican lens.
The New Mexico Semi-Quincentennial Commission, created by Senate Bill Read More
FBI: Brothers Sentenced For Violent Assault And Firearm Confrontation On Navajo Nation
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Two brothers from Fruitland, New Mexico were sentenced for their roles in a violent assault and subsequent confrontation with law enforcement on the Navajo Nation.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court records, March 23, 2024, Justin Tso, 38, and his brother Walliford Tso, 37, enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, went to the residence of John Doe, where Doe lived with his girlfriend and her son. As the brothers were departing the home, Justin took a machete without permission and walked away. John Doe armed himself with an axe and demanded the return Read More
SFNF: Laguna Wildfire Update For Saturday July 5
Scene Friday of the lightning-caused Laguna Wildfire burning in the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, 8 miles north of N.M. 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Courtesy/SFNF
Scene Friday of the lightning-caused Laguna Wildfire burning in the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, 8 miles north of N.M. 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
Located in the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), 8 miles north of N.M. 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness, the lightning-caused Read More
New Mexico Supreme Court Narrows Who Can Be Added As Parties To Abuse And Neglect Cases
COURT News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court provided guidance July 3 to district courts that limits who can be added as a party to an abuse and neglect case.
In a unanimous opinion, the Court narrowed the scope of a procedural rule that allowed children’s courts to bring “any other person” into an abuse and neglect case as a party to the legal proceeding — a process known as joinder.
Under the rule, the parties in an abuse and neglect proceeding are the allegedly abused or neglected child, the child’s parent or guardian, the Children, Youth and Families Department, which operates the state’s Read More
New Mexico Archaeology Bringing Hands-on Experience In History Across State Including White Rock Branch Library
NMDCA News:
New Mexico Archaeology is on the road, bringing hands-on experience in history to hometowns across the state, including at the White Rock Branch Library.
They will have one of three programs at each library: either a rock art lesson and make-your-own-petroglyph activity, a lesson on Native American ceramics with a paint-a-replica-potsherd activity, or a lesson on archaeology and New Mexico history.
Schedule:
- July 8, Carlsbad Library, 3-4 p.m., visitors will create their own petroglyphs on sand boards.
- July 9, Hobbs Library, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., visitors will create their
Op-Ed: A Poem For The Times
By REBECCA SHANKLAND
Los Alamos
2025 Version of “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor”
[original on the Statue of Liberty by Emma Lazarus]
Give me your rich, your white
Your upper classes taxed for their great wealth
Your moneyed techies full of snobbish spite
Send these, the wealthy upper crust in stealth
Their visas get them in the golden door. Read More
‘The Best Fourth Of July Speech In American History’ … Was Delivered On The Fifth Of July
This Fourth of July—and fifth!—remember Frederick Douglass’ cry for freedom. Courtesy/Everett Historical/Shutterstock
By James West Davidson
slate.com
In the wake of the 2015 Charleston shooting, James West Davidson revisited the meaning of patriotic Fourth of July speeches and their purpose. The best, he argues, was given by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852. The original article is reprinted below.
The most remarkable Independence Day oration in American history was not given on the Fourth of July. And it is little remembered today. But it deserves to be, especially given the searing Read More
Heinrich Addresses Independence Day 2025
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement to mark the celebration of Independence Day on the Fourth of July:
“America was founded on the fundamental principle of freedom. Generations of brave Americans have committed their lives to building our country and securing freedoms for our nation, even as the idea of that nation has changed, grown, and expanded over time.
“Making and remaking America is a project that we each inherit. Some chapters of our history show that we can step forward, like when we stormed the beaches at Normandy, Read More
