Santa Fe National Forest Rescinds Medio Fire Closure Order And Reopens Access To Popular Trails
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) rescinded the Medio Fire closure order, effective 8 a.m. Friday, March 14, 2025.
The closure area included all Forest Service lands, roads, and trails within an area that is roughly defined by Rio Nambe Trail #160 on the north, Borrego Trail #150 and Forest Road 412 on the east, Forest Road 102 on the south, and back up the forest boundary line on the west to meet Rio Nambe Trail #160.
The closure order was implemented after the Medio Fire in 2021 to protect public health and safety. While roads and trails in the area no longer fall under this Read More
Rural, Librarian Protection Bills In Limbo With Week Left
Rep. Kathleen Cates, D-Rio Rancho
By ESTEBAN CANDELARIA
The Santa Fe New Mexican
At the start of this year’s legislative session, lawmakers seemed eager to provide more protections for New Mexico’s librarians and ban, well, book bans.
House Bill 27 — a measure that would effectively bar libraries from banning books based on political objections to them or their authors — advanced relatively quickly during the first half of the session.
But after passing through two House committees, HB 27 has sat on the calendar of the state House since Feb. 18. With a week left in the session, Rep. Kathleen Cates, Read More
LAHA Teams Finish Season Strong In Colorado Tournaments
Team 1 players and coach at 8U Durango Jamboree, front row from left, Hunter Beddeson and Korbin Parton. Back row from left, Luka Henzl, Beckett Morrison, Coach Chris Jeffery, Lincoln Disterhaupt, Luke Miller, River Regis, James Mcatee, Owen Jeffery and Owen Keenan. Courtesy/LAHA
Team 2 players and coaches at 8U Pueblo Stampede Jamboree. Front row from left, Gurmukh Khalsa, Maxton Wooten, Amber Martinez, Edwin Smith, Eddie Artnak. Back row from left, Coach Joe Artnak, Ray Waters, Bella Villarreal, Coach Josh Mietz, Arthur Zerr, Teddy Jennings, Rosie Demas, Not pictured, Luke Mietz. Courtesy/LAHA Read More
FBI Marks 75th Year Of ‘Ten Most Wanted Fugitives’ List
FBI News;
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on March 14 marked the 75th anniversary of one of its most iconic crime-fighting tools, the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list.
“The Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is an invaluable investigative publicity tool the FBI has leveraged for 75 years to ensure the most odious criminals are brought to justice,” FBI Director Kash Patel said. “The capture rate of the subjects on the list demonstrates the enormous assistance the public provides as well as the FBI’s unwavering commitment to apprehending these criminals. The Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Read More
Legislative Roundup: 8 Days Remaining In Session
The Santa Fe New Mexican Staff:
Governor begins filling out WNMU board: Some two months after all but one of Western New Mexico University’s regents stepped down amid a scandal over allegations of improper spending at the school, the state Senate voted unanimously to confirm a former one of its own to the board: Steven Neville.
Neville, a Republican from Aztec who served in the Senate from 2005 to 2024, was the first confiree of four people Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed to the board on Thursday. The appointments came amid calls from lawmakers for her to hasten her selection of new regents Read More
Op-Ed: Yet Another Misguided Gun Ban – SB 279
Figure: All of these AR-15 variants would remain unaffected, but others would be subject to retroactive registration requirements that could make you a felon if you did it wrong.Courtesy/Michael Ham
By MICHAEL HAM
Los Alamos
As a New Mexican who generally votes Democratic for their economic and personal freedom agenda, I dread the repeated efforts by some of the party’s legislators to criminalize law-abiding gun owners—not for any wrongdoing, but simply by changing the law. SB 279 is the latest misguided attempt, transforming legal gun ownership into a crime through technicalities riddled Read More
U.S. Attorney’s Office And FBI Announce Five-Count Indictment In Violent Crime Spree On Navajo Nation
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against Rydell Happy for his alleged involvement in a violent crime spree April 24, 2024. Happy, who was already in custody awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge, now faces charges for first degree murder, two counts of using and carrying a firearm during and relation to a crime of violence and discharging said firearm, assault with a dangerous weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
According to court documents, April 24, 2024, Happy, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, Read More
Bills To Make Safe Surrenders Of Babies Anonymous Sink In Committee
Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Post file photo
By Esteban Candelaria
The Santa Fe New Mexican
Thirty-one babies across the country were abandoned in dumpsters, backpacks and other dangerous locations in 2021, according to the nonprofit National Safe Haven Alliance. Twenty-two of them were found dead.
Allowing parents who feel incapable of caring for their newborns to safely and confidentially give up their children in safe, temperature-controlled containers known as “baby boxes” was at the heart of two bills taken up by the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
But amid concerns Read More
House Passes Bill To Regulate Hemp-Derived Products With Strong Bipartisan Support
NMDP News:
SANTA FE — Thursday, the House of Representatives voted 54-7 to advance House Bill 346, which would improve regulation of the sale of hemp products, including synthetic cannabinoids like “Delta-8,” in the state of New Mexico.
While the cannabis industry is already well regulated in the state, House Bill 345 closes a loophole that leaves similar cannabinoid and hemp-derived products without proper oversight and consumer safety regulations. This bill would task the The Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) with establishing rules for the manufacturing, sale, and distribution Read More
NMAA Announces Hall Of Fame Class Of 2025
NMAA News:
The New Mexico Activities Association, in conjunction with the NMAA Hall of Fame Committee, announces the Class of 2025 for induction into the NMAA Hall of Fame.
The three inductees are Paul Benoit, Bill Green, and Dickie Roybal. The NMAA Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at a banquet during the New Mexico High School Sports Summer Conference, to be held the evening of July 19 at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Paul Benoit – Floyd Municipal Schools
Paul Benoit is the 117th inductee into the NMAA Hall of Fame, with a career in education, coaching and administration that Read More
