Supreme Court Affirms Murder Conviction Of Albuquerque Man For Causing Death Of A Church Security Guard
NMSC News:
SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court Monday upheld an Albuquerque man’s first-degree murder conviction for the death of a church security guard who he hit with a pickup truck in the church’s parking lot.
In a unanimous opinion written by Justice C. Shannon Bacon, the Court rejected arguments by Marc Ward that there was not enough evidence to support his conviction and that the trial court wrongly denied a request to instruct the jury on the crime of involuntary manslaughter.
The justices also concluded there was no harm by the trial court’s decision to admit certain evidence by prosecutors Read More
New Mexico Angels Launches 2026 Cohort Of Angel Investing Education Program
NMA News:
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico Angels is excited to announce the 2026 Cohort of the New Angel Club, an interactive program designed to educate and engage new and seasoned investors in the world of Angel Investing. Now in its fifth year, this hands-on series will take place at 4 p.m. every Wednesday from April 8 through May 13, offering both virtual and in-person sessions in Albuquerque. In New Mexico, Angel investors help transform companies from proof of concept to commercialization, enabling them to secure additional funding and scale their businesses.
The New Angel Club welcomes private Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Researchers Explore Using Fiber-Optic Cables To Detect Moonquakes
Fiber-optic cables lie on the surface and beneath crushed basalt in an indoor lab at Los Alamos National Laboratory to determine whether they could be used on the surface of the moon to detect moonquakes. The crushed basalt simulates the lunar surface. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Two recent studies suggest that fiber-optic cables laid directly on the moon’s surface could potentially detect moonquakes, offering a simpler way to gather seismic data to support future human and robotic exploration.
“The moon has a lot of seismic activity, but deploying traditional seismic sensors like seismometers Read More
Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office Announces Candidates Qualified For June 2, 2026 Primary Election
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office has completed the candidate qualification process for the upcoming primary election to be held on Tuesday, June 2.
Candidates seeking placement on the primary election ballot were required to file the appropriate paperwork and meet all statutory requirements established by the State of New Mexico on March 10.
Following review and certification, the following candidates have qualified to appear on the ballot for Los Alamos County voters:
State Representative, District 43
- Christine Chandler, Democrat
Magistrate Judge
- Catherine E Taylor,
National Sunshine Week Runs March 15-21, 2026
The Document Divide: Why public record laws are failing average Americans, and what to do about it
By DAVID CUILLIER
Brechner Freedom of Information Project
Feb. 9, 2026
Freedom of information should be freedom of information for all.
It is not.
As we approach the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and celebrate national Sunshine Week March 15-21, we look back at the signing of the law by Lyndon B. Johnson on July 4, 1966: “I signed this measure with a deep sense of pride that the United States is an open society in which the people’s right to know is cherished and guarded.” Read More
Pluma Construction, ForeFront Power And Standard Solar Bring 48.4 MW Community Solar Portfolio To New Mexico
STATE News:
SANTA FE — NM-based Pluma Construction, ForeFront Power and Standard Solar, today announced an eight-project, 48.4 megawatt (MW) community solar portfolio across New Mexico that is expanding access to subscriber-based solar statewide. New Mexico’s Pluma Construction developed the projects with support from ForeFront Power. Standard Solar acquired the projects and will be the long-term owner and operator of the portfolio. Solstice is leading subscriptions and customer acquisition.
These projects are among the first community solar facilities to be delivered through Read More
Bregman: Use Oil & Gas Windfall From Trump’s Illegal War To Send Up To $500 To Every New Mexican
Sam Bregman
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Sam Bregman said today that the surge in oil and gas prices and the revenue generated to New Mexico’s state government coffers due to the ongoing Iran conflict presents a rare opportunity to directly help New Mexico families. He is proposing a plan to send reimbursements of up to $500 per family member to New Mexico families earning less than $200,000 per year, using the unexpected revenue windfall.
Global oil prices have surged since the outbreak of Donald Trump’s war in Iran, benefiting major energy-producing states Read More
New Mexico State Police Crime Reduction Operation Leads To Multiple Felony Arrests In San Juan County
NMSP News:
SAN JUAN COUNTY — Wednesday, March 11, the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Uniform Bureau partnered with the New Mexico Corrections Department’s Probation and Parole Division’s Security Threat Intelligence Unit (STIU) to conduct a coordinated crime reduction operation in San Juan County focused on locating and apprehending individuals who had absconded from probation and had active arrest warrants.
During the targeted enforcement effort, officers and agents worked together to locate individuals who had failed to comply with the terms of their probation and were actively Read More
Leger Fernández’s Small Cemetery Conveyance Act Passes In The House Of Representatives
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House unanimously passed Congresswoman Leger Fernández’s (NM-03) bill, H.R. 4284, the Small Cemetery Conveyance Act. The bill would remove long-standing federal obstacles for rural, Tribal, and land-grant communities to care for ancestral cemeteries located on National Forest lands.
For generations, families laid their loved ones to rest on lands consecrated long before those lands were claimed by the federal government. Too many communities must navigate costly, time-consuming bureaucratic processes simply to maintain the cemeteries Read More
Democracy On The Move: Wonders On Wheels Celebrates America’s 250th In New Mexico
Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum. Courtesy/NMDCA
NMDCA News:
SANTA FE — In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is traveling a new exhibit, “The Arts of Democracy in New Mexico” beginning this spring.
The all-ages exhibit on the Wonders on Wheels (WoW) RV, highlights ideals of freedom and self-government embedded in the Declaration and traces the development of those same ideals in New Mexico, showing how they have been expressed in art forms such Read More
