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Deb Haaland Issues Statement On Protecting New Mexicans From Potential ICE Violence, Ensuring Local Law Enforcement Can Focus On Protecting Against Violent Crime

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Deb Haaland

From the Deb Haaland for Governor Campaign:

ALBUQUERQUE – Deb Haaland released the following statement to protect New Mexicans following ICE shooting an unarmed civilian in Minnesota:

“The violence over the last few days due to ICE only adds to the fear that communities have experienced since President Trump entered the White House. A woman is dead, a 6-year-old and his siblings are without a mom on top of the thousands of children who have lost their parents during these dark days in our country. This overreach isn’t isolated – it happened in Portland just yesterday and in black and Read More

Heinrich Announces 2025 Nominees To The United States Service Academies

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced his nominees to the United States Service Academies. A nomination is required to attend the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; the U.S. Coast Guard Academy does not require a nomination. Being nominated is a significant honor. The application process is rigorous, and only the most qualified and meritorious candidates receive a nomination.

“Our nation’s service academies offer Read More

Americana At 250 Ponders Who We Are As New Mexicans On America’s Birthday

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Delbert Buck, Figure, about 2000. Collection of the Museum of International Folk Art, gift of Earnest J. and Edith M. Schwartz, A. 2010.99.2. Courtesy photo

NMDCA News:

SANTA FE — In honor of America’s 250th birthday, the New Mexico History Museum is celebrating with a special exhibit, “Americana at 250: Eagles, Flags, and Uncle Sam,” opening Feb. 20, 2026. The exhibit will showcase symbols of Americana that evoke national identity and pride, such as eagles, flags, and Uncle Sam.

While New Mexico was far from statehood when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, the Read More

Robinson: Could Rural Postal Service Be On The Chopping Block?

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
©2025 New Mexico News Services

What do these New Mexico communities have in common: Dulce, Gamerco, High Rolls, Hope, Lakewood, Medanales, Monument, Petaca, San Patricio, Sunspot, Timberon, Tinnie, Whites City, and Yatahey?

They’re all rural, and they (still) have post offices.

The U.S. Postal Service is facing some big changes. Even though we all just stood in lines to mail packages, our usage has declined. The internet has taken a bite out of the USPS, and yet people, especially in rural areas, still depend on it. In New Mexico one in four people live in rural Read More

Los Alamos High School Graduates Reuben Goettee & Samantha Grow Perform In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Los Alamos High School 2022 graduates and Northern Arizona University students Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow perform in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

While many Americans could be found seated around the dinner table Thanksgiving Day, two Los Alamos High School graduates – Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow – found themselves on national television in front of millions of viewers.

Goettee and Grow are members of the Northern Arizona University marching band, which earned Read More

Posts From The Road: 2025 Year In Review Part 2

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Sheep Creek Bay: Sheep Creek is one of many contributors to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Seen is Sheep Creek Bay, framed nicely by the red cliffs and hills, which is a part of the large and long reservoir. This is near Wyoming and it is easy to visualize how the reservoir is opening up and becoming wider as it exits the deep canyons to the southern part of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Viewpoint: A group of hikers stop at a viewpoint near the Canyon Rim Campground to view the river and canyon below. The viewpoint is near the Red Canyon Visitor Center. The river is hundreds Read More

Fr. Glenn: Overlap

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well … it’s been quite the “interesting” start to the new year, hasn’t it?

New York City has its first Muslim socialist mayor; that will definitely be “interesting” in the financial capital of the world. I, like many, find it hard to believe that, with the tragic history of socialism throughout the world, people are still swayed by its siren song. “Equity” sounds good, but that necessarily presumes equity in effort, ability, etc., which does not happen in practice. If I work harder to produce/earn more, it’s taken from me to give to someone who does not. So why work hard, or at all? Read More

Jan & Jas. Mercer-Smith Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary

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Jan and Jas. Mercer-Smith of Los Alamos celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Getty Museum with their daughter, Dr. Alison Mercer-Smith, and her husband, Joe Gu. The Mercer-Smiths met while summer undergraduate researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1973, and were married in Longview, Texas on Dec. 27, 1975. They lived in separate states during graduate school (UNC-Chapel Hill and Yale) and post-doctoral appointments (Rockefeller University and Harvard). After their experience at Oak Ridge, they had always hoped to work at a National Laboratory. And in 1983, they Read More

Republican Party Of New Mexico Chairwoman Amy Barela On Capture Of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro

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RPNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Republican Party Of New Mexico (RPNM) Chairwoman Amy Barela’s statement on the unprecedented capture of Nicolás Maduro:

“No other military in the world could have successfully pulled this mission off. Not one. Right now, celebrations are underway in Venezuela and Venezuelan communities across South Florida and the rest of America. It is abundantly clear that, because of President Trump’s actions, the world is a much safer place with the capture of illegitimate President Nicolás Maduro. Democrats like Gabe Vasquez and Melanie Stansbury who are criticizing President Read More

Update: New Mexico ECECD Actively Seeking Information On New Directive Regarding Federal Child Care Funding

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ECECD News:

The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) is actively seeking more information about the new federal directive announced by the Trump administration on New Year’s Eve regarding federal child care funding.

ECECD has not received any formal notification of changes to federal child care funding.

Currently, there are no disruptions to payments for providers that accept child care financial assistance in New Mexico.

ECECD will continue to share updates when information becomes available.

ECECD is confident in New Mexico’s systems for monitoring Read More