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New Mexico Forestry Division Wildfire Notification: Perch Fire Burning In Guadalupe County

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Fire and Smoke Map in New Mexico. Courtesy/AirNow

New Mexico Forestry Division News:

The New Mexico Forestry Division would like to inform readers about a wildfire that is requiring the attention of suppression resources in New Mexico. Resources are on scene at the Perch Fire southeast of Santa Rosa near Perch Lake.

The fire was discovered at 12:50 p.m. today, March 30, and is active and making runs in grass and brush fuels. Spot fires crossed over N.M. 91 and the fire is making an eastern push. Structures are threatened, including the Santa Rosa Airport. “GO” status evacuations are in place for Read More

Robinson: Lawmaker Wants His Secession Threat To Open Dialogue

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services

Texas has always wanted more of New Mexico.

Before New Mexico could join the United States as a territory, Congress had to settle a boundary dispute. Texas claimed all of New Mexico east of the Rio Grande, even though it had never fought for or held any of it. In the historic Compromise of 1850, Congress placed the New Mexico-Texas boundary along the 103rd meridian and agreed to pay Texas $10 million for its “loss.”

Then in 1859 a surveying mistake gave Texas a 310-mile strip, 601,152 acres, that belonged to New Mexico. When the mistake Read More

National Voice For Voting Rights Stacey Abrams Endorses Deb Haaland For New Mexico Governor

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Stacey Abrams, left, has announced her support of Deb Haaland for governor. Courtesy photo

From the Deb Haaland for Governor Campaign:

ALBUQUERQUE — Today, national leader and change-maker Stacey Abrams, announced her support of Deb Haaland for governor. Abrams is the first Black woman to win a major party’s nomination for governor in the country, and she has devoted her career to protecting voting rights and protecting our nation’s families.

“We have to elect people who believe in people, not power and who believe in the future and not the past. We also need leaders who are not afraid to stand Read More

FBI: Zuni Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Firing Shotgun At Occupied Vehicle

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A Zuni man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for federal firearms offenses after he fired a shotgun at an occupied vehicle parked outside of a home on the Zuni Pueblo.

There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, on the evening of Feb. 2, 2025, Cody Laweka, 35, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Zuni, drove with another person to a home on the Pueblo of Zuni. The person with whom Laweka drove had a shotgun in his truck bed. On the way to this residence, Laweka asked to use that shotgun. When Laweka arrived at the residence, he exited the truck with the shotgun Read More

New Mexico Historic Sites: Have A Wooly Good Time This Spring At Two Sheep Shearing And Fiber Festivals

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Courtesy/New Mexico Historic Sites

New Mexico Historic Sites News:

Alcalde and Fort Sumner – Two sheep shearing and fiber community events bring family-friendly fun this spring to New Mexico Historic Sites. On Sunday, April 12, Los Luceros Historic Site in Alcalde is hosting its annual Sheep Shearing Day, and on Saturday, May 2, Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site is hosting its annual Fiber Fair.

These two events are a great opportunity to see both sites’ flock of Navajo-Churro sheep up close and learn how their wool is removed, processed, and turned into fiber art. Events Read More

NMAA Announces Eldorado Student Jackson Simpkins Named NFHS Section 6 Heart Of The Arts Award Winner

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Jackson Simpkins

NMAA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) is proud to announce that Eldorado High School student Jackson Simpkins has been named a National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) Heart of the Arts Award winner for Section 6.

Simpkins is being honored for demonstrating extraordinary resilience and passion for music in the face of a life-changing diagnosis.

After being diagnosed with Functional Neurologic Disorder, Simpkins lost mobility and began using a wheelchair. Rather than stepping away from school activities, he remained fully engaged. Read More

Op-Ed: Ethical Rules Apply To Judges And Judicial Candidates In New Mexico

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By Karl Reifsteck
Director
Administrative Office of the Courts 

The founders of our nation viewed a fair, impartial, and independent judiciary as a cornerstone for the government they envisioned 250 years ago when breaking free from the British monarchy. The founders wanted judges who followed the rule of law rather than the King’s commands.

Under our nation’s foundational principles, judges today decide legal disputes based on the law and the facts of a case. In doing that, judges must set aside their personal views and remain unwaveringly focused on the law. The requirement for fairness Read More

FBI: Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Felon In Possession Of Firearms

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A Las Cruces man pleaded guilty to federal drug and firearm offenses after agents recovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, and firearms during a search of his residence.

According to court documents, on April 3, 2024, FBI and Metro Narcotics Task Force agents executed a search warrant at the residence of Enrique Alan Ramirez, 46, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. During the search, agents recovered four firearms and over 68 grams of methamphetamine and over 55 grams of fentanyl. Ramirez, who has a prior felony conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: March 30, 2026 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The State Game and Fish Department was stocking trout all across the state last week. The Winter Stocking Program in Southern New Mexico is still being done and more locations in Northern New Mexico are being stocked now.  The Winter Stocking will end in March. 

The Department stocked a total of 33,520 rainbow trout weighing 14,054 pounds.  

It looks like there will be one of the weakest spring runoffs in memory this year. The snowpack is already disappearing, and the weather has been unseasonably warm and dry. This is reflected in streamflow Read More

Luján, Murkowski, Schatz Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation To Expand And Modernize Native Housing Programs

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026 (NAHASDA Modernization Act), comprehensive legislation to reauthorize and modernize federal housing programs serving American Indians, Alaska Natives, Read More