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The county's Sustainable Land Development Code hearing officer considered Verizon's application Thursday to construct a ...
01/09/2026

The county's Sustainable Land Development Code hearing officer considered Verizon's application Thursday to construct a 65-foot cellphone tower at 101 Via Casa Colorada near San Pedro, a small community near Golden in the Turquoise Trail corridor.

Rural Santa Fe County could get another cell tower if one Verizon is proposing near San Pedro is approved.

With snow expected throughout the day Friday, officials at Ski Santa Fe are opening several intermediate and advanced tr...
01/09/2026

With snow expected throughout the day Friday, officials at Ski Santa Fe are opening several intermediate and advanced trails on the upper mountain.

Several new intermediate and advanced runs on the upper mountain will open Friday at Ski Santa Fe.

RINGSIDE SEAT: One of my old newspapers is about to die at age 240. It hurts.
01/09/2026

RINGSIDE SEAT: One of my old newspapers is about to die at age 240. It hurts.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will fade away after 240 years on the job, a loss for a region and for democracy.

For more than a year of Santa Fe school board meetings, Capital High teacher Geron Spray has come before education offic...
01/09/2026

For more than a year of Santa Fe school board meetings, Capital High teacher Geron Spray has come before education officials to air one consistent complaint about his job: cellphones.

As schools nationwide revise in-school cellphone rules, New Mexico districts have experimented with a mix of approaches.

A nearby stretch of St. Francis Drive was closed for several hours Thursday afternoon, forcing people trying to enter to...
01/09/2026

A nearby stretch of St. Francis Drive was closed for several hours Thursday afternoon, forcing people trying to enter town from or leave to the north to find other routes as worried residents west of the thoroughfare spent the afternoon inside under police order.

Part of St. Francis Drive was closed in the area for several hours as residents west of the road spent the afternoon inside under police order.

Santa Fe Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay Friday "out of an abundance of caution," citing forecasts calli...
01/09/2026

Santa Fe Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay Friday "out of an abundance of caution," citing forecasts calling for icy roads and 3 to 5 inches of snow.

"Please ensure your student(s) are kept from being dropped off before the delayed start, as staff will NOT be on campus," the district said.

New Mexico's anti-litter campaign resulted in thousands of volunteers removing over 10.5 million pounds of trash across ...
01/09/2026

New Mexico's anti-litter campaign resulted in thousands of volunteers removing over 10.5 million pounds of trash across the state in 2025, the Governor's Office said Thursday.

“New Mexicans showed up — more than 19,000 volunteers rolled up their sleeves and cleaned up their communities,” the governor said.

Update: The closure of St. Francis Drive between N.M. 599 and Alamo Drive has been lifted, Santa Fe public safety offici...
01/08/2026

Update: The closure of St. Francis Drive between N.M. 599 and Alamo Drive has been lifted, Santa Fe public safety officials said in a text message a little before 4:45 p.m.

In a text earlier Thursday police said they were responding to an "active incident on Calle Mejia" and said to avoid the area.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed former Lincoln County Commissioner Rex Wilson, a rancher and hospital administ...
01/08/2026

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed former Lincoln County Commissioner Rex Wilson, a rancher and hospital administrator, to fill a vacancy created with the resignation of freshman Sen. Nicholas Paul, an Alamogordo Republican.

Rex Wilson previously served two terms as a Lincoln County commissioner and spent 18 years as a health care administrator.

Santa Fe police have closed all lanes of St. Francis Drive between N.M. 599 and Alamo Drive and are warning nearby resid...
01/08/2026

Santa Fe police have closed all lanes of St. Francis Drive between N.M. 599 and Alamo Drive and are warning nearby residents to shelter indoors as officers investigate a report of "an armed person who discharged a firearm" in the area of the Santa Fe Spa.

In a text police said they were responding to an "active incident on Calle Mejia" and told people to avoid the area.

OUR VIEW: The sad saga of Richards Avenue, with its less-than-stellar paving job, is a reminder to all governments — loc...
01/08/2026

OUR VIEW: The sad saga of Richards Avenue, with its less-than-stellar paving job, is a reminder to all governments — local, state or federal — to focus on doing basic services right.

The sad saga of Richards Avenue, with its less-than-stellar paving job, is a reminder to all governments — local, state or federal — to focus on doing basic services right.

Earth, Wind, and Fire: Put your skills to the test for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's fish art contest. Op...
01/08/2026

Earth, Wind, and Fire: Put your skills to the test for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's fish art contest. Open to students from kindergarten to 12th grade, the youth art contest is open to works featuring fish found in New Mexico.

Put your skills to the test for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's fish art contest.

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