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The top energy official in Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's administration abruptly stepped down Friday. Here's what to know.
Top New Mexico energy official to step down from cabinet-level post
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December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The top energy official in Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's administration abruptly stepped down Friday. Here's what to know.
The Winter Spanish Market will be back at the Santa Fe Community Center on Saturday, Dec. 6, and Sunday, Dec. 7, with 50 juried adult artists and 10 youth artists.
Find out more about the 2025 Winter Spanish Market
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December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Winter Spanish Market will be back at the Santa Fe Community Center on Saturday, Dec. 6, and Sunday, Dec. 7, with 50 juried adult artists and 10 youth artists.
Stick yourself to a seat and not a frozen pole at “A Christmas Story: The Musical,” opening Friday, Dec. 5, at the Albuquerque Little Theatre.
Holiday classic 'A Christmas Story: The Musical' comes to Albuquerque Little Theatre
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December 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Stick yourself to a seat and not a frozen pole at “A Christmas Story: The Musical,” opening Friday, Dec. 5, at the Albuquerque Little Theatre.
The votes are in and the young actors at Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company elected “Descendants: The Musical” as the last show for the season.
Cardboard Playhouse closes out season with 'Descendants: The Musical'
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December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The votes are in and the young actors at Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company elected “Descendants: The Musical” as the last show for the season.
Opera Southwest is premiering a new opera, “The Farolitos of Christmas,” based on the celebrated New Mexican author Rudolfo Anaya’s children’s book of the same name. Opening at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Sunday, Dec. 7.
Kid-friendly opera ‘The Farolitos of Christmas’ premieres at NHCC
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December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Opera Southwest is premiering a new opera, “The Farolitos of Christmas,” based on the celebrated New Mexican author Rudolfo Anaya’s children’s book of the same name. Opening at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Sunday, Dec. 7.
Here are the latest restaurant inspections.
Cockroach found on rehabilitation center employee’s leg shuts facility down
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December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here are the latest restaurant inspections.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office devised a sting operation at the Santa Fe County jail this summer that resulted in charges against 10 detainees and non-detainees accused of smuggling Suboxone into the facility, according to court records.
Sting operation snares 10 in Santa Fe County jail drug smuggling ring
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December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office devised a sting operation at the Santa Fe County jail this summer that resulted in charges against 10 detainees and non-detainees accused of smuggling Suboxone into the facility, according to court records.
The city of Albuquerque will be updating nine of its bus routes this month as part of a 16-phase plan — increasing or decreasing frequency and adding or removing routes, among other changes.
City of Albuquerque makes changes to several ABQ Ride bus routes
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December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The city of Albuquerque will be updating nine of its bus routes this month as part of a 16-phase plan — increasing or decreasing frequency and adding or removing routes, among other changes.
Southern New Mexico's largest food pantry, operating locations in Las Cruces and Hatch, is keeping up with a growing need for its service. This week, it announced the arrival of some financial help.
After shutdown disrupted SNAP, donors help Las Cruces food pantry
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December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Southern New Mexico's largest food pantry, operating locations in Las Cruces and Hatch, is keeping up with a growing need for its service. This week, it announced the arrival of some financial help.
Los Alamos National Laboratory will be getting new supercomputers, making more plutonium pits and will play a role in pushing forward artificial intelligence development, the lab director shared during his annual state of the lab town hall Wednesday.
Three takeaways from the Los Alamos National Laboratory 'State of Lab'
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December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Los Alamos National Laboratory will be getting new supercomputers, making more plutonium pits and will play a role in pushing forward artificial intelligence development, the lab director shared during his annual state of the lab town hall Wednesday.
The 8,700-square-home features four bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an outdoor pool and hot tub, and a movie theater room with a custom starry night ceiling.
Albuquerque home owned by Olympians on the market for $3.8 million
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December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The 8,700-square-home features four bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an outdoor pool and hot tub, and a movie theater room with a custom starry night ceiling.
Two New Mexico Democratic lawmakers say they plan to push for legislation increasing oversight of firearm dealers in the state, after a national group released a report that found most guns used in crimes were originally purchased from in-state sellers.
Democrats plan push to increase oversight of New Mexico firearms dealers
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December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Two New Mexico Democratic lawmakers say they plan to push for legislation increasing oversight of firearm dealers in the state, after a national group released a report that found most guns used in crimes were originally purchased from in-state sellers.
New Mexicans may be trading knitted sweaters and turkey dinners for winter coats and hot chocolate after a winter storm blanketed much of the Land of Enchantment with snow early Thursday morning.
Here we snow again: Winter storm brings lower temperatures and snowfall throughout New Mexico
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December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New Mexicans may be trading knitted sweaters and turkey dinners for winter coats and hot chocolate after a winter storm blanketed much of the Land of Enchantment with snow early Thursday morning.
Saturday, as the Lobos host a Santa Clara team that is the highest-ranked, non-conference opponent that any Mountain West school has scheduled at home this season, UNM is hoping Pit Magic finds its way back home.
Lobos hoping, asking for big crowd for Saturday's game in the Pit
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December 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Saturday, as the Lobos host a Santa Clara team that is the highest-ranked, non-conference opponent that any Mountain West school has scheduled at home this season, UNM is hoping Pit Magic finds its way back home.
The reclassification for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years, which was voted on and confirmed Thursday morning by the NMAA, features some major alterations, particularly in football.
Get ready for sweeping changes in prep football
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December 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The reclassification for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years, which was voted on and confirmed Thursday morning by the NMAA, features some major alterations, particularly in football.
There was other news, besides reclassification, to come out of Thursday’s New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors meeting. Here are just a few items.
'How do we become better partners?' UNM athletics director addresses NMAA board
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December 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
There was other news, besides reclassification, to come out of Thursday’s New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors meeting. Here are just a few items.
The U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a civil settlement with a Santa Teresa business owner over alleged violations of controlled substance recordkeeping requirements.
Santa Teresa spa settles controlled substance civil claims
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December 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a civil settlement with a Santa Teresa business owner over alleged violations of controlled substance recordkeeping requirements.
Harmful algal blooms are no longer a worry for the winter at five New Mexico lakes.
The New Mexico Environment Department issued health advisories in September and October because of harmful algal blooms at five lakes in northern New Mexico.
The New Mexico Environment Department issued health advisories in September and October because of harmful algal blooms at five lakes in northern New Mexico.
Algae bloom warnings lifted for five New Mexico lakes
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December 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Harmful algal blooms are no longer a worry for the winter at five New Mexico lakes.
The New Mexico Environment Department issued health advisories in September and October because of harmful algal blooms at five lakes in northern New Mexico.
The New Mexico Environment Department issued health advisories in September and October because of harmful algal blooms at five lakes in northern New Mexico.
The search for a missing elderly couple from Texas has come to an end after the two were found dead in eastern New Mexico on Tuesday.
Missing elderly couple found dead outside of Tucumcari
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December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The search for a missing elderly couple from Texas has come to an end after the two were found dead in eastern New Mexico on Tuesday.
Authorities have identified the person whose remains were found near train tracks in Artesia in late September as a homeless man who was last seen three years ago.
Human remains in Artesia identified by police
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December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Authorities have identified the person whose remains were found near train tracks in Artesia in late September as a homeless man who was last seen three years ago.
Tyler Leveque, 38, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for using social media platforms to threaten to kill the president, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Mexico. In September, Leveque pleaded guilty to the crime.
Albuquerque man to spend nearly one year in prison for threatening President Trump
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December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Tyler Leveque, 38, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for using social media platforms to threaten to kill the president, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Mexico. In September, Leveque pleaded guilty to the crime.
Albuquerque residents piled into the Ken Sanchez Commission Chambers on Wednesday, determined to kill a substation project the Bernalillo County Planning Commission was hearing.
But after hours of objection, the commission unanimously approved the special use permit and sector plan amendment.
But after hours of objection, the commission unanimously approved the special use permit and sector plan amendment.
BernCo Planning Commission approves substation permit in Northeast Heights amid public outcry
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December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Albuquerque residents piled into the Ken Sanchez Commission Chambers on Wednesday, determined to kill a substation project the Bernalillo County Planning Commission was hearing.
But after hours of objection, the commission unanimously approved the special use permit and sector plan amendment.
But after hours of objection, the commission unanimously approved the special use permit and sector plan amendment.
Health officials are urging New Mexicans to get vaccinated for seasonal respiratory illness ahead of the winter holidays, but only a small minority are getting the message, judging from state vaccination data.
New Mexicans face holidays with low flu, COVID vaccination rates
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December 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Health officials are urging New Mexicans to get vaccinated for seasonal respiratory illness ahead of the winter holidays, but only a small minority are getting the message, judging from state vaccination data.
Less than halfway into the fiscal year, the city of Las Cruces has put the brakes on spending, with City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau admitting that the city’s general fund balance had been “overstated.”
Las Cruces slows spending due to budget 'math problem'
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December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Less than halfway into the fiscal year, the city of Las Cruces has put the brakes on spending, with City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau admitting that the city’s general fund balance had been “overstated.”
New Mexico is bracing for a showdown with President Donald Trump’s administration over the federal government’s threat to withhold food assistance funding if the state doesn’t turn over personal information about recipients.
New Mexico plans to challenge Trump administration request for personal SNAP data
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December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New Mexico is bracing for a showdown with President Donald Trump’s administration over the federal government’s threat to withhold food assistance funding if the state doesn’t turn over personal information about recipients.