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Movie armorer in 'Rust' fatal shooting pleads not guilty to unrelated gun charge
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer in 2021 waived her arraignment in a separate case, pleading not guilty to a charge of carrying a gun into a Santa Fe bar. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had been set to appear...
Santa Fe voters approve tax on mansions as housing prices soar
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voters have approved a tax on mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in New Mexico's capital city of Santa Fe. Uncertified election results on Wednesday show that nearly three-fourths of ballots were cast in favor of the new tax on home sales of...
Santa Fe considers tax on mansions as housing prices soar
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voters are deciding whether to tax mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in a state capital city prized for its desert-mountain vistas, vibrant arts scene and stucco architecture rooted in Native American and Spanish-colonial tradition. The tax on...
New Mexico Better Newspaper Contest Winners
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Press Association recognized the best of New Mexico’s newspaper writing, photography and advertising at the Better Newspaper Contest Banquet on Saturday. The organization handed out awards to newspapers in four divisions: Weekly 2 - for...
Do manmade noise and light harm songbirds in New Mexico's oil fields? These researchers want to know
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A California research team is conducting a five-year ecological study of six songbird species in northwestern New Mexico oil fields to see how sensory intrusions affect the birds’ survival, reproduction and general health. The Santa Fe New Mexican says the...
New Mexico county official could face a recall over Spanish conquistador statue controversy
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico county official is the subject of a recall petition following controversy over a Spanish conquistador statue. The Santa Fe New Mexican said a county resident filed a complaint last week to begin the recall process, alleging Rio Arriba County...
Sunrise gatherings, dances and speeches mark celebration of culture on Indigenous Peoples Day
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Events across the country — including a sunrise gathering in Minneapolis, a statehouse rally in Maine, a celebratory march in Seattle and traditional dancing, music, and food in Alaska and Arizona — marked celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day. The...
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta brings colorful displays to the New Mexico sky
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has brought colorful displays to the New Mexico sky in an international event that attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators every year. The event started Saturday with a drone light show before sunrise followed by a mass ascension of...
New Mexico to pay $650K to settle whistleblower's lawsuit involving the state's child welfare agency
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department has reached a $650,000 settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by two former agency officials. The settlement was announced Tuesday, just weeks before the case was scheduled to go to trial in a...
Bill Clinton remembers Bill Richardson as skilled, informal US diplomat: 'The bad guys liked him'
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Bill Clinton paid homage at a funeral Mass Thursday to former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as a groundbreaking Latino politician and unorthodox master diplomat who could coax good things out of dictators and despots. Richardson served as the United States'...
