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Committee nominates 9 candidates for PRC

On Friday, the PRC's nominating committee voted to nominate nine candidates to the commission, coming from backgrounds in regulation, law and the energy sector.

Game Commission cancels meeting on land sale to city

Prison firearms training leads school to shelter in place

Lujan Grisham travels out of state again

David Vincent named Santa Fe High principal

SPORTS

Bobby Rodriguez Capital City Tournament — Boys
St. Michael's reaches title game with 46-44 win over Valley

Former tenants of condemned apartment complex in Española struggle to find new housing

Many who were forced to move out have been living in motels.

Santa Fe students hope to raise awareness of gun violence

Middle and high schools across Santa Fe honor Gun Violence Prevention Week this week.

Judge restricts calls between accused killer and her mother

Kiara McCulley, 19, is accused of killing a young Santa Fe woman in October with a sword.

Farolito or luminaria?

Luminarias or farolitos? When and where the practice started is unclear, like much of New Mexican culture. But there are clues.

10 who made a difference

Karen Velarde Lashley: Going the distance for girls

The environmental scientist has spent the last 16 years coaching girls at Piñon Elementary School through Girls on the Run Santa Fe, part of a national nonprofit.

For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor, reflect

Glowing lava from the world’s largest volcano is a sight to behold, but for many Native Hawaiians, Mauna Loa’s eruption is a time to pray, make offerings and honor both the natural and spiritual worlds.

Santa Fe students hope to raise awareness of gun violence

By Margaret O’Hara mohara@sfnewmexican.com
Updated 6 hrs ago

Middle and high schools across Santa Fe honor Gun Violence Prevention Week this week.

Game Commission cancels meeting on land sale to city

The New Mexican
Updated 7 hrs ago

The State Game Commission, which had planned to vote on a land sale necessary for the proposed Richards Avenue extension in Santa Fe, canceled its Friday meeting because it lacked a quorum.

Judge restricts calls between accused killer and her mother

By Phaedra Haywood phaywood@sfnewmexican.com
Updated 6 hrs ago

Kiara McCulley, 19, is accused of killing a young Santa Fe woman in October with a sword.

Farolito or luminaria?

By Rob Martinez
Updated 6 hrs ago

Luminarias or farolitos? When and where the practice started is unclear, like much of New Mexican culture. But there are clues.

Prison firearms training leads school to shelter in place

By Nathan Lederman nlederman@sfnewmexican.com
Updated 10 hrs ago

Turquoise Trail Charter Elementary School issued a shelter-in-place order Friday morning after a teacher reported hearing gunshots.

Lujan Grisham travels out of state again

By Daniel J. Chacón dchacon@sfnewmexican.com
Updated 10 hrs ago

Less than two weeks after returning from Egypt, the governor set out Friday for a three-city trip, beginning with a stay in New Orleans for a meeting of the Democratic Governors Association.

David Vincent named Santa Fe High principal

By Margaret O’Hara mohara@sfnewmexican.com
Updated 6 hrs ago

Vincent has been serving as the school's interim directing principal since Renee Salazar-Garcia's resignation in November.

Empty Stocking Fund, Dec. 3, 2022

The New Mexican
Updated 13 hrs ago

The Empty Stocking Fund is a 41-year-old project of The New Mexican. Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills, utility costs, car repairs, home improvements and other needs.

Pasatiempo

Hometown superstar

New Mexico: Mars on Earth

Review

Why make it at home?

Random Acts

Darkly surreal

The season's buzziest films

Sports

Bobby Rodriguez Capital City Tournament — Boys

St. Michael's reaches title game with 46-44 win over Valley

Commentary

Aggies in New Mexico Bowl could save state's football pride

Bobby Rodriguez Capital City Tournament — Girls

Lady Sundevils show promise in 64-47 loss to Cleveland

Prep roundup

Lady Braves roll to Gallegos title game with 42-15 rout of Phoenix

Pac-12 Championship

No. 4 USC stomped by No. 12 Utah, damaging playoff hopes

Business

A first for surge of Santa Fe apartment projects: Affordable housing

Big 5 Sporting Goods expects to reopen in Santa Fe soon after weekend fire

Condos proposed for land at Paseo de Peralta near Bishop's Lodge Road

Lonely Planet picks New Mexico as one of 30 places to inspire

Rock Paper Scissor salon closes in DeVargas Center

Santa Fe hotels report post-pandemic boom

Adventure

Much of lower Rio en Medio Trail gone after summer flooding

Commentary

Catching canyon fever in southeast Utah

Temporary trail signs installed in Pecos Wilderness to try to prevent lost hikers

Reflecting on the treasure of Rio Grande cutthroat trout

The ever-changing landscape of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Nation & World

Russia rejects pullout from Ukraine as condition for talks

LGBTQ chorus in Colorado Springs unifies community with song

Population increase for endangered red squirrels in Arizona

Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5B damage/year

Biden, Macron vow unity against Russia, discuss trade row

Education

Early childhood secretary's husband hired as governor's education adviser

Santa Fe students hope to raise awareness of gun violence

New chancellor named at Eastern New Mexico University

Supporters say high school course on financial literacy makes sense

Poeh Cultural Center awarded $50,000 grant for art classes

Taste

Magic Table

Holiday magic: Mini Apple Crostatas

Side Dish

Taking holiday shopping in stride

Magic Table

One-dish wonder: Roasted chicken thighs

Baking above it all

An easy pie for the holidays

Magic Table

Creative cranberries

Generation Next

As expectations rise, students are trying hard to keep up — and their health could suffer

My View Fernanda Rodas

Finals carry weight, but they're not everything

Speak out: What event in your life are you the most thankful for and why?

My View Ben Timm

My View: We need to find ways to reclaim our public square

OPINION

Our View

Act swiftly to keep each other healthy

Without much ado, the New Mexico Department of Health has issued a public health emergency order because of a surge in children being hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus — RSV — as well as other respiratory illnesses going around, including COVID-19.