When New Mexico was made a state in 1912, there were only 28 miles of paved roads. Once completed, Route 66 became New Mexico’s first fully paved highway. Nicknamed the “Mother Road” by John Steinbeck in his book “The Grapes of Wrath,” Route 66 symbolized the freedom of the open road and the “road to […]
Patrick Davis
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety
Cuba High School Students Get Reality Check With Mock Car Crash
Cuba volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel conducted a mock car crash at Cuba High School last Friday. The dramatic recreation was held prior to the Cuba High School prom and serves as an end-of-the-school-year reminder of the consequences of unsafe driving. Participating agencies include the Village of Cuba Fire Department, PMS Ambulance, New Mexico State […]
Posted inPlacitas
Placitas Studio Tour Features 79 Artists, 61 Studios and 7 Neighborhoods
Why don’t they call the Placitas Studio Tour (PST) “Made in Placitas?” The local focus is what distinguishes this annual Mother’s Day weekend event from other New Mexico studio tours. No interlopers! Fortunately, within the confines of tiny Placitas, there is no lack of artistic talent and no need (or desire) to jury artists who […]
Posted inPrint Issues
The Signpost: April 18, 2024
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Dept. of Agriculture Issues Feed Recall
On Friday, April 12, the New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) issued an advisory following a manufacturer recall of chicken, swine, cattle and horse feed products. While the 11 recalled feed products were not found at distributors in New Mexico, some of the products were distributed in the nearby states of Arizona, Colorado and Texas. […]
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected at Eastern NM Poultry Facility
The New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL), have confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at a poultry facility in eastern New Mexico. Initial testing of the facility was performed on April 10 for the presence of HPAI. Further testing […]
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Rumble Strips May Get Fixed
After community criticism, the New Mexico Department of Transportation has agreed to fix the rumble strips on I-40 East. The NMDOT hosted a community meeting at the Village Hall of Tijeras last week to discuss the next phase of construction in the Tijeras Canyon. The NMDOT will fix the rumble strips by moving them outward […]
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Court Rejects Request by Tribes to Block $10B Energy Transmission Project
By Susan Montoya Bryan/Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by Native American tribes and environmentalists to stop work on a $10 billion transmission line being built through a remote southeastern Arizona valley that will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California. […]
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A Better Way to Run a Railroad
There’s nothing like a road trip to make you appreciate another mode of transportation – trains. They keep motorists company along many a New Mexico highway. Before we left the federal Department of Transportation unveiled a new railroad rule, so I was paying more attention to trains. On April 2 DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration began […]
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A Medical Cost You Didn’t Know About
Most of us have never heard of independent medical examinations. We might need to know a little more about them. An independent medical examination (IME) is an exam performed when there is litigation related to a sick or injured person’s medical condition that requires more than the opinion of the treating physician. A doctor is […]