A Washington Post election feature this week identified the emergence of a new group of voters that may decide the 2024 election. More prevalent in swing states, their common thread is this: they are skeptical/patently disappointed/furious that out of more than 300 million people, the best two people we have to stand for the office […]
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A New Voting Bloc for 2024: The Double Haters
A Washington Post election feature this week identified the emergence of a new group of voters that may decide the 2024 election. More prevalent in swing states, their common thread is this: they are skeptical/patently disappointed/furious that out of more than 300 million people, the best two people we have to stand for the office […]
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Placitas Artist Goes on a Road Trip
The Art of Wandering is a visual road trip of an exhibition, taking the viewer through parts of New Mexico and Colorado that Placitan Joan Fenicle has been inspired to paint. Some of the paintings include locations that she visited many times over the 50 years she’s lived in New Mexico. Others highlight locations that […]
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Bernalillo Museum Opens New Exhibit on History of Local Sports
By Ashley Flores, Bernalillo Community Museum After years of work, the Bernalillo Community Museum is opening its latest exhibition, A History of Sports in Bernalillo on Saturday, June 29. Through seven sports-related exhibits, visitors will learn of local athletes’ accomplishments and the individual community members who worked tirelessly to maintain Bernalillo’s sports programs. An interactive […]
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Senate Passes Bill to Extend Funding for NM Fire Departments
On June 21, the U.S. Senate passed Sen. Martin Heinrich’s bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act, legislation that will extend federal programs that help support local fire departments in New Mexico and across the country. The bill would reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program and […]
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FEMA Revamps New Mexico Operations
As Ruidoso area residents return to their homes — or what’s left of their homes — we’ll be watching FEMA. For the past two years, since the disastrous Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon Fire, we’ve heard more about what FEMA hasn’t done than what it has done. This year the agency began changing its New Mexico […]
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Jemez Springs Man Accused of Giving Crack and Alcohol to Los Alamos Teen
A man from Jemez Springs was arrested by the Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) June 17 and charged with criminal sexual penetration of a minor, as well as 10 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Matthew Levi Trujillo, 25, was arrested after his girlfriend allegedly discovered text messages from a 16-year-old girl […]
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The Signpost: June 27, 2024
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Community center expansion in Southwest ABQ makes a splash
City leaders celebrated the indoor and outdoor expansion of the Westgate Community Center on Thursday. The expansion adds a splash pad, classrooms for early childhood education programs and two multipurpose rooms — which city staff say will increase the use of the already-busy center. Hundreds of people a day participate in various multi-generational programs at […]
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The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions, for now, in a procedural order that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the conservative-majority court again soon. The order was briefly posted on the court’s website accidentally on Wedneday and abruptly removed. By a […]