From New York to New Mexico, and through adventures around the world, Placitas’ Jeff Spiegel saw his many businesses and public service ventures as opportunities to improve the lives of the people who worked there and the communities they served. He died earlier this week after a six-year battle with Leukemia, surrounded by family and […]
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Lawmakers help small hospitals but medical malpractice lurks
New Mexico’s strained rural hospitals finally got some love this year. Two bills sitting onthe governor’s desk could go far in relieving financial pressure on the state’s smallest hospitals. But medical malpractice insurance, the subject of two compromises in recent years, isstill a threat. In New Mexico, where 26 of 33 counties meet the definitions […]
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Colores de México Exhibit Featured at Placitas Library
The spring exhibit at the Placitas Community Library in March will feature Colores de México. The exhibit will feature figurative, magical and mystical works by Jade Leyva, Armando Adrián López and Enrique Flores. The artists offer narratives that are both unique to the artists’ Mexican roots and universal in their appeal. Originally from Mexico City, […]
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Letter to the Editor: Small Towns Should Hold Leaders and Police Accountable Too
Submitted by Pilar Tirado Murray, East Mt. resident If you’d like to submit a Letter to the Editor, please email editor@newmexico.news Merritt Hamilton Allen’s tart, intelligent and tongue-in-cheek take on New Mexico politics is always a pleasure to read and last week’s column (“APD: A Cautionary Tale”) was no exception. The “crisis communication pro tips” […]
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Letter to the Editor: Small Towns Should Hold Leaders and Police Accountable Too
Submitted by Pilar Tirado Murray, East Mt. resident If you’d like to submit a Letter to the Editor, please email editor@newmexico.news Merritt Hamilton Allen’s tart, intelligent and tongue-in-cheek take on New Mexico politics is always a pleasure to read and last week’s column (“APD: A Cautionary Tale”) was no exception. The “crisis communication pro tips” […]
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Letter to the Editor: Small Towns Should Hold Leaders and Police Accountable Too
Submitted by Pilar Tirado Murray, East Mt. resident If you’d like to submit a Letter to the Editor, please email editor@newmexico.news Merritt Hamilton Allen’s tart, intelligent and tongue-in-cheek take on New Mexico politics is always a pleasure to read and last week’s column (“APD: A Cautionary Tale”) was no exception. The “crisis communication pro tips” […]
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Hearing Examiner Recommends PRC Reject Controversial Natural Gas Storage Facility in Rio Rancho
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Hearing Examiner Anthony Medeiros recommended that the commissioners deny New Mexico Gas Company’s request to build, own and operate a controversial liquified natural gas storage facility in Rio Rancho. Medeiros released his decision, which is more than 150 pages long, on Wednesday. In his recommended decision, Medeiros writes that the […]
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Placitas’ Jeff Spiegel, 77, M’Tucci’s founder and community leader, dies after battle with Leukemia
From New York to New Mexico, and through adventures around the world, Placitas’ Jeff Spiegel saw his many businesses and public service ventures as opportunities to improve the lives of the people who worked there and the communities they served. He died earlier this week after a six-year battle with Leukemia, surrounded by family and […]
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A man tried to open an emergency exit on an American Airlines flight. Other passengers subdued him
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after a disruptive passenger allegedly tried to open an emergency exit door, authorities said. Albuquerque International Sunport officials said Flight 1219 to Chicago returned to the airport shortly after takeoff Tuesday afternoon “due to a disturbance in […]
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Route 66 Visitor Center gifted to City of Albuquerque
Albuquerque received a $13.7 million dollar gift from Bernalillo County in the form of the Route 66 Visitor Center. Bernalillo County Commissioners voted unanimously to transfer ownership and responsibility of the visitor center to the city at their meeting held Feb. 20. Commissioners also gave funding to Serenity Mesa to help teens who need detox […]