By all accounts, including her own, State Senator Brenda McKenna was preparing to launch her reelection campaign as soon as she finished serving in the state legislature later this month. She was posting updates to her constituents online and her campaign finance reports showed that she was raising small dollar contributions from supporters during the most recent […]
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Rio Rancho Police catch cell phone thief
On January 25, Rio Rancho Police responded to the Cricket Wireless store located at 1109 Highway 528 SE in response to a call for an armed robbery. The male suspect, who was wearing all black clothes and a black gator mask, brandished a gun and demanded the clerk give him cell phones. Cricket employees told […]
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Placitas Studio Tour Enters Its 27th Year
Twenty-six years ago, a small group of artists created the first Placitas Studio Tour, which has become one of the most highly-anticipated annual studio tours in New Mexico. What makes the Placitas Studio Tour unique among all other artist tours around the state is not that the art is created in Placitas, but artists living […]
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County Commission Chairman Deposed in Gerrymandering Lawsuit
Sandoval County Commission Chairman David Heil was scheduled to give a deposition Jan. 29 in a case alleging that the Commission approved gerrymandered boundaries to give Republican candidates an advantage. The lawsuit was brought by the Democratic Party of Sandoval County, Democratic elected officials, a voter and two pueblos: Jemez and San Felipe. The plaintiffs […]
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Family leave bills are not quite ready
If you get injured at work and need time off for your injury, you are entitled to workers’compensation benefits that compensate you for most of your lost wages. What if the Legislature passes the bill to provide paid family and medical leave? Can youtake paid family and medical leave (PFML) at the same time as […]
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Family leave bills are not quite ready
If you get injured at work and need time off for your injury, you are entitled to workers’compensation benefits that compensate you for most of your lost wages. What if the Legislature passes the bill to provide paid family and medical leave? Can youtake paid family and medical leave (PFML) at the same time as […]
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Family leave bills are not quite ready
If you get injured at work and need time off for your injury, you are entitled to workers’compensation benefits that compensate you for most of your lost wages. What if the Legislature passes the bill to provide paid family and medical leave? Can youtake paid family and medical leave (PFML) at the same time as […]
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Moriarty Pintos power past Pojoaque for ‘huge’ district victory
The Moriarty Pintos picked up their biggest win of the season Feb. 3 against the visiting Pojoaque Valley Elks. Moriarty’s Jordan Brown sank four 3-point baskets in the first half of the contest and added another one early in the fourth quarter. But it was Brown’s sixth 3-pointer with just over a minute left in […]
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Moriarty Pintos power past Pojoaque for ‘huge’ district victory
The Moriarty Pintos picked up their biggest win of the season Feb. 3 against the visiting Pojoaque Valley Elks. Moriarty’s Jordan Brown sank four 3-point baskets in the first half of the contest and added another one early in the fourth quarter. But it was Brown’s sixth 3-pointer with just over a minute left in […]
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Suspect shot by Torrance County deputies had lengthy criminal history
The suspect who was shot by a Torrance County Sheriff’s deputy on Jan. 31 on Lexco Road, near Moriarty has a lengthy criminal history. According to a criminal complaint, Joseph M. Padilla, 29, was shot by deputies who were investigating an unrelated incident. charged with three counts of resisting an officer and has a criminal […]