KUNM News

Duke Rodriguez says ruling may be ‘final push’ for him to enter governor’s race.

Incumbent Mayor Tim Keller's campaign on Sunday accused his challenger Darren White's supporters of being behind the sweatshirts that feature the phrase "I ♥ Tim Keller" emblazoned on the front.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Nexus Health, which opened a large, three-story clinic on the city’s south side a little more than a year ago, abruptly announced to patients Wednesday (Nov. 24) that the business is closing.

In Santa Teresa, construction is rapidly moving forward at the site of a planned data center campus supporting AI technology.

Three cases of equine herpes (EHV-1) have surfaced in New Mexico, putting metro area horse and stable owners on guard and prompting the village of Corrales to cancel its annual Christmas de los Caballos Parade.

In Santa Fe, a proposal to build a micro-shelter village on Richards Avenue is proceeding slowly through the city’s permitting process.

The New Mexico State Auditor’s Office has referred a forensic audit report revealing alleged financial wrongdoing in Taos Municipal Schools to three oversight agencies: the New Mexico State Ethics Commission, New Mexico State Police and the New Mexico Department of Justice.

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver recently signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem expressing concern about the federal government’s request for states’ voter rolls.

The three bills seek to limit the number of out-of-state companies that receive fire-related contracts; expand the use of technology to monitor nascent blazes; and require the federal government to pay 100% of costs in rare circumstances when a federally managed prescribed burn escapes into a wildfire.

Councilors Genevieve Oswald, Darien Fernandez and Corilia Ortega voted to approve the resolution during a special meeting, while Councilor Marietta Fambro voted no. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Fambro asked for more financial and logistical details about how the measure would be implemented. Mayor Pascual Maestas was absent from the meeting.