FBI News: ALBUQUERQUE — A Peñasco man was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for the stabbing death of another man. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, Dec. 25, 2022, Byron Sanchez, 49, an enrolled member of the Picuris Pueblo, was involved

COUNTY News: Los Alamos County Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board will meet at 12 p.m., Dec. 16, 2025, in Council Chambers. The agenda has been published and can be found online, printed copies are available at 1000 Central Avenue. Read More

ALTSD News: Join Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD) on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at the Roundhouse as we come together to celebrate and advocate for older adults across New Mexico. Here’s what the morning will look like:

NMDCA News: SANTA FE — El Palacio, the official magazine of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA), announces the release of its Winter 2025-26 issue and a public reading and conversation with four featured contributors at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at FUSION, 708 in Albuquerque. The

DORY RYAN Sept. 12, 1960 – Dec. 5, 2025 Dory Ryan, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on Dec. 5, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on Sept. 12, 1960, Dory left an indelible mark on all who knew her. Following her graduation from New

UNM News: Epilepsy Foundation New Mexico is pleased to host Epilepsy Education Day on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Center for Development and Disability. Epilepsy Education Day is an educational conference for pediatric, teen, and adult patients and their families. Take advantage of this

COUNTY News: Los Alamos County Council will meet in Closed Session at 4:30 p.m., Dec. 16. The complete agenda has been published and is available online. Read More

Daily Postcard: Pikas stay active in winter traveling in tunnels under rocks and snow. In fact, a deep blanket of snow is important for the pika’s survival. If the snow is deep enough it provides insulation for the pikas living below. Too little snow and the pikas risk freezing to

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham From the Office of Gov. Lujan Grisham: SANTA FE — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement: “On Thursday, Senate Republicans in Congress blocked a Democratic proposal to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits for millions of Americans, which will cause healthcare

Environment Secretary James Kenney NMED News: MORA COUNTY — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is offering free private well water testing to well owners in parts of Mora, San Miguel and Taos counties located within one mile of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon burn scar area. This initiative responds to

REID ZIRKLE Oct. 5, 1945 – Dec. 8, 2025 Reid was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Ira and Ruth Zirkle. He graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology before moving to New Mexico in 1967, when Los Alamos National Laboratory recruited him as a draftsman to work on classified drawings.

Marvyn Jaramillo, a member of the Mesa Vista Board of Education, has been elected to serve as president of the New Mexico School Boards Association for 2026. Jaramillo was recently elected to a fourth term on his local board and has held numerous leadership roles with NMSBA at the state

Seniors from left, Sam Nowell, Austin Theye, Catherine Price, Deborah Brug, Emma Riede and Malin Eidenbenz. Seniors not pictured include Madalyn Baily and Hannah Lee. Courtesy photo By SANDY HURLOCKER The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Swim and Dive Team honored seniors while hosting the Hudson Memorial Invitational swim/dive meet

STATE News: SANTA FE — A private firm hired to develop a master plan for the Albuquerque Fairgrounds has unveiled three conceptual plans for the city’s International District that could lead to the construction of hundreds of new homes, as well as new entertainment venues, green spaces and businesses. The

N.M. DELEGATION News: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) sent a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner urging the United States Postal Service (USPS) to take all necessary actions to prioritize and ensure

Photo from PNC Bank Robbery on Feb. 20, 2025. Courtesy/FBI FBI News: ALBUQUERQUE — A Las Cruces man pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing two banks in Feb. 2025. According to court documents, on Feb. 12, 2025, Daniel Guereca, 29, robbed the U.S. Bank in Los Lunas, New Mexico.

By CASEY BYRD Coach, Los Alamos Hockey Association Los Alamos Hockey Association is announcing its first ever all-girls hockey team! The team will be a mix of 10/12U players ranging from brand new to 2nd-4th year players. The LAHA girls’ team will partner with New Mexico Mustangs, an all-girls hockey

Violations of the New Mexico Food Code are often corrected on-site during an inspection. Some require a reinspection within three business days.

Hamas has confirmed the death of a top commander in Gaza, a day after Israel said it had killed Raed Saad in a strike outside Gaza City. The H…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed willingness to drop Ukraine's NATO bid in exchange for Western security guarantees. He h…

Geologist Kirt Kempter tells the 300-million-year story of the Abiquiú area while exploring the boundary between the Rio Grande Rift and Color…

Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills and other needs.

Australian authorities say one gunman was fatally shot by police and the second was arrested and is in critical condition. At least 29 people …

Students will choose from international exchange programs in countries including Colombia, Kenya, Germany, Spain, Egypt and Panama.

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party has voted to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism. Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei sa…

Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday at Reiner's Los Angeles home, according to a law enforcement official. T…

Chile’s ultra-conservative opposition candidate, José Antonio Kast, has secured a thumping victory in the presidential runoff election. He def…

State officials engaged in unusual mid-decade redistricting are pushing a new definition of what it means to have “fair maps” for Congress. Fa…

The case, one of 11 large senior care bankruptcies this year, illustrates how health care companies can dodge accountability for alleged negligence.

The job of city manager has been a revolving door. Most of Mayor Alan Webber's appointees weren't capable of doing the job.

Officials in Providence say they will release a person of interest detained in a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injure…

Spring education at SFCC, honors for the Los Alamos school board and more education news and notes from Northern New Mexico.

The state Law Enforcement Certification Board previously disclosed the names of officers accused of misconduct.

Española City Police officers charged an Española man with two counts of child abuse after he allegedly jumped out of his girlfriend’s car, then tried to get back in my prying down the car windows.

Thailand's government reports a rocket attack from Cambodia on Sunday killed a 63-year-old villager. This marks the first Thai civilian death …

Giant Totem Pole: The giant totem pole is the centerpiece of the Ed Galloway Totem Pole Park. The 90-foot-tall structure is a piece of art from the ground to the top. Two hundred works of art adorn the exterior walls and many are bas-relief or raised from the surface of

COMMUNITY News: Everything, except jewelry, will be half-price, 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the United Church Thrift Shop this Wednesday, Dec. 17. This will be the last sale day of 2025, being closed on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Close to downtown, the Thrift Shop is in the

Image of the second winning entry in the Local Love Holiday ‘Snap, Tag, and Share’ contest, submitted by Christy O’Brien, for which she has won the Week 2 $100 Local Love Gift Card for showing her Local Love at Sugar & Cream Cafe. Courtesy/Places & Spaces Los Alamos From Places

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN Executive Director Champions of Youth Ambitions This column is to encourage those who have yet to take advantage of two FREE programs to do so before it is too late. The first is our annual Community Asset Awards. You can nominate anyone who lives, works or goes

An arctic air blast swept south from Canada, spreading into the northern United States. Meanwhile, residents of the Pacific Northwest braced f…

The motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital with severe head trauma and head injury and then airlifted to UNM Hospital in Albuquerque.

Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills and other needs.

Moscow pounded Ukrainian power infrastructure with drone and missile strikes and Kyiv launched a deadly strike of its own on southwestern Russ…

Morocco has long been one of the world's top exporters of cannabis and in 2022 it became the first Muslim-majority country to legalize certain…

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation that was uprooted from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s is facing widespread outrage over plans to profi…

President Donald Trump says “there will be very serious retaliation” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in a…

Searchlight remains a separate product with a statewide audience. The Santa Fe New Mexican will offer in-kind support in management, marketing…

The 1892 murder of a prominent Santa Fe County political leader and ex-sheriff sent shockwaves across New Mexico Territory.

Israel says it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory’s south. Ham…

Yielding comprehensive results in about 30 minutes, the mass spectrometer could point researchers in the right direction.

There are some indications road rage incidents have been getting more common among Santa Fe drivers in recent years.

Angel Cedeno, 67, admitted to seven different incidents of shoplifting and commercial burglary from 2011 to 2020.

1912: New Mexico becomes the 47th state admitted to the Union.

Duke Rodriguez, a Republican who had filed to run for governor in the June primary, made it official Sunday.

“I want to prove to the community that Stray Hearts can be a reliable, dependable, beneficial organization again,” said its executive director.

Americans are feeling the strain already with less than three weeks to go until the expiration of COVID-era tax credits that have helped many …

Along with roll call votes, this week the House also passed these measures: the Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act …

Although wreath donations were down, thousands still came to the annual event honoring veterans at Santa Fe National Cemetery.

Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison.

During her time as the state's first female lieutenant governor, Denish focused on tackling early childhood issues and payday loans.

Floats adorned with lights moved through Española during the 29th Annual Christmas Light Parade & Christmas on the Plaza on Saturday.

Women have a 100-year-long history in New Mexico's top office, ranging from a 1920s pioneer to modern-day gubernatorial candidates.

An Española woman is facing a felony charge of battery on a healthcare worker after she allegedly spit at a paramedic.

Three Sisters Collective is looking for ways to protect the mural at Hickox and Baca streets — and improve the area's safety.

The coin toss, which was conducted by 8th Judicial District Court Judge Emilio Chavez, followed an automatic recount of write-in ballots.

Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills and other needs.

Rep. John Block, who has tried to have the governor impeached and denied Communion, is one of three nominees for the Senate seat.

One potential funding stream for the Library Division could come from requesting more money from Santa Fe County.

The five years between the crash and Johnson's sentencing were difficult for Justice's grandparents, who raised her and are now raising her son.

Mr. And Mrs. Claus peel away from the Palace of the Governors on their Harley motorcycle after greeting families at the Holidays at the Palace…

In a Thursday email Scott described what happened at the meeting as "very painful" and detailed challenges with city government.

The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act was sent to the president's desk this week after two years without the support.

The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily throughout the Española Valley.

An Española woman will serve 18 months on supervised probation after pleading down to theft charges in a case where she was charged for beating a man with a metal pipe, stealing his phone and wallet and using his stolen debit card at Walmart for more than $500 because he

Having acknowledged it owns the Taos Plaza in historic downtown Taos several years ago, Taos County has also assumed Christmas duties from the…

Taos County sheriff’s deputies recovered the body of Stacy Andrews-Sepp, 48, of Parker, Colorado from beneath the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge Thur…

Representatives from the collective Valley Skates addressed the Española City Council on Thursday regarding the long-standing issues with the city’s only skate park.

The Interfaith Coalition on Homelessness (ICOH) is holding its Winter Collection Drive between now and Feb. 1. They are seeking food and clothing donations to help unhoused and those at risk of losing housing in the community.

After a three-day trial, a Rio Arriba County jury convicted Kevin Martinez on Dec. 5, of voluntary manslaughter for the 2022 killing of his neighbor, Elmer Sanchez Jr. in Hernandez.

New Mexico's Early Childhood Education and Care Department teamed up with Paso a Paso Network to facilitate an expert led community conversati…

Prosecutors are seeking to hold Jorge Montoya, 55, without bond in connection to the alleged kidnapping and assault of a woman in Ranchos de T…

After more than 20 years of service, Town of Taos Chief of Police Mark Archuleta announced his retirement during the regular town council meet…

When nobody showed up to light hundreds of "luminitos" in and around Taos County Plaza park Tuesday evening (Dec. 9), Deputy Taos County Manag…

The following is a condensed list of reports made to Taos Central Dispatch within the town of Taos from Dec. 2-6. Dec. 2 9 a.m. Public Affray,…

Faced with increasing uncertainty over the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s homelessness-prevention funding, the leader of a…

A private planning firm hired by the state has released three conceptual proposals for redeveloping the New Mexico State Fairgrounds and Albuq…

The Dec. 3 regular meeting of the Holy Cross Medical Center board of directors began with a memorial for Ernest Romero, a former board member …

The New Mexico Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Office of the Governor, named 14 high school students as the 2025–2026 La…

After weathering the recent ups and downs in Taos’s ski economy, Adventure Ski Shops owner Moises Martinez will reopen his 303 Paseo del Puebl…

Developers behind Project Jupiter, the controversial campus of data centers slated for Doña Ana County, have asked state environment officials…

The walls of his office distinguished by weathered cowboy hats and a “Tierra o Muerte” poster — "land or death" — Don Martinez hunched over a …

LOS ALAMOS – A public meeting to discuss data from the depressurization of four flanged tritium waste containers at Los Alamos National Laboratory is scheduled for Dec. 9 in Los Alamos.

A day after the FBI offered $5,000 for information on the whereabouts of a former Ohkay Owingeh and Pojoaque tribal police officer wanted for absconding from his pretrial release, they arrested him in Ohkay Owingeh.

Items for Northern Briefs may be submitted by sending them to jgarcia@riograndesun.com Submissions must be received no later than noon Monday for publication that week.

No arrest appears to have been made by Española City Police after a Walgreens employee was allegedly hit in the head with a glass bottle, after grabbing a man she accused of serial shoplifting and not letting him go.

Two children were taken away from their parents on Nov. 9 by the Children, Youth and Families Department after one of them, age unlisted, overdosed on opiates, which the parents blamed on a tainted candy sample.

The Taos Municipal Schools District is celebrating a year of significant growth in student outcomes. Data from the 2024-2025 NM Vistas report …