Truchas News

Parts of northern New Mexico experienced a freak snowstorm Thursday morning, June fifth.

“Even the shows are very family friendly.”

With everything from Disney tunes to belly dancers and lumberjacks, the 26th annual RioFest begins three days of family fun at 5 p.m. today in Fair Park. via Valley Morning Star

“We're very excited about all the people participating and the community's willingness to support our events and our programs in Los Alamos”

Big Brothers Big Sisters prepares for big fundraiser By CAROL A. CLARK The premier fundraising event for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico is getting underway. via Los Alamos Monitor

“From communications to technology to renewable energy, he'll bring fresh air in developing regional collaborations between Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and other communities within District 3”

Bingaman won't endorse yet Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. said he was not ready to endorse either candidate in the Democratic race for President. via Los Alamos Monitor

The Santa Fe Police Department in investigating the following reports: A 2007 Pontiac G6 was stolen Friday night by an acquaintance of the owner from the 1800 block of Espinacitas Street and recovered early ... via Santa Fe New Mexican

The perks of serving on the board of a New Mexico rural electric co-op can include everything from health benefits and travel allowances to tens of thousands of dollars in annual compensation. via Alamogordo Daily News

“This is not a book to breeze through...”

'VE WRITTEN ABOUT ALVARO CARDONA-HINE here before : an elegant, graceful man, an artist, writer, and composer, who we met some years back at his gallery in Truchas, New Mexico. via The Eastside View

“The issue was, "where is the money coming from' or "we can do this next year,' but for me that's not what the issue was”

Michael Burkhart, left, Chief of Staff for the Senate Finance Committee, congratulates Sen. via Silver City Sun-News

“General land management and environmental laws apply, but there are no specific statutory provisions under the mining law setting surface management or environmental standards.”

The Mining Law of 1872, signed into existence 135 years ago by President Ulysses Grant, is either "the most outdated natural resource law in the nation" and sadly in need of overhaul, or working just fine and ... via Gallup Independent

“Obviously, it would be higher”

Federal legislation compensating states and counties for costs of jailing criminal illegal immigrants is co-sponsored by Sen. via Deming Headlight

Democrats prepared Wednesday to examine nearly 17,000 provisional ballots that will determine a winner in New Mexico's tightly contested presidential caucus, as party officials came under sharp criticism for ... via Alamogordo Daily News

A Chama storefront is obscured by snow in this photgraph submitted by a viewer to KOB.com Governor Bill Richardson Tuesday ordered more than a dozen New Mexico National Guard members to deploy to Chama to ... via KOB-TV

When you're looking for a business destination that's more majestic than metropolitan, Santa Fe simply annihilates the competition. via Sales & Marketing Management

A survey that appeared in last year's New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs annual report showed that public libraries are utilized by local residents more frequently than any other cultural resource, ... via Alamogordo Daily News

“We've got a more serious problem than anywhere else in the state, and it just takes more money for us to combat it.”

A San Juan County state senator proposed a bill Monday that would allow the county to increase a tax on liquor and use the extra funds to maintain alcohol abuse treatment programs. via Farmington Daily Times

“She's 69 years old, she's disabled, she walks on one of those little walkers”

Snow sits outside the small home where Ahlbrand died Wednesday Investigators say an elderly woman likely died of exposure after the electricity in her northern New Mexico home was cut off. via KOB-TV

“Tranquil weather conditions will return to the region for the upcoming weekend”

For the first time in days there are no warnings from the National Weather Service about severe weather possibilities anywhere in New Mexico. via KOB-TV