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Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Dear Fellow Santa Feans, One year ago I stood on the stage of the Convention Center with my wife, Frances, by my side, put one hand on my family Bible, raised the other, and swore a solemn oath to serve you as the first full-time Mayor …

By EMNRD  State Land Office (SLO) and the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) announce the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to allow EMNRD’s Forestry Division to gain access to state trust lands for the purpose of conducting assessments on the health of New Mexico forests, including …

By Tom Udall Press Office  U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that theJohn D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, a sweeping bipartisan public lands package that includes several New Mexico conservation priorities championed by Udall and Heinrich, including landmark legislation to permanently authorize the Land and …

By New Mexico Senate Republican Office  Students and school personnel could be better protected on school grounds if there a larger pool of experience security guards for school officials to hire from. SB 148 passed the Senate today, it is on to the House.   Retired police officers are more …

By NMEDD A bi-partisan effort to boost New Mexico’s outdoor recreation industry with hundreds of new jobs is making its way through the Legislature. The measure that creates the New Mexico Division of Outdoor Recreation gained unanimous approval in the New Mexico Senate on March 11, passing 38 to 0. …

By The Office Of the Governor  Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday issued the following statement after the New Mexico House approved Senate Bill 489, landmark legislation that will aggressively transition New Mexico toward renewable energy sources and establish the state as a national leader in climate-conscious governance. The Senate …

By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Tingley Beach:  Nathan Orona of Albuquerque caught and released a 21-inch rainbow trout Mar. 6. He was using a black and orange Panther Martin. Jazzlin Freelong, age 10, of Albuquerque caught her first fish ever, an 18-inch rainbow trout Mar. 10. …

By SFCC Santa Fe Community College in partnership with Santa Fe County and the Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board announces a series of free information sessions on March 14, March 26, March 27 and March 30 about the Professional Readiness for Technical Careers (PRO-TEC) program, which begins April 22 …

By EMNRD  Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) Cabinet Secretary announced the appointment of Laura McCarthy as State Forester.  EMNRD’s Forestry Division has 75 full-time employees, more than 300 seasonal firefighters, and is responsible for fire suppression on 43 million acres of on non-federal, non-municipal, non-tribal lands. Forestry also …

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