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By Arnie Leshin  Andrew Martinez loves his football. He’s played the game, coached it and follows it. So with the updated inviting news from the New Mexico Activities Association, the head coach at Santa Fe High is back in business to revive the state’s prep athletics shut down by COVID-19 …

By Mayor Alan M. Webber Fellow Santa Feans, I want to share a few thoughts with you about these last months and these last few days. For more than 2 months, we’ve been working together to stop the spread of Covid-19. We’ve done it—you’ve all done it—with good faith, good …

By Arnie Leshin  While Major League baseball teams have no choice, their releasing of hundreds of young ballplayers is a major setback for the minor leaguers. Add that to the minor league baseball season remaining in doubt, it becomes a double dip in this time of the coronavirus pandemic. The …

By Arnie Leshin  Scott Boras has joined the game, with the agent informing his clients to not bail out the Major League Baseball owners. Presently, the National Football League has already held its college draft and released its full season schedule for if and when its season kicks off, but …

By SFNF Like many other areas on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF), the 6.7-mile Rio en Medio Trail #163 about 14 miles north of downtown Santa Fe has surged in popularity as people seek relief from quarantine by taking to the woods. The problem is that access to the …

By Varela Real Estate Leaders in the local residential real estate market are optimistic for a rebound despite the nose-dive in sales and listings caused by COVID-19 pandemic. The number of sales in April was 58% lower this year than last – 512 pending sales compared to 1,218 in April …

By SFNF  The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will begin selling personal use fuelwood permits on Monday, June 1. In alignment with federal guidance on COVID-19 and New Mexico public health orders, the SFNF has adopted a no-contact process to sell permits over the phone and deliver them by postal …

By Tom Udall Press Office U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) joined the New Mexico Municipal League’s weekly caucus call with mayors to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their communities. During the call with approximately 60 mayors from around the state, Udall outlined measures the U.S. Senate should …

By City of Santa Fe The City of Santa Fe has been awarded LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council® (USGBC) for its exceptional performance in fostering a sustainable, resilient city. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the most widely used rating system in the world …

By Tom Udall Press Office U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined the bipartisan Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act which would recapture a limited number of unused visas from prior years and allocate them to doctors and nurses who can help in the fight against COVID-19. The Healthcare …