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Former NM tax secretary gets probation for 2 felony convictions

Demesia Padilla faced up to 18 years in prison

Published: Monday, September 13th, 2021 at 5:52PM
Updated: Monday, September 13th, 2021 at 9:25PM

Santa Fe mayor suffers setback

Ethics board dismisses effort to force critics to disclose finances

Published: Sunday, September 12th, 2021 at 10:47PM
Updated: Sunday, September 12th, 2021 at 10:49PM

Get ready: Election Day is fast approaching

Will Santa Fe's ranked-choice voting be a factor in city races with more than 2 candidates?

Published: Saturday, September 4th, 2021 at 10:02PM
Updated: Sunday, September 5th, 2021 at 12:02AM

Top legislative staffer who was censured quits

Education aide was accused of disparaging Native Americans

Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 11:12AM
Updated: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 10:55PM

Slowly CHARTing a new course in Santa Fe

Status quo is not solving anything, merely allowing conflict to simmer

Saturday, August 28th, 2021 at 10:45PM

NM legislators to keep meeting in person — at least for now

Debate comes as lawmakers prepare for a special session on redistricting this fall

Published: Monday, August 23rd, 2021 at 10:05PM
Updated: Monday, August 23rd, 2021 at 11:34PM

Santa Fe mayor accuses groups of electioneering for opponent

Ethics complaint says organizations should register as political committees

Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 at 10:05PM
Updated: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 at 10:32PM

State, union approve new labor contract

Official: Bargaining agreement will aplly to all 17,000 employees

Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 at 10:05PM
Updated: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 at 10:07PM

Appointee to serve in place of suspended Floyd school board

Education secretary reinstates superintendent put on leave by trustees

Published: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 at 10:05PM
Updated: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 at 10:11PM

Javier Martínez picked as House floor leader

Democrat will replace Stapleton in No. 2 spot

Published: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 at 6:45PM
Updated: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 at 10:00PM

'Dark Winds' should boost Hillerman's legacy

It's become easy to ignore news stories about the latest movies or TV shows being…

September 11, 2021 6:02PM

Santa Fe's Renaissance Faire returns

Visitors can learn about armor, warfare and dress

September 11, 2021 6:02PM

Feathered constructions

Artist Chris Maynard 'carves' shed plumage into shapes

September 11, 2021 6:02PM

Netflix's 'Trigger Warning' filming in NM; Jessica Alba stars

Jessica Alba is leading the Netflix feature film 'Trigger Warning.' The New Mexico Film Office…

September 8, 2021 5:25AM

Santa Fe Indian School's new football coach Bill Moon talks to his players after practice at the school August 11. (Eddie Moore/ Albuquerque Journal)

Damian Herrera sits with his attorneys during his trail in First District Court Thursday August 12, 2021.

Members of Manuel Serrano's family pray together outside the Santa Fe Courthouse after a jury found Damian Herrera guilty. (Eddie Moore/Journal))

Kate Tomkins, a second grade teacher at Carlos Gilbert Elementary School, reads a book to her students. (Eddie Moore/Journal))

From left, Michael Messner, Bushrod Lake and Pam Gilchrist, all with Veterans For Peace, protest in April near a downtown building LANL plans to use for its expansion into Santa Fe. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

The city of Santa Fe’s council chambers used to fill up when there was a topic of public interest. But, for the past year, the public has had to attend council meetings virtually, which could limit public participation. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Students in a fourth-grade class at El Dorado Community School near Santa Fe are shown in this May file photo. Several New Mexico schools have recently been forced to temporarily return to a remote learning model due to outbreaks of COVID-19 cases. (Eddie Moore/Journal)

Vivian Frey teaches 4th grade at El Dorado Community School. Santa Fe's real estate market is booming, but only time will tell if those moving in are families with children who may enter the schools system. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Visitors to Fort Union National Monument, near Watrous, see the remnants of fort walls and ruts made by wagon traffic on the Santa Fe Trail. Fort Union was established in 1851 near the junction of the trail's Mountain and Cimarron cutoff routes. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Sculptor Reynaldo "Sonny" Rivera's installation "Journey's End," on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, depicts the challenges faced by men and beasts traveling the Santa Fe Trail about 900 miles from Missouri to New Mexico. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

The rocky formation dubbed Wagon Mound, because it resembles a covered wagon, was a familiar landmark for travelers along the Cimarron Cutoff route of the Santa Fe Trail northeast of present-day Las Vegas, N.M. The Trail was a vital merchants road from 1821 until 1880, when the arrival of the railroad in Santa Fe made it obsolete. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Missouri trader William Becknell, known as the father of the Santa Fe Trail, would have seen this 1806 church when he passed through San Miguel del Vado, southeast of Santa Fe, on his first trading trip in 1821. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Land baron and rancher Lucien Maxwell built the Aztec Mill in Cimarron in 1864. Now a museum, the mill once provided ground grains for travelers along the Santa Fe Trail, the famed Old West commercial route that marks its 200th anniversary this year. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

A car passes by a building that survived the March 1862 Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass on the Santa Fe Trail. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

The New Mexico Supreme Court building in Santa Fe, as seen in March 2020. (Eddie Moore/Journal)

A face mask is shown stuck in the weeds along Interstate 25 near Santa Fe on Monday. New Mexico transportation officials are relaunching an anti-litter campaign amid a recent surge in pandemic-related roadside debris. (Eddie Moore/Journal)

Robert and Katy Paquin, both from Oklahoma, put on their face masks before entering a Santa Fe brewery in this April 28 file photo. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's administration on Friday adopted new federal guidance that fully vaccinated individuals no longer have to wear masks in most indoor and outdoor settings. (Eddie Moore/Journal)

CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, photographed in March. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

John Paul Valencia, with the city of Santa Fe's Traffic Signals Division, hangs banners of people serving, or who have served, in the military as part of the city's "Hometown Heroes" project. Santa Fe American Legion 12 is sponsoring the banners, which are hung on light poles along Cerrillos Road through Veterans Day. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Communication Specialists Christopher Flores, left, and Alvina Dickson work answering calls at the Santa Fe Regional Emergency Communications Center. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Lyn deMartin holds a bull snake she recovered from inside a neighbor's grill. DeMartin organizes and trains volunteers to help relocate snakes for people in the Eldorado area. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Ashkia Trujillo of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo performs traditional northern dance on Thursday in front of the remains of the Soldiers Monument that was toppled last October. The Santa Fe Arts Commission discussed ideas for a temporary art installation for the site on the Plaza in Santa Fe. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Charles Verral, right, owner of Rob and Charlie's, talks with customer Jenn Arlin, left, at the bike shop. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

In this Jan. 20 file photo, from left, funeral directors Israel Perea, Santiago Salazar III, Jacob Shaw and Christy Cantu at Berardinelli Family Funeral Service prepare to transport a casket to the Santa Fe National Cemetery as part of a funeral for a woman who died from COVID-19. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Ken Mayers of Veterans For Peace protests on April 23 at Guadalupe and West Alameda streets in Santa Fe, near a building LANL plans to use. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Veterans For Peace members protest at the corner of Guadalupe Street and West Alameda Street near a building LANL plans to put offices in Santa Fe on Friday April 23, 2021. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

An oil pump jack north of Carlsbad in 2019. The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee passed a bill on Wednesday, sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, that would direct $7.95 billion to cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells across the country. (Eddie Moore / Albuquerque Journal)

Capital High School's Alan Gutierrez, a senior, participates in batting practice at the school Thursday. With former baseball player Nicholas Salazar now on board as coach, the program is showing improvement. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

The well that supplies water to Cañoncito sits near the very dry Galisteo Creek. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

The community of Eldorado, south of Santa Fe, is in stage 1 water restrictions due to long-lasting drought. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

In this June 1 photo, Michael Arias of Albuquerque fishes along the Pecos River near Terrero. The state is offering hunting and fishing licenses as part of a campaign to encourage new vaccinations against COVID-19. Arias has already been vaccinated. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan and his attorneys walk out of the courtroom in Tierra Amarilla for the lunch break on the first day of his trial. Lujan is facing charges of bribery of a witness and harboring a fugitive. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham spins a wheel to award lottery scratch-off tickets and other prizes to COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Santa Fe in this June 2 file photo. The state's vaccine administration rate increased slightly in the days after the lottery initiative was announced. (Eddie Moore/Journal)

A large box now stands on the Santa Fe Plaza where the Soldiers' Monument stood until protesters toppled it last October. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

A concrete slab is all that remains of the Don Diego de Vargas sculpture that stood in Cathedral Park. City workers removed it last June and put the sculpture into storage. ( Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

The Santa Fe Oxygen and Healing Bar and Apothecary Restaurant is among more than a dozen businesses that filed lawsuits last year against top state officials over financial losses incurred during the pandemic. The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Monday that business losses related to COVID-19 restrictions are not automatically grounds for compensation under state law. The ruling came months after the court heard arguments in the case. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Sen. Katy Duhigg, D-Albuquerque, shown in March during Senate debate of a bill to expunge cannabis-related criminal convictions, recently announced she is opening a law firm that will focus on helping smaller cannabis start-ups. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

David Gonzalez, 19, of Albuquerque fishes along the Pecos River near Tererro last week. The state Game Commission is scheduled later this month to consider petitions that would affect public access to some waterways. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Methane gas is burned off at the site of three oil wells near Carlsbad. The state gets more than 40% of its revenue from taxes and royalties on the oil and natural gas industries. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Rusty and Violet Martin, from Canyon Lake, Texas, have lunch in the patio area of the Plaza Cafe in downtown Santa Fe. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Kelly Moynahan and her daughter Meghan, 11, from Park City, Utah, visit Meow Wolf's The House of Eternal Return. The opening of the art experience, as well as the city's museums, have helped bring tourists back to Santa Fe. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Kelly Quintia, left, with her daughter Zevi Keyes, 3, center, and Marna Hitt, second from left, and her daughter Vivi Hitt, 3, listen to country music by Johnny Lloyd and Tim "Timbo" Arnold, right, on the Plaza last week. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Daniel Caldera, owner of El Molero Fajitas, and his daughter Gabriella recently resumed selling fajitas from their food cart on the Santa Fe Plaza. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday that New Mexico will eliminate its pandemic-related business restrictions on July 1. (Eddie Moore/Journal)

Mario and Rebecca Sena, of Santa Fe, ride through the Santa Fe Plaza in their '72 Volkswagen Beetle last Tuesday. Even the cruisers are returning to the Plaza now that the pandemic has subsided. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Allen Bruce Paquin, from Jemez Pueblo, shows his jewelry on the Palace of the Governors Portal Friday June 11, 2021. The Portal was closed to Native American artists on March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but reopened on Friday. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

Native American Artist Laverne Loretto-Tosa, from Jemez Pueblo, shows her pottery to people on the Palace of the Governors Portal Friday June 11, 2021. The Portal was closed to Native American artists on March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but reopened on Friday. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

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Former NM tax secretary gets probation for 2 felony ...

Demesia Padilla faced up to 18 ... Demesia Padilla faced up to 18 years in prison

September 13, 2021 9:25PM

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Santa Fe mayor suffers setback

Ethics board dismisses effort to force ... Ethics board dismisses effort to force critics to disclose finances

September 12, 2021 10:49PM

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Get ready: Election Day is fast approaching

Will Santa Fe's ranked-choice voting be ... Will Santa Fe's ranked-choice voting be a factor in city races with more than 2 candidates?

September 5, 2021 1:02AM

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Top legislative staffer who was censured quits

Education aide was accused of disparaging ... Education aide was accused of disparaging Native Americans

September 1, 2021 10:55PM

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Slowly CHARTing a new course in Santa Fe

Status quo is not solving anything, ... Status quo is not solving anything, merely allowing conflict to simmer

August 28, 2021 10:45PM

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NM legislators to keep meeting in person — at ...

From the newspaper

Debate comes as lawmakers prepare for ... Debate comes as lawmakers prepare for a special session on redistricting this fall

August 23, 2021 11:34PM

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Santa Fe mayor accuses groups of electioneering for opponent

Ethics complaint says organizations should register ... Ethics complaint says organizations should register as political committees

August 18, 2021 10:32PM

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State, union approve new labor contract

From the newspaper

Official: Bargaining agreement will aplly to ... Official: Bargaining agreement will aplly to all 17,000 employees

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Appointee to serve in place of suspended Floyd school ...

Education secretary reinstates superintendent put on ... Education secretary reinstates superintendent put on leave by trustees

August 10, 2021 10:11PM