Contessa Sandoval, center left, and Louren Lopez, center, watch as participants walk along Zuni SE during the Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil.
Albuquerque Police officers break up an encampment near Jack and Jill Park on Dec. 17.
Aaron, 7, runs through the Christmas trees at Roybal's Xmas Trees on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
Mayor Tim Keller receives a green tea from the Manager of the Albuquerque International Sunport Dunkin’ Donuts Austin Novikoff during the unveiling of the Sunport’s new food hall on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
Jimmie Perez, from Isleta Pueblo, poses for a portrait at Albuquerque’s Power Plant Gym on Dec. 13. Perez was headed to Richmond, Va., to compete in the USA Boxing National Championship, which began Dec. 16.
Amir Balafendiev, left, and Kanstantsin Tsiarokhin, both students at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, ran an online seminar program to bring people together who otherwise would not talk to each other.
A deer wanders through the woods along the Pecos River near Tererro on Dec. 13. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland declared protections for the Pecos River headwaters from mining. About 165,000 acres of public lands in the Upper Pecos watershed in the Santa Fe National Forest would be protected from new mining claims.
Santiago Romero of Santa Fe braves the elements to fish the Pecos River in this December file photo. A bill to overhaul New Mexico’s Game and Fish Department is advancing at the Roundhouse after passing its first assigned Senate committee.
Alex Manzanares, left, and members of Ballet Folklorico Santa Fe, perform during the Luminito Celebration on Thursday evening.
State Higher Education Secretary Stephanie Rodriguez takes questions from members of the Legislative Finance Committee on Wednesday in Santa Fe.
New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard gestures after signing an executive order to add protection to the Caja del Rio area west of Santa Fe. The news conference in Santa Fe included former Santa Fe City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez, left, Santa Fe County Commissioner Anna Hansen, right, former Tesuque Pueblo Gov. Mark Mitchell, second from right, and Tesuque Pueblo Gov. Milton Herrera, center.
Aging and Long-Term Services Secretary-designate Emily Kaltenbach, center, visits with local residents at the Las Vegas Senior Center earlier this month. Kaltenbach was appointed to lead the Cabinet-level agency by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in September.
