A special of City of Las Vegas meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, with "removal of City Clerk" Cassandra Fresquez as one of two business items on the agenda.
Appointment of Danielle Sena as the interim City Clerk is the other business item for the meeting, set for 4 p.m. at City Hall on North Grand. An executive session is also on the agenda.
The New Mexico state Senate narrowly approved a bill Thursday that would require just about anyone buying a firearm to undergo a background check.
This legislation has been a priority for gun control advocates, but all 16 Republicans and four Democrats in the Senate said it would not prevent the sort of mass shootings that have spurred calls for such laws.
An upcoming reading group at New Mexico Highlands will explore the interaction between and among forest and human communities.
Kyle Rose, a Highlands University forestry professor, will lead the Forest Communities reading group.
“We live in New Mexico surrounded by forests and we both recreate in them and depend upon them,” Rose said. “The continued function of forests is important for both the ecology and economy of Northern New Mexico.”
So much of life is what happens to us. So much of life is what we do with what happens to us. What is important in our life today isn’t what happened yesterday, but what happens next.
With the third-longest-serving senator representing them, San Miguel, Mora and other District 8 counties should be getting more results on specific bills from Sen. Pete Campos.
Yes, the senator, who has served since 1990. Introduced a few important bills this year, but we need someone that can lead the entire state and still get help to meet the needs of constituents.
This is a thank you to City of Las Vegas! All old city neighborhoods struggle with inadequate parking because they weren’t designed for the many cars that business relies on today: You can’t have healthy families without decent jobs, which require successful businesses.
Fair pay for honest work. Let’s start there, where I think we can all agree. Too many New Mexicans, however, are trying to make a life or jump start a young working career out of what is effectively spare change.
There is a saying in Spanish that says, “Uno viste el mono para que otro lo baile.” In English it means, “Someone does the hard work, so someone else can benefit from it.”
The recent scandal at the Mora Fire Department reminds me of when I first took office in 1999. The Mora Fire Department building had been abandoned for quite some time.