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The New Mexico Activities Association’s membership recently voted in changes that significantly increase sanctions against unsportsmanlike conduct to the NMAA bylaws. According to the association, NMAA high schools voted nearly 80% in favor of the bylaw, entitled “Crowd Control & Unsportsmanlike Conduct.” The new policy goes into effect at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year. The updated bylaws now specify the possibility of suspension of a team or fan, or both, from athletic activities if they engage in unspo...
SANTA ROSA - High school students in Santa Rosa have completed a schoolwide project presentation after spending just over nine weeks last semester learning about World War II in class and reading Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel's memoir, "Night." The memorial exhibit was available for families and students to view during a recent open house. According to history teacher Monica La Palma, the close reading of Wiesel's book, which has been translated...
The New Mexico Cattle Growers Association (NMCGA) is seeking nominations for its annual Livestock Inspector of the Year Award. Each year, the NMCGA honors an inspector employed by the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB) for outstanding service to the livestock industry. “NMLB inspectors are a tremendous asset,” said Loren Patterson, NMCGA president. “Their presence in our communities and on our highways aid in fighting theft and disease, and they serve as our first defense in emergency situations, responding to the needs of al...
A state advisory committee has announced a public “request for information,” or RFI, to gather input on conservation activities most important to New Mexicans. The New Mexico 30 by 30 Advisory Committee is seeking ideas for a “uniquely New Mexico” vision for conservation, according to a news release from the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. In August 2021, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Executive Order 2021-052, protecting New Mexico’s lands, watersheds, wildlife, and natural heritage. The order est...
SANTA ROSA — A “religion and government” discussion at the July 12 Santa Rosa city council meeting grew out of a presentation by resident Herman Baca, who wants to build a monument to Our Lady of Guadalupe on the southwest corner of the courthouse square downtown. Baca’s presentation was of a proposed monument to honor the mother of Jesus, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe who, many Catholics believe, appeared in a series of apparitions over a number of years. Baca said Guadalupe County was named after her and wants t...
The Guadalupe County Commission on Dec. 16 approved an agreement with De Baca County to reserve up to 24 beds for Guadalupe's adult inmates. Guadalupe County Sheriff Lorenzo Mata said the agreement applies to the new jail that De Baca is building. Construction is expected to be complete in January or February. “It's going to be my main area” for housing county inmates, Mata told the commissioners. Mata and County Manager Rose Fernandez told commissioners the contract was initially for a full year, but De Baca County pul...
Along with its cannabis cousin, hemp has been classified as a Schedule 1 narcotic for most of the 20th century, ostensibly for its appearance (a marijuana look-alike) but really because the timber industry saw it as unwanted competition. Hemp doesn’t get you high, so outlawing it was government at its worst. Now, however, with one sweep of a farm bill, it’s legal. Regulated, so you’ll need a license, but it’s ready to go as America’s newest cash crop. Vincent Cordova, a Puerto de Luna native who went off and made good for...
Lost in the hoopla over the contested elections on this year’s general election ballot are some issues that deserve our attention — and support. On the ballot are two proposed constitutional amendments and four bond issues, and we see no reason not to endorse them all. The bond issues are no-brainers; they come around every two years for our collective approval as part of our state’s financial approach to maintaining senior citizen centers, libraries and schools around the state, and this year is no exception. Bond Question A...
SANTA ROSA — Three Santa Rosa boys decided to go fishing on Oct. 5, since there was no school. Little did they know they would be helping fish a woman out of the pond, too. Joaquin Estupinan, Solomon Ross and Estevan Romero — all seventh-graders at Santa Rosa Middle School — met up at Park Lake about midday that Friday with their rods and reels. About the time Joaquin had caught the first fish of the afternoon, they heard a woman nearby crying for help. Anthony Salas, city dispatch supervisor who responded to the incid...
SANTA ROSA — Veterans who seek medical care through the Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albuquerque can now get free rides to Albuquerque on Wednesdays, according to a flier from the state Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA is providing the service. The service began Oct. 1, but no one from Santa Rosa has called to use it yet, according to David Flores, director of Guadalupe County’s veterans center. Flores said the ride service can be coupled with arrangements for overnight stays at Her...
