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Biographer David R. Farmer Delves Into the Life of the Man Who Wrote Route 66
10+ hour, 4+ min ago (669+ words) Jack D. Rittenhouse works on his Adams Cottage field press in Houston. Courtesy UNM Press JACK RITTENHOUSE: A WESTERN LITERARY LIFEby David R. Farmer, University of New Mexico Press, 2026, 304 pages To prove his point about the future of books, David R. Farmer " author,…...
New Mexico Writers Announces the 2026 Grant Awardees
16+ hour, 53+ min ago (584+ words) New Mexico Writers, a nonprofit formed in 2016 to support the state's literary community, held its'annual dinner on April 30 at La Fonda on the Plaza. The keynote speaker was Albuquerque-based Mexican American and Indigenous poet and novelist Jennifer Givhan'(Salt Bones,…...
Wonders on Wheels Museum RV Provides Vehicle for learning New Mexico's Role in our Nation's History
16+ hour, 52+ min ago (514+ words) A 38-foot RV traveling around the Land of Enchantment carries a hidden lesson via The Arts of Democracy in New Mexico mobile exhibit. As the United States observes its 250th birthday this summer, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs made…...
Lobo del Norte no longer: Mexican gray wolf crosses into Mexico
22+ hour, 19+ min ago (190+ words) A Mexican gray wolf paces in a pen at the Sevilleta Mexican Wolf Management Facility outside Socorro in September 2024. A Mexican gray wolf" who wolf lovers say is related to beloved wanderer Asha" crossed the southern border from the New…...
PNM, Blackstone execs defend stock sale before New Mexico regulators
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (1124+ words) Rebecca Leeman and Holly Baldwin, with Singing Resistance Albuquerque, lead a song for around 100 people who gathered to protest Blackstone's proposed acquisition of Public Service Company of New Mexico outside the PNM headquarters in Albuquerque on Thursday. A protester carries…...
Judge to weigh sweeping social media rules when Meta trial part two starts Monday
18+ hour, 49+ min ago (655+ words) Attorney Donald Migliori makes an argument on Feb. 9 during the State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms in state District Court in Santa Fe. The second phase of a landmark trial that, New Mexico's attorney general hopes, will transform the way…...
'Nothing's going to be like this': Final Gathering of Nations draws massive crowds, somber reflections
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (1086+ words) Mar Gonzalez, with Calpulli Xiuh Arte Danza Azteca, raises a copalera with burning incense while dancing with her group outside Tingley Coliseum on Friday at the last Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque. ALBUQUERQUE" Frank Wildcat Torres, his face…...
Wildfire a risk for plants and animals that depend on Rio Grande
1+ week, 2+ day ago (664+ words) A dead fish in the mud of a drying Rio Grande river seen last year. Paul Tashjian, a hydrologist by training, said he anticipates the river will be dry through Albuquerque again this year " and likely earlier than last summer....
Water-stressed, compact-bound: New Mexico farmers face grim Rio Grande future
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1762+ words) Chris Lopez checks on a red chile drying table in 2023 near his farm in Socorro. In New Mexico, researchers estimate around 85% of the water used in the state each year isn't being replenished." When Gilbert Mesa and his sisters inherited…...
Exterior wall of classic Route 66 diner collapses dramatically in downtown Albuquerque
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (761+ words) An exterior wall of a Lindy's Diner in downtown Albuquerque'one of the oldest continually operating diners on Route 66, where millions have supped in classic booths collapsed Monday. This came just days after the city of Albuquerque's Planning Department shut down…...