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  • Storm's fury coats ski basin

    Santa Fe New Mexican – 11 mins ago  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! The storm that blew through Santa Fe left hundreds of homes without power for a few hours Tuesday, but spelled good news for skiers and snowboarders. Full Story »

  • Empty Stocking Fund: Slash in work hours puts rent out of reach

    Santa Fe New Mexican – 25 mins ago  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! You must login to make comments. Click on the link below to register for a free account. This is a new system and previous accounts are not transferred to this system. You'll be asked for your name and e-mail address. Full Story »

  • Judge allows evidence of pueblo official's drinking before accident

    Santa Fe New Mexican – 26 mins ago  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Jurors will be allowed to hear evidence about Pojoaque Pueblo's lieutenant governor drinking alcohol in the hours before she struck and killed a pedestrian walking along a highway last spring, a federal judge ruled Monday. Full Story »

  • The Food Depo launches campaign to raise funds for new building

    Santa Fe New Mexican – 26 mins ago  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Not long ago Sherry Hooper, the executive director of The Food Depot, had to turn down a full trailer load of frozen meat because she had no place to store it at the Coll-Green Angel Depot on Siler Road. Full Story »

  • State budget task force to Webcast final meetings

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Tue Dec 8, 5:38 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! A state task force looking at ways to balance the ailing state budget will Webcast its remaining meetings, the head of the panel announced today. Full Story »

  • Live blog storm updates

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Tue Dec 8, 1:08 pm ET  

    We'll be posting information on today's storm here as we receive it. Please let us know how the storm is impacting you today. Send a photo Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Full Story »

  • Live blog storm updates

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Tue Dec 8, 1:08 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! We'll be posting information on today's storm here as we receive it. Please let us know how the storm is impacting you today. Full Story »

  • Up to 4,800 PNM customers without power this morning

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Tue Dec 8, 12:08 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! About 4,800 Santa Fe residents on the city's northwest side are without power this morning. Power lines went down about 5:45 a.m. due to the weather, possibly a combination of ice and wind, according to Public Service Company of New Mexico spokesman Don Brown. Full Story »

  • City panel OKs rewrite of telecommunications ordinance

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Tue Dec 8, 12:38 am ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! A proposed rewrite of Santa Fe's telecommunications-franchise ordinance was endorsed Monday by the city Public Works Committee, despite more than 20 people who opposed the ordinance and asked for a moratorium on new cell towers. Full Story »

  • Local news in brief Dec. 8, 2009

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Tue Dec 8, 12:23 am ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! All three announced candidates for mayor and all seven for four open City Council seats turned in nominating petitions to the Santa Fe City Clerk's Office by Monday's deadline. Full Story »

  • Winter storm: Santa Fe schools delayed with more snow forecast

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Tue Dec 8, 12:23 am ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Santa Fe Public Schools will be on a two-hour delay this morning — which could change to a cancellation — as a storm from Southern California is expected to bring more snow to Santa Fe and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains through this afternoon. Full Story »

  • A plea on the Plaza

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 10:38 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Around 2 a.m. Monday morning — after a night that included Dumpster diving and being pulled over on suspicion of drunken driving — Clay Lynch parked his home on the corner of Lincoln Street and Palace Avenue. Full Story »

  • McCarthy typewriter nets $254,500

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 10:38 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! The idea of auctioning off the light blue, Lettera 32 Olivetti typewriter that Cormac McCarthy used to write all of his published novels ( The Road , All the Pretty Horses ) — and three not yet published — was quintessential Santa Fe Institute, according to Chris Wood, vice president for administration. Full Story »

  • Empty Stocking Fund: Family struggles with double job loss

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 9:53 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Amy, 50, and her husband, Francisco, 49, were both employed with the same company. When the company laid off workers a few months ago, both were let go. Full Story »

  • State falls short on money for ignition interlocks for indigent

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 9:53 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! The fund that helps poor New Mexicans pay for ignition interlock devices in their cars is drying up and could be in the red come January. Full Story »

  • Design Center welcomes new pizza place

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 8:23 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Jason Aufrichtig has opened a Pizza Centro at 814 Cerrillos Road, in the Santa Fe Design Center, in a space previously occupied by Carlos' Gospel Cafe. Full Story »

  • Video Library finds new downtown home

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 8:23 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Video Library, 120 E. Marcy St., will relocate to a suite in the Harvey Building at 839 Paseo de Peralta. The move is expected to take place between Jan. 9-12, depending on the weather, said Lisa Harris, owner of the business. Full Story »

  • Charter Bank moves to fix problems

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 8:23 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Following what appeared to be some problems with its commercial-loan portfolio, at least in the eyes of federal regulators, Charter Bank Santa Fe received an order to "cease and desist" from certain practices from the Office of Thrift Supervision. Full Story »

  • On the farm, in the city

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 7:53 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Bees on the roof. Goats by the bedroom. Chickens in the backyard. All around Santa Fe, people are raising animals that provide honey, eggs, wool and, if one isn’t overly attached, meat. Full Story »

  • Revised furlough plan better received by union

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 5:38 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! A new plan in the works for state employees who will be furloughed for five days is more pleasing to union leaders than an earlier proposal that would have meant three smaller-than-usual paychecks in a row. Full Story »

  • Storm brings snow, wind to New Mexico

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 5:23 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! The storm currently layering moisture around Santa Fe is expected to continue through Tuesday, bringing high winds to Southern New Mexico and a foot or more of snow in the northern mountains, according to the National Weather Service. Full Story »

  • Singleton to replace Hall on 1st district bench

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 5:08 pm ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Santa Fe lawyer Sarah Singleton will replace Judge Jim Hall as a 1st Judicial District judge in Santa Fe, Gov. Bill Richardson announced today. Full Story »

  • DWI Report, Dec. 7, 2009

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 1:23 am ET  

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  • Empty Stocking Fund: Single mom needs help with bills

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 12:24 am ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Single mother Anita, 31, has been struggling to make ends meet since she lost her job in May. She has been working odd jobs to support her 5-year-old son, but she has fallen behind on the rent. She is now in danger of being evicted. Full Story »

  • Boots spur drivers to pay off city parking tickets

    Santa Fe New Mexican – Mon Dec 7, 12:23 am ET  

    Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Aggressively booting cars with lots of parking tickets means people are paying off their tickets more quickly, but city officials say total collections haven't changed much because they aren't seeing as many parking violations. Full Story »

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