SANTA FE – Following Deb Haaland’s confirmation as Interior Secretary and the subsequent resignation of her congressional seat March 16, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced plans to issue the special election proclamation for Congressional District 1 on March 18, setting June 1, 2021 as Election Day.

“Deb Haaland’s historic confirmation as the nation’s first Native American cabinet secretary is a proud moment for all New Mexicans. But it also kicks off another important election cycle of which every eligible voter in Congressional District 1 should be aware,” Oliver said.

“Now that Election Day is set, I encourage anyone interested in seeking...

Week ending Friday, March 12, 2021

Space ‘Hurricane’

Scientists say they have observed a hurricane-like feature spinning in the highest levels of the atmosphere. An international team of scientists analyzed 3D satellite data from 2014 and found a cyclone of plasma swirling above the polar ionosphere and magnetosphere that resembled a hurricane at the surface. But the 650-mile-wide feature, hundreds of miles above the North Pole, rained electrons rather than water. The space hurricane had multiple spiral arms and lasted almost eight hours before gradually breaking down. “Until now, it was uncertain that space plasma hurricanes even existed, so to prove this with such a striking...

There are still a lot of questions to be answered after a shooting was reported at 802 Alexander Circle, March 23 at 5 pm.

Based on four Gallup police reports, several officers visited the location, where it was unclear how a man found inside a Ford Fusion was injured.

The man in the car, identified as Desmond Long, had blood coming from his head and dripping as far down as his waist.

At least three people were identified in different reports as having been in the passenger seat of the Ford.

The man who owned the car, Tyrone Pioche, also lived at the address. He was there with his wife, Charlotte.

According to one report, Tyrone Pioche claimed he called the police and said “He...

 

The New Mexico Department of Health county map update for March 24 shows McKinley County has moved to the Turquoise Level as of March 24.

It joins Catron, De Baca, Hidalgo, Lea, Los Alamos, Quay, Roosevelt, San Juan, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro and Union.

The updated statewide COVID19 map for the two-week period beginning March 24 shows 13 counties in turquoise, ten in green, ten in yellow and none at the red level.

Counties that met both of the health metric thresholds and may operate at the Green Level beginning March 24 are: Chaves, Colfax, Curry, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, Taos and Torrance.

Counties that met one of the health metric thresholds and may...