New details emerged in Kim Skaggs’s detention hearing Monday, where a judge ordered she remain in custody as she awaits trial for allegedly leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/kimberly-skaggs-held-in-jail-ahead-of-trial/3072331 […]

Sunday’s pilgrimage comes as the Trump administration presses ahead with plans to construct a segment of border wall at the base of the mountain. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/bishops-to-lead-pilgrimage-amid-border-wall-plans/3070780 #newmexico #sunlandparknm #mountcristorey #borderwall

Specialty crops grown in New Mexico, such as chile peppers and pecans, would be assured of federal disaster assistance under legislation recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján and four of his Senate colleagues […]

The Roswell chapter of Food Not Bombs will resume distributing food in the city’s Pioneer Plaza in July, after the city barred the groupfor several months. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/city-of-roswell-food-not-bombs-settle-lawsuit/3069988 #newmexico #roswell #foodnotbombs

Breaking: State GOP treasurer and former legislative candidate Kim Skaggs charged in fatal crash. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/state-gop-officer-kim-skaggs-charged-after-fatal-crash/3069873 #newmexico #nmpol #nmpolitics #lascruces

The developers of the data center complex in Santa Teresa for Oracle and OpenAI are not complying with reporting requirements under its industrial revenue bond agreement, Doña Ana County acknowledged this week […]

The Trump administration has added Doña Ana County to a federal lawsuit challenging state law and local resolutions it claims are obstructing immigration enforcement. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/dona-ana-county-added-to-trump-administration-immigration-lawsuit/3069137 #newmexico #immigration

As community opposition to the construction of a hyperscale data center for Oracle and OpenAI continues without relent, Doña Ana County faces a new lawsuit by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government over the transparency of its deliberations […]

Journalists, for chrissakes, stop interviewing chatbots. Cover chatbots as products, not interview subjects. https://open.substack.com/pub/desertsagenm/p/stop-interviewing-chatbots?r=df7ri&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #tech #ai #ChatBots #journalism

That time when the painting of Lordsburg's first woman mayor - which was done by an Italian POW held at a former Japanese internment camp - was taken out of city hall and found at the home of a retired district judge and JUST READ IT […]

From my colleague, Nakayla McLelland. Plus: The dog is OK! https://www.abqjournal.com/news/bipartisan-legislation-looks-to-tackle-new-world-screwworm-crisis/3065904 #newmexico #screwworm

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Nead/116756620389636896 I use Vivaldi now.

From my (new!) colleague, Keelin Fisher, a report about SunZia going online. https://www.abqjournal.com/business/largest-wind-project-in-the-us-comes-online-in-new-mexico/3063893 #newmexico #windpower #sunzia #renewables #renewableenergy

A proposed public land swap between state and federal governments took a procedural step Monday when the Las Cruces City Council passed a resolution in support of the exchange. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/las-cruces-supports-fed-state-land-swap/3063692 #newmexico #lascruces #blm #omdp

I talked to veterinarians about New World screwworm. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/new-world-screwworm-and-your-pet-what-new-mexicans-should-know/3062318 #pets #newworldscrewworm #newmexico

Greg Jackson is a professor and host of the “History That Doesn’t Suck” podcast. For the Journal, I reviewed his new book, which examines some dangerous moments in U.S. history. https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyles/been-there-done-that-extols-civic-virtue-for-250th-anniversary/3060635 #Books […]

On its website, the U.S. Forest Service says of wilderness areas, “These are special places where nature still calls the shots.” But a new federal lawsuit alleges that when it comes to predators on protected public lands, the government is deferring more to ranchers than Mother Nature […]

In a recent story, I wrote about upset in the community over the way this event changed. For this, I heard from Oracle as well as economic development officials about their view of the meeting and how they say Project Jupiter is changing the game in the borderplex […]

I don’t want to read another news story saying the “ceasefire” is in trouble. There has never been an actual ceasefire in effect for Trump’s war of choice in Iran.

On Tuesday, the undersheriff called on commissioners to fire the county manager and deputy county attorney in a public meeting. And that was only the beginning of this story… https://www.abqjournal.com/news/private-firm-claims-sheriff-interfered-with-internal-affairs-probe/3060454 #newmexico […]

Frustration boiled over on the dais and in the gallery Tuesday as community members pressed Doña Ana County commissioners for answers about a promise to hold a public meeting addressing concerns about the massive data center under construction in Santa Teresa […]

The latest instance was in Deming on Saturday night. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/toxic-exposure-cases-affect-emergency-responders-around-nm/3058620 #newmexico #EMS #firstresponders #fentanyl

A small male dog in Lea County picked up the parasite in a case confirmed by the USDA on Sunday. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/new-world-screwworm-confirmed-in-lea-county-dog/3059076 #newmexico #screwworm

A snapshot of how Deming’s private and govt sectors are addressing the unhoused. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/deming-grapples-with-housing-gaps-feeding-the-hungry/3057750 #newmexico #demingnm #housing #homelessness

For several years, a group of Catron County landowners has been fighting the state Department of Wildlife (formerly known as Game and Fish) as well as New Mexico’s Gaming Commission in court over their management of the elk, arguing that their conservation policies amount to a taking of property […]

In 2026, independent candidates seeking to be on New Mexico’s ballot require “at least 14,200 verified voter signatures. In contrast, Democratic candidates for governor this year were required to submit at least 2,505 signatures to preliminarily qualify for the primary ballot, while Republicans […]

From my colleague, Logan Beitmen. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/michael-mccormick-puppet-artist-behind-dark-crystal-and-jedi-dies-at-85-in-abq/3057052 #muppets #puppetry #darkcrystal

A cattle industry lawsuit challenging the removal of unauthorized cattle from the Gila Wilderness was dismissed Wednesday by a federal appeals court. Both sides in the dispute found some vindication in the outcome […]

Doña Ana County commissioners secured a new healthcare provider for the county detention center Tuesday morning, ensuring services will continue uninterrupted as YesCare withdraws amid bankruptcy proceedings […]

A majority of the Las Cruces City Council joined Mayor Eric Enriquez on Monday in supporting the repeal of an ordinance that allegedly enabled a select committee to conduct public business in secret […]

On Monday, state and local officials as well as some of their Chihuahua counterparts and Mexican port officials gathered near the border wall to cut a ceremonial ribbon in front of a massive flood diversion project more than a decade in the making […]

Wild story from Otero County today. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/fugitive-who-lived-under-dead-classmates-identity-for-40-years-pleads-guilty/3054419 #newmexico #oterocounty #oterocountynm #IdentityTheft #crime

That explosion and home fire in Las Cruces last week has been linked to an acetylene tank kept in a car trunk. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/las-cruces-home-explosion-linked-to-acetylene-tank/3054622 #newmexico #lascruces #firehazard

That's it lads the robots are revolting

On watching the 2016 documentary film, "Weiner," 10 years later -- with some thoughts on tragedy and farce. https://open.substack.com/pub/desertsagenm/p/weinglorious #weiner #anthonyweiner #movies #documentaries #politics #tragedy

A prominent government transparency advocate is accusing the city of Las Cruces of unlawfully convening a select committee that conducted public business out of public view for years. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/government-watchdog-says-city-held-secret-policy-meetings/3053084 #lascruces […]

With the approaching 400th anniversary of New Mexico viticulture in 2029, the state’s winemakers see an opportunity to raise their products’ profile nationwide and reach new markets — in particular, with high-quality and low-priced sparkling wines […]

With a week or even less to find a new healthcare provider for the Doña Ana County Detention Center, county commissioners were aghast Tuesday as staff pulled a contract approval from consideration and told commissioners they were back at square one […]

A new letter from Desert Sage: "Fascism and dystopia, that smog of scum and stupidity, certainly darkens the skies and soils the ground. It is morally exhausting. "But I have gremlins around me, young and old, who are hard to tame and don’t stay down when they fall." […]

State Auditor Joseph Maestas presented a special audit report to Doña Ana County commissioners Tuesday, expressing “grave concern” over systemic failures in governance and management in the seat of New Mexico’s second most populous county […]

“Thucydides never used the word ‘trap’,” put great emphasis on human agency (arguably was the inspiration for Hannah Arendt’s notion of ‘action’) and had a way of spreading out his messages all through the book in such a way that many readers fail to notice the connections among them.” […]

The way that you, as an adult, react to creatures has a massive impact on young people watching you. If you scream when you see a bee, they will scream too. After all you have survived in this world much longer than they have and you are scared, so they need to be scared too. Even if you are […]

God, it rules so much that he skipped his son's wedding because he was so busy, only to sit around making posts about Hulk Hogan.

In which a historian encounters the Philip K. Dick novel for the first time. “On the surface it is about the aftermath of German-Japanese victory in the Second World War. But its real subject is reading and world-making.” https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/the-man-in-the-high-castle […]

It is fraud to publish and distribute a book purportedly by a human author that is extensively written by imitation intelligence software, without disclosing that fact. It would be fraud to submit such a book for publication without disclosing the use of LLM as a substitute for writing. (Gift […]

The home of the Coyotitos will have a new school name effective July 1, after the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education voted to rebrand César Chávez Elementary School on Tuesday. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/cesar-chavezs-name-stripped-from-las-cruces-school/3047698 #newmexico […]