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New Mexico’s Just Transition: No community left behind, everyone shares benefits
Click play to listen to this article. (New Mexico News Connection) New Mexico is taking a page from Colorado's Office of Just Transition to support communities affected by climate change. The office aims to support workers and communities negatively affected as the country transitions away from traditional energy sources. At...
ABC-7 Storm Track: Hot temperatures continue this weekend, and rain chances increase next week
Happy Saturday to the Borderland! The Borderland will continue to see above-normal temperatures. We rose to 100 degrees in El Paso, 96 in Las Cruces. Likewise, we will continue to trend above normal for this time of year for the weekend with daily chances of scattered and isolated monsoonal thunderstorms. Much of the action will stay in the mountains and Western New Mexico. Gusty outflow winds from thunderstorms could cause blowing dust.
Veterans Integration Center opens new transitional housing for homeless veterans
“You can’t help but be captured about what this is going to do, what this is going to mean for the community, and the number of veterans that are going to be served and helped, after they have signed on the line for our country, to defend our country. I think this is the least that we could do for them.”
White Sands Missile Range - US 70 Roadblock
LAS CRUCES - The New Mexico Department of Transportation District One office (NMDOT) along with White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) have posted an alert for Sunday, August 25, 2024. US 70 is scheduled to be blocked one time beginning at 9:20 P.M. This block will last approximately one hour, lifting...
Experience high-speed fun for the whole family at Vado Speedway Park
VADO, NM- Vado Speedway Park is gearing up for another thrilling season, where speed racing excitement meets family fun. Founded by Royal Jones, who has been passionate about speed racing for over 40 years, the park was created to share the joy of the sport with everyone. The cars at...
PHOTO GALLERY: VB Exhibition vs. N.M. Highlands
New Mexico Volleyball defeated D-II New Mexico Highlands in an exhibition match at the Johnson Center on Friday night — the Lobos’ first match of the 2024 season. UNM gets the regular season started next weekend at home, welcoming Tulane, North Dakota and UC Irvine to the Johnson Center as hosts of the Lobo Invitational Aug. 30-31.
Albuquerque Public Schools receives donations of school supplies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Volunteers came out to the Albuquerque Public Schools clothing bank to celebrate the donation of thousands of dollars of school supplies. Along with school supplies and clothes, the City of Albuquerque and the Corporate Volunteer Council raised more than $20,000 to help kids start the school year off right. APS Superintendent Dr. Gabriella […]
"Dunes & Dreams: A Portrait of White Sands National Park" - Emmitt Booher Unveils Intimate Landscapes at Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces
Get ready to be captivated by the stark beauty of nature through the lens of Emmitt Booher at the Branigan Cultural Center. The photography exhibition titled "Dunes & Dreams: A Portrait of White Sands National Park" will display Booher's collection from Sept. 6 to Oct. 19. Admission is free, and both art enthusiasts and nature lovers alike are invited to get swept up in the almost otherworldly landscape without any charge to their wallets, as detailed by the City of Las Cruces.
Art is the Solution Fund open for applications
When the Santa Fe Arts Commission kicked off its Art is the Solution Fund grant program in 2022, it tasked applying artists with creating works on the theme of “water & displacement.” In 2023, the fund adopted a theme of “structural inequity.” For the now-open 2024-2025 cycle however, the constraints are much looser and instead ask applicants to simply consider how or what art might be the solution to, be it personal, societal, environmental or otherwise—and there are five $10,000 grants available to make that happen.
Abiquiu Inn Presents Artist Rick Hilsabeck’s Exhibit ‘East to West’ Opening Aug. 30
Abiquiu Inn presents the artwork of renowned artist and actor, Rick Hilsabeck, in the Main Salon of Café Abiquiu, with an opening reception on Friday, Aug. 30, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. This solo exhibition, East to West, features a captivating collection of works inspired by Rick’s journey from the East Coast to New Mexico; and runs through the month of September.
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