Chimayo, NM

This view Sunday afternoon of the smoke plume from near Cordova saddened the Los Alamos Reporter. The Los Alamos County community is holding up all those who have been affected by this tragic early wildfire season. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com.

TAOS, N.M., May 16 (Reuters) - A wildfire burning for 40 days in New Mexico on Monday became the largest in the Southwestern state's recorded history as it forced the evacuation of a small ski resort and villages in drought-hit mountains east of Santa Fe. Driven by relentless winds, the...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Closing arguments were held in the murder trial of Estevan Montoya was held on Monday. Montoya is charged with the murder of rising basketball star Fedonta “JB” White back in August 2020. As closing arguments wrapped up today, the defense maintained that Montoya was running away from white when he fired the […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The latest public health order expires Monday but another is on the way. Under the order, masks are required in all healthcare facilities, nursing homes, community homes, and residential treatment centers. It also still requires businesses open to the public and schools to report COVID outbreaks. The only change from the previous […]

A news release from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos County, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos Field Office and the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office. JOINT NEWS RELEASE. Fire crews continued their progress fighting the Cerro Pelado fire in the Jemez...

We’re seeing our wind shift tonight from the northeast bringing some moisture and shifting the thickest of the smoke southwest overnight. Areas like Taos and Santa Fe are under air quality alerts for hazardous air levels. So if you’re sensitive to smoke, stay indoors tonight. This coming off a very hot Sunday where records were tied or broken in several cities. Albuquerque and Santa Fe tied their record highs of 92° and 87° respectively. Roswell broke its daily record of 102° this afternoon! We’re also seeing a total lunar eclipse tonight. Some clouds and smoke could affect this especially over northern NM.

A backlog at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe is forcing some families to wait more than a month before they can bury their loved ones.

When you think of Santa Fe, New Mexico, you don’t think of a Japanese Internment Camp. But hidden within the city, once stood a camp that is now housing. The Santa Fe Internment Camp was located 2.5 miles west of Santa Fe’s city center. Come along with us as we take you to the only thing that remains of the camp. A memorial on top of a hill that reminds us of the camp's existence. References, Images and Music: • <a href="https://njahs.org/confinementsites/santa-fe-internment-camp">https://njahs.org/confinementsites/santa-fe-internment-camp</a>/ • <a href="https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2018/02/21/when-santa-fe-had-a-japanese-prison-camp">https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2018/02/21/when-santa-fe-had-a-japanese-prison-camp</a>/ • <a href="https://njahs.org/confinementsites/santa-fe-internment-camp">https://njahs.org/confinementsites/santa-fe-internment-camp</a>/ • The Voyage by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a>/, Artist: <a href="http://audionautix.com">http://audionautix.com</a>/ • <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/knme/5913201420">https://www.flickr.com/photos/knme/5913201420</a>

For many, scholarships offer an enormous opportunity to education that they could not access otherwise. Additionally, a lot of folks attend the Santa Fe Community college because it is a more affordable option than going to a formal university.

As the war in Ukraine rages on, Santa Fe dentist Dr. Kasha Ujda has put out a plea to patients and friends to help victims with supplies and cash. The generous response overwhelmed Dr. Kasha, who has family ties to Poland and Ukraine. Clothes, blankets, medical supplies, and even drone kits came pouring in. Dr. Ujda talks with KSFR’s Mary Lou Cooper about the long journey from New Mexico to Chicago to Poland to Ukraine to deliver aid to hospitals, refugees and soldiers.

New murals are now adorning the walls of the pool at the Salvador Perez Pool. It’s part of Santa Fe’s Art in Public Places and on-the-job training for local artists. Three of the walls around the pool are now covered with murals incorporating water elements designed and painted by several local emerging artists.

Anjul Nigam told The Hollywood Reporter his team plans to finish making the movie after a police investigation into the on-set shooting is closed.

The community is invited to attend the first Hilltopper Cabaret – A Musical Theater Revue, presented by the Los Alamos High School Choirs. This performance is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 at the Duane Smith Auditorium. The students will sing and dance...

The Santa Fe Opera Guild (SFOG) is reaching out to those who have had limited exposure to opera, are curious, or would like to learn more about this art form. ‘Discover Opera’: Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask is designed to provide an entertaining, instructive, and interactive experience. The morning will be devoted to the history of the art form, music styles, and an introduction to voice types.

On the job in Los Alamos is Amy Rogers loading her horse Bert last Wednesday with assistance from friend Louis Schulte at the North Mesa Stables. Schulte estimated that 85 percent of the horses had been evacuated out of the stable area. Schulte, Meghan Ryan and Lisa Reader worked with the County Emergency Management Department to assist licensees to evacuate their animals off the hill when the Cerro Pelado Fire was barely contained. Schulte thanks Dr. Larry Nolan of High Desert Equine and Dr. Shannon Subasi for their caring assistance during this time. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com.

(CNN) — The growing Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire has become the largest fire in New Mexico history, burning 298,060 acres, officials said. The blaze, burning east of Santa Fe, is 27% contained with 2,015 personnel working to contain the fire, officials said Monday on a Facebook page providing updates on the effort to quell it.

There’s a reason why New Mexico legalized recreational cannabis, evidenced by the massive amount of sales the state has seen in its first month since prohibition ended. (It’s only been a little over six weeks—seems longer!)Dispensaries in Santa Fe are raking in customers while the state racks up tax dollars. The Cannabis Control Division announced that during the first month of adult-use sales, retailers sold almost $40 million in both recreation and medical cannabis. Santa Fe had the third-most cannabis sales of any New Mexico city in its first month of legalized recreational use. The city saw $1.8 million in adult-use sales, compared to $1.6 million in medical sales, totaling around $3.6 million—topped only by Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Albuquerque led the market with more than $14 million in total sales.Among those sales are receipts from Sacred Garden, which resolved its dispute with state regulators earlier this month after missing out on the first few weeks of sales. Also, don’t forget to show your faves some love in the new cannabis categories in the Best of Santa Fe poll here. Scroll down for more news from around the state and nation.

Santa Fe, New Mexico is home to a wide array of artists, wordsmiths, and all manner of creatives, which is why it was decided that this was the perfect place to host the 2022 Literary Festival.