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Jeffery David Salazar was arrested after police say that he "inadvertently" put a bag of cocaine in a customer's "Coney" hot dog order last week. The post Sonic employee charged with felony after customer gets a mouthful of cocaine in ‘Coney’ hot dog: Police first appeared on Law & Crime.

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe County offices just got a little roomier. A new opening reclaimed some office space. It was once a decommissioned car wash, but now, it’s home to 20 new offices for Santa Fe County Public Works. The employees are excited about the convenient, new space. “It’s important for the county, […]

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Jun. 3—A Santa Fe man is facing a slew of charges after being accused of causing a fatal rollover crash Friday night on northbound Interstate 25 that took the life of a 66-year-old Santa Fe man. Jonathan Matthew Lujan, 22, is being charged with a DWI count of homicide...

Former Archbishop of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan, who served from 1993 to 2015, dies at 83. SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Archdiocese of Santa Fe says former Archbishop Michael Sheehan has died at age 83. A spokesperson for the archdiocese says Sheehan died Saturday, but a cause of death wasn't disclosed. The Albuquerque Journal reported Saturday that Sheehan announced in 2018 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Sheehan was installed as the 11th archbishop of Santa Fe in September 1993 before retiring in June 2015. He was ordained in July 1964 in Rome and became a bishop in 1983 in Lubbock, Texas. The archdiocese says Sheehan held 10 appointments between 1968 and when he retired in 2015.

Española Police issued an arrest warrant last week for 54-year-old David Salazar after a Sonic Drive In customer found a baggie of cocaine in her food. According to an arrest affidavit, police were dispatched to a Sonic Drive In on Riverside in Española, NM after a caller described finding a "foreign substance" in their food.

Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) — The State Parks Division (State Parks) of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department would like to congratulate and welcome four newly certified and commissioned Park Law Enforcement Rangers (Park Rangers) who recently graduated from the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy (NMLEA). The cadets...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A two-vehicle collision on Interstate 25 Friday killed a 66-year-old Santa Fe man and injured three others. Alcohol and speed appeared to be contributing factors in the crash, a New Mexico State Police news release said. The collision happened around 10 p.m. on northbound I-25, north...

Several towns in the USA that are technically older than the country itself. Think of St. Augustine, Florida and Albany, New York. The oldest town in New Mexico is more than 160 years older than the country, too, and ranks as the second oldest city in the country – Santa Fe. Oldest Town in New […]

Sean Lannon is accused of murdering his ex-wife Jennifer Lannon, Jesten Mata, Matthew Miller in Grants, and Randall Apostalon in Albuquerque.

Following Santa Fe City Councilor Chris Rivera’s recent announcement not to seek re-election in District 3 in the Nov. 7 election, two candidates have announced their interest in representing the city’s Southside area. Former Santa Fe and Española law enforcement officer Louis Carlos, who now works as a private investigator (and sued the city in April, alleging it is illegally withholding police records; the case is ongoing) announced his candidacy on Friday. “I am going to be critical of our government, not just the mayor, the entire body,” Carlos tells SFR. “I want to be able to have conversations and work with our elected officials and make collective decisions of what’s best for our constituents.” EarthCare Co-Director Miguel Angel Acosta also is running in the race, and spoke recently on the Relational Kaleidoscope podcast in part about the decision to run. “Electoral politics has its limitations,” he says. “But it is where a lot of the barriers and negative outcomes originate, in policy and practices established by governments.” His candidacy, he says, will be on a “platform of doing things in a more genuine way” that is more community based. Acosta tells the Santa Fe New Mexican empowering the residents of District 3 will also be a focus of his campaign.

“It was weird because it's almost like he knew our building like he had been here before, so that was pretty strange to us,” said Vigil.

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A small plane crashed at the Santa Fe Airport earlier this week. Officials said it happened Tuesday and involved a small plane with one person on board. The department shared photos on Facebook showing the plane upside down. The person on board was able to get themselves out of the plane safely […]

Sancre Productions and the Los Alamos County Community Services Department enthusiastically announce that this year’s headliner, for our day of entertainment and fireworks on Tuesday July 4th in Overlook Park in White Rock, will be the world’s most passionate tribute to the band Queen – Bohemian Queen.

SANTA FE, N.M. — A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Santa Fe until 2:15 p.m. Doppler radar indicated quarter size hail and strong winds. Areas around Santa Fe and Tesuque are included in the warning. Be sure to download the KOAT App to receive customized weather alerts....

Santa Fe — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on celebrated the beginning of Pride Month on June 1 by renewing promises to the LGBTQIA+ communities in New Mexico. For more than 40 years, the LGBTQIA+ community in Albuquerque has marked June as the anniversary of the protests and riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York in 1975. This year, the Human Rights Alliance marks the 30th anniversary of the Pride celebration in Santa Fe and Farmington is hosting a Pride in the Park event.

Tonight on WILL-FM 90.9, the "Evening Concert" features Clara Schumann's "Violin Romances" from Santa Fe at 6:00 pm, followed by Enescu's "String Octet" from Lincoln Center at 7:00 pm and music of Manuel Ponce and others on "Fiesta" at 8:00 pm.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe Artists Market is now hosting its 14th season, this is a nonprofit organization that provides a venue for local juried artists to sell their fine art and crafts in one of Santa Fe’s most popular locations. Tourists from across the country...

The Santa Fe Governing Body on Wednesday rejected prohibiting the use of Fee-in-Lieu for rental market rate housing development at the Midtown Development Project. Under current Santa Fe rules, at least 15% of the units developed in the city must be affordable housing, at Midtown its 30%. Fee-in-Lieu is a...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Solomon Pena is now finding himself in trouble with the federal government. Pena and two others are facing 11 federal charges in connection with the shootings that happened at four elected officials' homes between December of last year and January of this year. “The indictment also...