Author: Source New Mexico

Popular app AllTrails leads people to sacred sites, some on tribal lands

by Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico Leaving the hazy Albuquerque skies, escaping the smoke of distant wildfires covering the Sandia Mountains, you cross west past Nine Mile Hill — maybe make a quick stop to place a wager at the casino — and then drive on until you reach the red rocky mesas. Here, 18-wheelers from…
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Huge dip in school Covid cases draws cautious optimism

by Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico It might be a bright spot for New Mexico public schools fighting Covid-19. It might be an anomaly.  Either way, Public Education Secretary-designate Kurt Steinhaus is cautiously optimistic at the 37% dip in on-campus infections.  “When I looked at that, the first time I thought, hmm, we better double…
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