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Jun. 11—Santa Fe's only outdoor pool will remain closed for the summer as the city conducts a full assessment of needed repairs at the 45-year-old Bicentennial Pool. In May, city officials said the Alto Street pool was leaking about 130,000 gallons of water a month and needed a number of repairs. The City Council had to decide whether to open the pool after making minor repairs or keep it ...

COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 155 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 201,336. Bernalillo County had 44 new cases, followed by San Juan County with 30 and Santa Fe County with 15. The state also announced two additional deaths, both women in their 40s who had underlying conditions and were hospitalized, one in Bernalillo County and one in Doña Ana County; there have now been 4,118 fatalities. As of yesterday, 150 people were ho...

For Santa Fe swimmers, it was welcome news to hear city officials had planned to open the city-owned Salvador Perez Recreation Center and pool in October following a renovation project. But rising COVID-19 case counts, which reached record levels in November, halted that plan. While daily case numbers have declined in the past few weeks, they remain far higher than in earlier months of the pandemic, and increased hospitalizations have strained the state’s health care system. The surging pa...