Placitas News Today

Over 250 people gathered at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on Monday morning to honor U.S. military members’ sacrifices.

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat representing New Mexico, joined Placitas-area residents in celebrating the withdrawal of more than 4,000 acres of land from mineral leasing, including gravel mining. The Secretary of the Interior officially withdrew the area, which includes the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of Montezuma, in mid-April following decades of advocacy work.

It all began by chance on Nov. 30, 2019.

It all began by chance on Nov. 30, 2019.

Secretary Haaland for the DOI has signed a public land order which protects these lands for 50 years

“My practice has grown in new ways just from being in close proximity to other artists.”

Public land in the Placitas area will have 50 years of protection from mining after a Department of Interior action Thursday.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the land in Sandoval County is significant to nearby Indigenous communities.

Each year, hundreds of people visit El Santuario de Chimayó on Good Friday.

Thousands of readers reacted to the articles in the “Dying Broke” series about the financial burden of long-term care in the United States. They offered their assessments for the government