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The Santa Fe New Mexican first reported the statue was AWOL from city property. Mayor Alan Webber had the statue removed from Cathedral Park, a few blocks from Santa Fe’s historic Plaza, during a summer of reckoning over issues of racial discrimination, which led to the removal of statues and monuments across the country. A 152-year-old monument, viewed as a symbol of oppression of Native Americans, was toppled by demonstrators at an Indigenous Peoples Day rally in October. De Vargas is a polarizing figure as the leader of the Spaniards’ resettlement of Santa Fe 12 years after they were driven out of the territory during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. ....
COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 308 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 181,060. The health department has designated 123,507 of those cases as recovered. Bernalillo County had 74 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 52 and Sandoval County with 34. Santa Fe County had eight new cases. The state also announced 12 additional deaths, including one from Santa Fe County: a woman in her 60s who had been hospitalized. There have now been 129 fatalities in Santa Fe County and 3,550 statewide. As of yesterday, 290 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. You can read all of SFR s COVID-19 coverage here. If you ve had experiences with COVID-19, we would like to hear from you. ....