Margaret E O'Hara

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Margaret E O'Hara

"May you get where you're going." That was what Elaine Trujillo said to reckless drivers. Whenever another driver was misbehaving on the road, Trujillo would fold her thumb and index finger into a cross and wish them well. The gesture was typical of Trujillo's personality, family members said: She was always kind, always loving, always generous. Trujillo's daughter, Bernadette Ellis, said she honestly couldn't think of a time when her mother acted maliciously.

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Margaret E O'Hara

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and several other Democratic governors sent a letter this week voicing their objections to a proposed rule by the Trump administration they say would restrict their states from regulating health insurance marketplaces.

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Margaret E O'Hara

Plenty of things should be in an Easter basket. Colorful eggs are the mainstay, of course. Chocolate bunnies and jelly beans are a welcome addition. But live ducklings, chicks and other baby critters are best left out. The New Mexico Department of Health warned this week against giving the fluffy creatures as Easter gifts, because people — particularly children — who handle, snuggle or keep ducklings and chicks inside the home face increased risk of exposure to salmonella, a bacterial disease.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Margaret E O'Hara

New Mexico State Police have arrested Servando Castillo Lujan, 47, in connection with a stabbing Saturday afternoon in Santa Fe.Police were dispatched to a trailer park off Agua Fría Street around 4:30 p.m. Saturday following reports a woman had been stabbed, state police announced Sunday afternoon in a Facebook post. The woman, who police identified as 46-year-old Minerva Marquez Dominguez and Castillo Lujan's wife, died at the scene from her injuries.

1 week ago | santafenewmexican.com | Margaret E O'Hara

"The Department has reconsidered your request."That was the news awaiting New Mexico Public Education Secretary Mariana Padilla, among other "state chiefs of education," in a March 28 letter from Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Department of Education. The note alerted education officials across the country to "a modification to the time period to liquidate obligations" under the federal coronavirus pandemic relief fund earmarked for education recovery.