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7 hours ago | santafenewmexican.com | Carina Julig

Last week's rain brought a sigh of relief to many worried about Santa Fe's fire risk after a particularly dry winter, but it likely prompted groans from those in charge of weed control in city parks, trails and medians. On Wednesday, city parks crews supervised about a half dozen teenage YouthWorks participants who were being paid to clear brush and invasive plants that had sprouted up along the Rail Trail.

1 day ago | santafenewmexican.com | Carina Julig

School social worker Liz Barrett has announced her campaign for the Santa Fe City Council District 2 seat with a platform focused on making the city more livable for working families. "I just see an opportunity for problem solvers, social workers, teachers to jump into politics," Barrett said in an interview Tuesday.

2 days ago | santafenewmexican.com | James Barron

No one occupying the roster for the St. Michael’s boys golf team was even in middle school the last time the Horsemen were this close to the top of the small-school state golf standings. The Horsemen sit just six strokes behind four-time defending champion Mesilla Valley on Monday after the first round of the Class 1A/3A state golf championships at Riverview Golf Course in Kirtland.

2 days ago | santafenewmexican.com | Carina Julig

As part of its commitment to increasing Santa Fe's tree canopy, the city Parks and Open Space Division was preparing to plant new trees at Frenchy's Field Park with a grant it received from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The money never came. Division Director Melissa McDonald told city councilors on the Finance Committee during budget talks late last month the grant had been stalled under the Trump administration, and she no longer expected it to be funded.

3 days ago | santafenewmexican.com | Matthew Brown |Jesse Bedayn |Matthew Daly

BILLINGS, Mont. — Congressional Republicans say their plan to sell potentially hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land will generate revenue and ease growth pressures in booming Western cities. Yet without clear details on how it will work, skeptics worry it could be a giveaway for developers and mining companies and do little to ease the region's housing crisis.