/tags/santa-fe-county Santa Fe County en-US Copyright Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:28:50 GMT /local-news/2023-11-08/local-election-turnout-was-high-in-santa-fe-county-but-sluggish-in-bernalillo-county While local elections can get a boost on participation when there’s a key office or issue on the ballot, they don’t see near the turnout that statewide and national contests do. However, even without a mayor up for election, Santa Fe County residents came out in large numbers Tuesday. That was not the case for the state’s largest county. Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:28:50 GMT /local-news/2023-11-08/local-election-turnout-was-high-in-santa-fe-county-but-sluggish-in-bernalillo-county Nash Jones /local-news/2022-02-25/affordable-housing-proposal-doesnt-quench-neighborhoods-thirst-for-open-space Santa Fe is in desperate need of more housing, especially homes that are affordable to its working-class. Homewise, a non-profit that helps people with home ownership, wants to purchase an open lot where they’d build 160 homes, but neighbors say the project is not what they were promised. Sat, 26 Feb 2022 02:19:14 GMT /local-news/2022-02-25/affordable-housing-proposal-doesnt-quench-neighborhoods-thirst-for-open-space Kaveh Mowahed /local-news/2021-10-15/several-n-m-counties-flout-ballot-drop-box-requirement Next month’s local elections are the first since the state required counties provide a minimum number of secured ballot drop boxes to ensure voters have… Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:45:03 GMT /local-news/2021-10-15/several-n-m-counties-flout-ballot-drop-box-requirement Nash Jones /local-news/2020-08-19/election-regulators-and-usps-confident-in-n-m-s-mail-in-voting-plan The Postal Service is experiencing delays as we approach a November election that may see an unprecedented number of ballots cast by mail. Some voters are… Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:37:58 GMT /local-news/2020-08-19/election-regulators-and-usps-confident-in-n-m-s-mail-in-voting-plan Nash Jones /public-health-new-mexico/2017-09-19/santa-fe-county-holding-special-election-today Santa Fe County is holding a special election Tuesday to decide whether to raise the gross receipts tax to fund behavioral health services.If voters… Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:41:22 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-09-19/santa-fe-county-holding-special-election-today Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2016-09-14/santa-fe-county-to-propose-behavioral-health-tax The Santa Fe County Commission will be asking voters if they would support a tax increase to pay for behavioral health services. Commissioners voted to… Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:01:11 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-09-14/santa-fe-county-to-propose-behavioral-health-tax Ed Williams /local-news/2014-10-21/regulatory-limbo-for-la-bajada-mine-proposal A land developer who wants to strip mine La Bajada mesa for basalt rock has filed a lawsuit against Santa Fe County.Developers of Buena Vista Estates and… Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:09:59 GMT /local-news/2014-10-21/regulatory-limbo-for-la-bajada-mine-proposal /local-news/2014-10-18/santa-fe-county-sued-over-mine-moratorium Proponents of a proposal to mine basalt on La Bajada mesa are suing Santa Fe County for imposing a 12-month moratorium on such developments.Albuquerque… Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:10:16 GMT /local-news/2014-10-18/santa-fe-county-sued-over-mine-moratorium The Santa Fe New Mexican /local-news/2014-09-18/federal-court-refuses-to-referee-pot-dispute A federal judge has refused to referee a legal fight over whether two New Mexico counties can put nonbinding questions about marijuana and taxes on the… Fri, 19 Sep 2014 03:30:45 GMT /local-news/2014-09-18/federal-court-refuses-to-referee-pot-dispute /local-news/2014-09-10/secretary-duran-says-no-to-ballot-questions-on-marijuana New Mexico's top election official says she won't place nonbinding questions about marijuana penalties on the November general election ballot for voters… Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:26:23 GMT /local-news/2014-09-10/secretary-duran-says-no-to-ballot-questions-on-marijuana