2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: JOHN PEREA NAMED ‘LOCAL HERO’
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The latest Corraleño to be named a local hero is John Perea. Mayor Jo Anne Roake made that announcement at the January 26 Village Council meeting. She noted he has served on several municipal committees and commissions, including Parks and Recreation and Farmland Preservation, and has served the broader community for years in […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: REPUBLICANS CHALLENGE 2021 LEGISLATURE RULES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] State Representative Jim Townsend, an Artesia Republican, Representative Rod Montoya, a Farmington Republican, and Hobbs Republican Larry Scott filed a lawsuit January 30 with the New Mexico Supreme Court challenging House rules changes they considered unconstitutional one-week into the 60-day legislative session. Those rule changes are significantly different than those of the Senate […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: OPEN PRIMARIES BILL ADVANCES IN SANTA FE
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A bill in the N.M. Legislature would allow any registered voter to vote in the primary election for either major party. House Bill 79, or previous versions, has been considered in the legislature over the past five years as advocated by Corrales’ former State Representative Bob Perls, who heads what is now known […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: COUNCIL BRIEFED FEB.9 ON FARMLAND PRESERVATION
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] At the February 9 Village Council meeting to be zoomed starting at 6:30 p.m., an update will be given on the farmland preservation program. The briefing was requested at the January 26 session by Councillor Zach Burkett, who responded to a request forsuggestions for the next meeting’s agenda. “Can we get an update […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: CORRALES SIPHON REPAIR WORK ADDS BOATER SAFETY FEATURES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] More trees will be removed at the north end of the Corrales Bosque Preserve in the weeks ahead as the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District continues remedies for the threatened siphon pipe that delivers irrigation water to Corrales. Starting during the second week of February, the work with heavy equipment will […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: ‘COMMUNITY SOLAR ELECTRIC’ BILL ADVANCES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] If you don’t have your own photovoltaic panels to generate electricity for your home or business, might you be interested in subscribing to use the output from a community solar facility? A bill under consideration in the 2021 session of the N.M. Legislature calls for rules to govern how a community solar facility should […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: CASA SAN YSIDRO MUSEUM ONLINE EVENTS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] After its usual winter hiatus, Casa San Ysidro Museum: The Gutiérrez-Minge House, across from Old Church, is once again up and running, with COVID-19-safe tours, five-person per tour, New Mexico residents only, via timed tickets available for purchase only online through Hold My Ticket. And, according to Site Manager Aaron Gardner, the museum also […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: SENIOR LIVING RENTALS FOR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT?
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Frank Steiner, who wants to create a complex of five duplexes on the 1.89-acre parcel where his Sunbelt Nursery now sits, said recently he wants to be clear that these two-bedroom dwellings all will be rentals. At this time the actual rental price per unit is not known, because it all “depends on when […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: COVID CASES HERE CONTINUE TO MOUNT; VACCINATIONS UP
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes It was big news a week ago, when the University of New Mexico opened its Health COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at The Pit, the university’s basketball arena. Those in charge had hoped to inoculate 3,000 people a day at The Pit, but started out doing about 1,700 a day, then, on the […]
2021 FEB. 6 ISSUE: MORATORIUM ON PERMITS FOR CASITAS, SHORT-TERM RENTALS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Responding to villagers’ concerns that Corrales’ long-standing one-home-per-acre policy is consistently being circumvented, the Village Council has imposed a six-month moratorium on permits to build secondary dwellings on lots and on applications to operate short-term rentals. After substantial public comment at its January 26 session, the council voted five-to-one to impose the 180-day moratorium […]