On a bitter, windy day, a long-overdue reckoning took place in the commandant's quarters at Fort Garland, a former military outpost turned museum and cultural center.
COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 166 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 185,297. The health department has designated 147,446 of those cases as recovered. Of the state s 33 counties, 21 had reported new cases: 55 in Bernalillo County, followed by Doña Ana County with 38 and Sandoval County with 10. Santa Fe County had two new cases. The state also announced 13 additional deaths; there have now been 3,729 fatalities. As of yesterday, 186 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.
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SANTA FE, N.M. Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Media Arts and Technology Department will build a digital community-based archive to preserve the histories of villages and towns of northern New Mexico, thanks to a $970,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Some of the communities that will benefit include Las Vegas, Taos, Chimayó, Abiquiú, Embudo Valley, Amalia and El Valle.
Miriam Langer, chair of the Media Arts and Technology Department at New Mexico Highlands University. (Courtesy of New Mexico Highlands University)
“We’re building a community-based archive for the people of Northern New Mexico in order to honor their history and ties to the land,” said Miriam Langer, Media Arts and Technology Department chair. “The idea is to connect through a collection of documents, images, video, audio and oral histories. It’s called the Manitos Community