New Mexico
Inmate country store in Santa Fe to open Friday
The Old Gumby’s Country Store in Santa Fe has a lot to offer, not only to shoppers, but the products’ creators too.
SANTA FE, N.M. – The Old Gumby’s Country Store in Santa Fe has a lot to offer, not only to shoppers, but the products’ creators too.
“This could be the first opportunity for them to feel confident about something,” New Mexico Corrections Department’s Public Information Officer, Brittany Roembach.
That’s because all the people who handmade these things are serving time in New Mexico prisons.
“Welding, woodworking, we have a print shop, we have an embroidery shop,” said Ron Martinez, an administrative manger for Correction Industries.
The inmates have to apply for the program like a job. The proceeds from what they sell at the store goes back into the program and others like it.
The inmates even make an hourly wage.
“Varies on the jobs based on what they’re doing, it’s a dollar up to two dollars,” Martinez said.
But to be able to share their work with the community is priceless.
“They’re learning that skill, OK? They’re building products that are being sold and that builds a lot of self-worth for them,” said Martinez.
Not only does it build self-worth, but it helps them start fresh once they are released.
“One of the inmates who makes these he’s getting out soon and his family wants, he told me that his family is helping him to potentially start his own studio to sell rugs. So they can truly take it and turn it into a career,” said Roembach.
The store will open its doors Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is cash only, so make sure you hit the ATM before you head out. It’s going to be open once a month to give the inmates some time to replenish their stock.
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New Mexico
New Mexico Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Day results for Jan. 27, 2025
The New Mexico Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Jan. 27, 2025, results for each game:
Powerball
02-40-47-53-55, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2
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Pick 3
Day: 5-1-3
Evening: 2-6-9
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Lotto America
03-07-21-33-45, Star Ball: 02, ASB: 04
Check Lotto America payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
Evening: 1-9-7-0
Day: 2-8-4-0
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Roadrunner Cash
09-19-24-25-27
Check Roadrunner Cash payouts and previous drawings here.
Powerball Double Play
01-09-34-63-67, Powerball: 06
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New Mexico
NM Legislature Day 5 recap: Senior Day shenanigans • Source New Mexico
Hundreds of New Mexicans convened today at the Roundhouse for day 5 of the legislative session.
For the first half of the day, the Roundhouse was packed with older New Mexicans, caregivers and advocates in honor of Senior Day, hosted by the state’s Aging and Long-Term Services Department. Secretary-Designate Emily Kaltenbach said several hundred people attended.
“Those stories you share will have a direct impact on the budget we get for our department this year,” Kaltenbach told the crowd in the rotunda. “That budget, which I think is very reasonable this year but critically needed, will support aging in place, providing services in our homes and our communities.”
Fern Reyna, Laverne Zaragoza and Alfie Levaldo traveled from Acoma Pueblo to ask lawmakers for additional funds for the senior center.
“We’re looking to build a computer center, so we can learn to use computers and our smartphones, which are way too smart for us,” Zaragoza quipped.
In addition, Levaldo said the pueblo needs additional funds to expand services with an assisted living facility and a daycare.
Adrienne Smith, president and CEO of the New Mexico Caregivers Coalition, joined the crowd to encourage people to find their legislators and share with them their personal stories of caring for loved ones.
“I’ll tell you what, if you’re not a caregiver now, I bet you will be,” Smith said.
She specifically asked Senior Day attendees to encourage lawmakers to reactivate the Long-Term Services Division and call for more direct funding for family caregivers.
New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department seeks $1M to reactivate key division
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham also made an appearance at Senior Day, where she maintained her stance on public safety, promising New Mexicans that legislators would address stricter sentencing for drug offenses.
Bill Watch
The Paid Family & Medical Leave Act received its first committee hearing this morning in the House Health & Human Services Committee and passed by a 6-4 vote.
Both bills before the Senate Rules Committee moved on. Senate Bill 85, which proposes expanded definitions of expenditures and donations in campaigns, received a unanimous 9-0 pass, while Senate Bill 5, which reforms the state’s game commission, received two amendments and passed by a 7-2 vote.
Tomorrow, committees are getting warmed up with big bills. House Bill 4 on criminal competency, one of the top priorities by both lawmakers and the governor, will be heard in the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee at its 1:30 p.m. meeting.
Senate Conservation Committee has a full slate, with Senate Bill 4, the Clear Horizons Act first up, which would codify state emission reduction goals into law. Committee members will also hear two bills on stream protections, which you can read more about here. The agenda concludes with Senate Bill 23 which proposes increases to the state’s oil and gas royalty rates. NM State Land Office Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard backed earlier this month.
House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. to discuss a proposed one-mile buffer zone preventing oil and gas companies from producing pollution around schools, daycare facilities and public parks.
Pups in the people’s house
Phillip Mondragon and Dolores Aragon brought their two dogs, Boo and Pumpkin, with them to Senior Day, driving up from Clovis on Sunday. Mondragon told Source NM that their 6-year-old service pups go everywhere with them to help Aragon with her sight.
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New Mexico
Families host non-local New Mexico Ice Wolves players
Many of the Ice Wolves players come from all around the U.S. and don’t have a place to stay so families in New Mexico are a big help.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hockey season is well underway, including for our New Mexico Ice Wolves whose out-of-state players are finding themselves right at home here.
Players are all about 17-22 years old. They’re either finishing up high school or taking a gap year before college in hopes of getting NCAA Division I scholarships. Many of them are not only from out of state but also out of the country so they need a place to stay while achieving their goals.
That is where families, like the Shipley family, come in handy.
“She said, ‘Hey, we had this, this young guy, he needs to place a sleep tonight. We’ve already talked about it. Can we do it?’ And I just told her to please make a good decision,” Jeremy Shipley said.
That decision grew Shipley’s family of four to five. They’re letting 18-year-old Connor Hanley have a place to stay while he chases his dreams.
“We were obviously a little nervous in the beginning to open up our home to someone that’s a complete stranger. But just in the short amount of time that Connor’s been here, we’ve really grown,” Jackie Shipley said.
Connor joined the Shipley family in the middle of the season. Since he came to live with them in September, he has become a part of the family.
“It’s been great to see how he interacts with the kids, how he fits right in with like, our life and all the things we do,” Jackie said.
Ten-year-old Easton explained things were a bit awkward in the beginning.
“At first, we were getting to know each other. But then as time went on, we started to get more comfortable with each other,” Easton said.
Now, Easton and seven-year-old Boden feel like Connor is their big brother. They have a lucky stick at home.
It’s lucky because Connor signed it and gave it to them.
With all of the players who come here, like Liam Waugh from Georgia and Tim Hewko from Ann Arbor, Michigan, rookie forwards whom we also talked to, the New Mexico Ice Wolves does their best to not only match up similar lifestyles but also personalities.
“If a player says, ‘I love teaching little kids how to skate or play hockey,’ and I know this family has a couple of kids, I’m like, ‘Ah, that might be a match!’ I meet them and I talk to them, and I just get a sense of who they are. And then I talk to the player and the player’s family. I get a sense of who they are and then I just let my gut kind of do the talking,” explained Tina Tomlin, the host coordinator for the New Mexico Ice Wolves.
Tomlin also hosts a player – goalie Jackson Fuller.
For hosting a player, each family gets $425 a month and discounts on merchandise and food at the rink.
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