New Mexico
Otero County commissioner elected to lead New Mexico Republican Party • Source New Mexico
Members of the New Mexico Republican Party over the weekend elected Otero County commissioner Amy Barela as their statewide party chair.
Barela got 157 votes in the party’s convention on Saturday in Truth or Consequences, more than all four of the other candidates combined.
Barela did not respond to a request for comment on her win on Monday morning. In an interview before the convention, she said she has an “aggressive plan” to flip New Mexico red by registering more voters and building the party from the bottom up.
She said that includes “correctly messaging” to all New Mexicans about “what we’re trying to do: help lower prices with good legislation, and lower regulation so that we have businesses attracted to New Mexico.”
She added that the party should ensure it supports elected officials with those same ideas. “I would like to update the party platform, but that’s going to take the new elected officials to work on that,” she said.
Barela is the District 2 commissioner for Otero County in southern New Mexico. Her district includes the northern part of Alamogordo, Tularosa, Holloman Air Force Base and lands bordering the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
President-elect Donald Trump in November won Otero County by a 27-point margin.
Barela was the state party’s first vice chair. That role is now filled by Roswell City Attorney Hessel Yntema, who won with 69% of the vote in a three-way race against Gary Person and Leanna Derrick.
Sandoval County Republican Party Chair Mike Nelson won second vice chair of the statewide party with 41% of the vote in a three-way race with Andrea Moore and Craig Degenhardt.
In the only contested race for a congressional district party vice chair seat, congressional candidate Sharon Clahchischilliage beat Española City Councilor Sam LeDoux.
Outgoing chairman Steve Pearce said the party has “a strong and committed team of leaders and fighters who will continue the hard work of turning New Mexico red for the long term.”
New Mexico
New Mexico Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Day results for April 11, 2026
The New Mexico Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at April 11, 2026, results for each game:
Powerball
06-47-49-53-60, Powerball: 06, Power Play: 2
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 3
Day: 8-3-7
Evening: 6-6-1
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Lotto America
01-21-26-29-32, Star Ball: 06, ASB: 03
Check Lotto America payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
Evening: 3-5-4-2
Day: 3-9-5-2
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Roadrunner Cash
10-19-20-26-31
Check Roadrunner Cash payouts and previous drawings here.
Powerball Double Play
01-04-22-36-48, Powerball: 17
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New Mexico
Historic La Posada De Santa Fe hotel sells for $58 million
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The historic La Posada De Santa Fe hotel recently sold for $58 million. The 157-room hotel has been around since 1882 and has been operating as a hotel since the 1930s, making it a staple in Santa Fe. Ashford Hospitality purchased the hotel in 2018, and now Abo Empire owns it as of last month.
Cousins Ryan Price and Trey Yates, who run Abo Empire, say the sale came at the perfect time, as the family-owned oil and gas company had just offloaded a family ranch and decided to try a hand in hospitality. “We wanted to find ways of planting those dollars back into New Mexico, and that happened to be right around the time La Posada came on the market,” Price said.
The new owners of Abo Empire are New Mexican locals. They say they have strong ties to the hotel and plan on keeping the building’s tradition alive while making some improvements.
Price and Yates say their families would choose to stay at La Posada during family vacations growing up, and Price even met his wife in the hotel lobby. “It’s always held a strong place in our hearts,” Price said.
So when making improvements, they plan on preserving the hotel’s spirit. “We feel like over the last decade, the hotel’s been underinvested in,” Yates said. “We’ll be pouring back into it and improving the hotel. There’ll be some major renovations happening for the next three years. Our goal is to keep the hotel open during a large part of this process.”
Yates says they’ll be doing the renovations strategically and upgrading each casita piece by piece throughout the process. “We’re gonna look at keeping the same type of New Mexican charm as well as bringing some things up to date,” Yates said.
Crescent Hotels and Resorts, in partnership with William Cole Companies, will manage the hotel together.
New Mexico
Strong to severe storms possible in New Mexico today
Good morning!
We are trending on the milder side throughout New Mexico to start the weekend. Temperatures in the metro area have fallen into the 50s this morning, which is above normal – especially for Albuquerque. Typically for April 11th low temperatures trend in the low 40s in the Duke City. A few showers have stuck around overnight after a wet Friday. Clovis was the big winner in regard to rainfall from yesterday’s showers and thunderstorms. The city picked up more than an inch of rainfall! Today, temperatures around the Land of Enchantment are forecasted to reach the 60s and 70s as showers and storms come back for the Land of Enchantment.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and push east through the evening. Some of these storms have the potential to turn strong to severe across northern and eastern New Mexico. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has part of the northern mountains along with eastern New Mexico in a Level 1 Risk to see severe storms and a Level 2 Risk in the southeast corner of the state. If storms do turn strong to severe this afternoon large hail and damaging winds will be the primary concern along with downpours. Showers are expected to linger late tonight into early Sunday morning as drier air funnels in.
Rain and mountain snow are expected in northwest and northern New Mexico on Monday and Tuesday as moisture funnels back into the state. A few inches of snow are forecasted to accumulate in the highest terrain of the mountains. Our next weathermaker will also bring strong winds to the Land of Enchantment again early next week. Wind gusts will range from 35-45 mph and possibly reach 50 mph along the central mountain chain and in eastern New Mexico. High temperatures next week will be seasonable to mild, throughout the state, before highs become slightly below normal on Tuesday. Stay weather aware today and have a great weekend!
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