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Santa Fe International Literary Festival has ‘gotten very big, very quickly’

By Maya Hilty
Arts & Entertainment
  • The third annual Santa Fe International Literary Festival starts Friday at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.
  • The festival features about 30 events, including “big-stage presentations, intimate conversations” with authors.
  • The three-day event had reached at least 15,000 seats sold as of Thursday, said co-founder Clare Hertel.
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NRA challenges New Mexico's 7-day waiting period for gun purchases

The New Mexican
  • A New Mexico law, which went into effect Wednesday, requires a gun buyer to wait seven days before taking possession.
  • The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the implementation of the law.
  • The lawsuit claims the waiting period violates the second and 14th constitutional amendments.
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Interstate 25 construction project at La Bajada in final stages

By Nicholas Gilmore
New Mexico
  • Construction crews are in the final stages on a nearly two-year project to stabilize Interstate 25 on La Bajada.
  • The project between Santa Fe and Albuquerque should be "“substantially completed” by the end of the month.
  • A state Department of Transportation official said the work is expected to finish ahead of schedule and under budget.
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New laws going into effect have advocates sticking to their guns

By Robert Nott
New Mexico Gun Laws
  • Two gun-related bills passed earlier this year during New Mexico's legislative session go into effect on Wednesday.
  • One law restricts guns at polling places and another imposes a seven-day waiting period on firearm purchases.
  • The implementation of the new laws again illuminates the junction where gun rights and gun safety advocates clash.
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Body discovered in Grand Canyon believed to be missing Santa Fe man

By Nicholas Gilmore
Missing Person
  • National Park Service officials believe a body found Friday in the Grand Canyon is that of Thomas Robison of Santa Fe.
  • Officials had announced April 24 that Robison, 58, was believed to be missing after his truck was found abandoned.
  • Officials found his body in the Colorado River. They believe he was attempting a trip down the river with his dog.
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Meow Wolf announces site of new Los Angeles immersive arts exhibition

By Matthew Narvaiz
Arts & Entertainment
  • Immersive arts and entertainment giant Meow Wolf announced it is planning to open a Los Angeles exhibit by 2026.
  • Meow Wolf said Monday that it will be in the Cinemark complex in the Howard Hughes Los Angeles entertainment campus.
  • The Los Angeles location will be the sixth exhibition created by the Santa Fe-based company.
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Little-known museum celebrates the history and legacy of the telephone

By Robert Nott
Albuquerque
  • The Telephone Museum of New Mexico is a little-known love temple to telephones.
  • The museum is located in a former AT&T administration building in downtown Albuquerque.
  • It boasts more than 1,000 phones, showing the variety of devices people have used stayed connected over the decades.
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Guns to plowshares: Santa Fe buyback repurposes old firearms

By Margaret O'Hara
  • An unusual kind of drive-through appeared on Santa Fe’s south side Saturday morning.
  • The drivers were dropping off pistols, rifles, shotguns as part of a "Guns to Gardens" buyback event.
  • People received gift cards of up to $250 per gun relinquished.
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Bandelier’s Tsankawi unit to remain closed due to power loss

The New Mexican
National Park Service
  • The Tsankawi unit of Bandelier National Monument will remain closed for an indefinite period due to a loss of power.
  • The park in Northern New Mexico announced the issue Friday in a news release.
  • The Tsankawi unit of Bandelier has been closed since April 2023 due to a project to improve traffic flow and safety.
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