By Julia Goldberg | Editor-in-Chief
An uprooted tree off Siringo Road in Santa Fe following Saturday night’s storm and, officials said, a tornado that touched ground in midtown. (Photo by Julia Goldberg/Source NM)
Good morning, folks. It’s Monday, following a weekend of severe weather across New Mexico. In Santa Fe, officials say they are still cleaning up following a tornado Saturday night that caused significant damage in midtown residential neighborhoods. Also on Saturday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she had requested a federal emergency declaration due to the severe flooding in San Juan County and surrounding areas, and was scheduled to visit the area today. We will have more reporting later today at sourcenm.com on the weekend’s weather impacts. Below, we have a variety of news items for your morning (or afternoon) reading pleasure. Thanks for being here!
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), addressed Democrats gather Saturday in Albuquerque for the “4th in the Nation Matanza.” (Photo by Patrick Lohmann/Source NM)
Democratic US senators considering presidential runs rally party faithful at New Mexico matanza
Source’s Patrick Lohmann reports on Saturday’s “4th in the Nation Matanza,” held in Albuquerque by U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), which served as both a political rally for Democrats ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, and an informal kickoff to a long presidential campaign.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham addresses attendees at the New Mexico Aging & Long-Term Services Department Conference on Aging Oct. 20, 2026, in Glorieta. (Photo by Leah Romero for Source NM)
Gov. Lujan Grisham calls for 2027 to be the ‘year of New Mexico senior citizens’
At the State of New Mexico’s recent Conference on Aging, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, whose second and final term ends this year, called for the upcoming 2027 legislative session to be the “year of New Mexico senior citizens.” The state is projected to have one of the largest populations of seniors 65 or older by 2030.
A pumpjack operates north of Carlsbad, NM. (Photo by Jerry Redfern/Capital & Main)
Satellite detects 166 major methane leaks at New Mexico oil and gas operations
Capital & Main’s Jerry Redfern reports that a new report by Gas Leaks Project and Earthworks tallied 166 major methane leaks at 121 New Mexico oil and gas facilities between Jan. 1, 2025, and April 30, 2026. According to the report, few of the leaks appear to have been reported to the state as required by New Mexico rules and operator permits.
New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez announced on Friday that he won’t appoint a new member to the state Legislature’s Epstein “Truth Commission” after Rep. Andrea Reeb (R-Clovis) resigned and created a vacancy. (Photo by Danielle Prokop/Source NM)
New Mexico House Speaker Martínez won’t fill vacant seat on Epstein ‘Truth Commission’
New Mexico Speaker of the House Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) will not fill a vacant seat on the subcommittee dedicated to investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s time in New Mexico, following committee member Clovis Republican state Rep. Andrea Reeb’s resignation last week from the Legislature. Source’s Joshua Bowling reports on Martínez’s reasons.
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