A rash of late-afternoon traffic accidents Sunday caused several minor injuries and blocked traffic both north of Santa Fe on U.S. 84/285 near Pojoaque and south of the city on Interstate 25 north of La Cienega. Details were still sketchy, but the most serious apparently was a six-car pileup on northbound I-25 near the National Guard headquarters. None of the injuries was believed to be serious, according to State Police Major Jesus Orozco. ...
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Don't you just hate it when volcanos don't cooperate? The long-dormant one on the isle of Atlantia has decided to erupt and send lava shooting all over, destroying all life on the atoll. Fortunately, this saga is not based on fact, but on friction, since the islanders don't get along — at least, not at first. For this is the plot of the student-produced opera Danger Island: El Peligro de Atlantia, performed by third- and fourth-graders ...
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A new affordable living project across from Capital High School is scheduled to open next January. The Housing Trust and the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness broke ground March 12 on Village Sage Apartments on Paseo del Sol. One-quarter of the 60 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments will be set aside for people who are transitioning from homelessness or are in danger of becoming homeless. "I think this project is really ...
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