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  • How a Las Vegas family’s tragedy is shaping New Mexico crime debates

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Eve Services at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and windy, temps: high: 63, low: 41.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 53 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ‘Young Park was not random': NM legislators listen to victims, law enforcement about violent juvenile crime (krqe.com) — A New Mexico crime victims’ advocate from Las Vegas told legislators how her nephew’s killing drives her push for tougher responses to violent juvenile crime. Republican lawmakers met in Las Cruces with police chiefs and families to hear frustrations about repeat youth offenders and what they call failures in the state’s juvenile justice system ahead of the next legislative session.
   

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    Las Vegas Carnegie Public Library, 500 National Ave, Las Vegas
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  • Nexus Health's closure at the end of January leaves healthcare void in Santa Fe community (krqe.com)
  • New Mexico Jewish community stands strong after Sydney shooting (koat.com)
  • Internal affairs certification course trains investigators across New Mexico (newmexicosun.com)

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