The National Weather Service predicts New Mexico will see hotter and drier than normal conditions this summer.

Seems like a perfect time for the feds to do their fail-proof controlled burns. 

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she plans to call a special legislative session in July to address public safety. 

Let’s hope the air conditioning is working at the Roundhouse 

Lujan Grisham also reportedly met with the U.S. Homeland Security secretary, who told the governor the feds won’t stop taking legal businesses’ weed at internal checkpoints. 

We’re just spitballing here, but what about using giant catapults to get weed out of Las Cruces? 

The Albuquerque Police Department is teaming up with the city’s transit department to create the Transit Safety Force. 

Let’s hope their uniforms aren’t as goofy looking as the Space Force. 

The wildly popular Savannah Bananas baseball team played two games in Albuquerque over the weekend. 

It says something that an exhibition team with its own rules can fill a stadium easier than our own Isotopes. 

Congress is making moves to ban TikTok.

What better way to connect with youngsters than taking away their favorite pastime? 

A number of Albuquerque schools placed high in esports rankings. 

This makes us want to bust out our Nintendo Power Glove. 

Dion’s restaurant is trying out new sanitizing robots. 

The machines may be taking over, but they probably clean better than teenagers. 

Some Rio Rancho residents are concerned that a new Raising Cane’s location going in next to a Chick-fil-A might create a traffic nightmare. 

The real nightmare is how long people are willing to wait in line for chicken tenders. 

April 24 is National New Kids on the Block Day.

Everyone celebrates differently, but we’ll be hanging tough. 

This story is a staff report from The Paper.