NM ends year with welcomed blanket of snow

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN

Published December 31, 2012 10:59pm ET

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NM ends year with welcomed blanket of snow — Arnoldo Campos shovels snow from the sidewalk in front of the Gerald Peters Gallery at 1011 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico Monday morning, December 31, 2012. Campos is employed by Peters. Clyde Mueller/The New Mexican (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, ) | clyde mueller

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A thin layer of snow blanketed parts of New Mexico on Monday to wrap up what has been one of the driest and warmest years on record for the state.

Snow fell along Interstate 25 near the Colorado border through midday, keeping state highway crews busy spreading salt and cinder to ease what had started out as a treacherous day of travel for some.

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