By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – For one weekend in September, homes throughout Sandia Heights will open their doors to art lovers as 40 local artists share everything from oil paintings and pottery to jewelry, woodworking and mixed-media pieces. The annual Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour brings artists together across 13 stops in the neighborhood, […]
September 2026
Posted inAlbuquerque
Get Out! This weekend’s best things to do in ABQ
You know what’s hard about going out? The timing. If a band you want to see is playing one night in town, and you get sick or lazy or are running late or if you car breaks down, you stand a good change of missing your one opportunity. You know what helps? Big, multi-day events […]
Posted inStatewide News
New Mexicans spent $37 million on OnlyFans, new study estimates
An analysis of spending on OnlyFans, the online creator platform most popular for self-streamed porn and adult content, estimates that New Mexicans spent $37.8 million on subscriptions in 2025. That places New Mexico in the top 5 states in the country, per-capita. OnlyFinder.com‘s new OnlyFans Wrapped 2026 analyzed Google keyword searches, Only Fans’s own government filings and […]
Sandoval Signpost
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Project Ranger named NM’s top collaborative economic development project
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Project Ranger, Castelion’s hypersonic missile manufacturing campus in Sandoval County, was named 2026 Collaborative Impact Project of the Year at the New Mexico IDEA Economic Development Excellence Awards, held during the Governor’s Conference on Economic Development at Isleta Resort & Casino last week. The award recognizes the 1,000-acre campus as […]
NM Political Report
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Ben Ray Luján says he knows “how to deal with bullshit” in first campaign ad
Senator Ben Ray Luján’s campaign for a second term in the United State Senate has been less high-profile than some other statewide races, but his first campaign ad out this week is likely to get attention. In the video titled, “Bull,” Luján is seen working with supporters on his farm in Nambe as they clear […]
Posted inNM.news
New Heinrich law to tackle abandoned, toxic mines used to start first clean up project in the West
The United States has hundreds of thousands of abandoned hardrock mines and at least 33,000 posing environmental hazards, but one is finally getting cleaned up thanks to a new law New Mexico’s Senator Martin Heinrich passed establishing a pilot permitting program specifically designed to incentivize cleanups. The bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines […]
Posted inStatewide News
Heinrich hears from advocates on New Mexico’s biggest challenges for kids
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — The challenges facing New Mexico children took center stage as U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich met with children’s advocates to discuss education, health care and financial stability. The numbers show why: A single parent raising one child needs nearly $68,000 a year to cover basic costs, and 1 in 4 […]
City Desk ABQ
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$700 million Pajarito Mesa energy project seeks tax break under Bernalillo County’s new community benefits rules. What does it do?
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — One of the nation’s largest energy infrastructure developers and builders wants nearly 3.5 square miles of land on the Pajarito Mesa in Bernalillo County for a solar and battery project, promising hundreds of jobs, millions in new revenue and a boost to the region’s power grid in exchange for […]
Posted inAlbuquerque
New Albuquerque Museum exhibit showcases vintage State Fair history with “Fun at the State Fair!”
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper – Long before the midway lights, green chile cheeseburgers and rodeos that now mark September in Albuquerque, New Mexicans were already gathering for the fair. The tradition stretches back to the 1880s, when New Mexico was still a territory. Now, as another State Fair approaches, the Albuquerque Museum is looking […]
The Paper. Rio Rancho
Posted inRio Rancho
Desert dumping ground no more: KRRB rallies cleanup crews for Sept. 26
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho’s open desert has become an unofficial and unwelcome dumping ground, and Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful is asking residents to help take it back during the group’s annual Fall Community Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 8 to 10 a.m. Unlike past cleanups focused on parks and neighborhoods, this […]