By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho’s Governing Body decides Thursday, for the second time, whether a Maverik gas station can rise at NM 528 and Obregon Road NE — the project neighbors packed council chambers to fight in June, and that got a late-breaking access change just last week. The Governing Body voted 4-2 […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Drivers crossing the Rio Grande on Paseo Del Norte have two new sets of eyes clocking their speed. Bernalillo County activated automated speed cameras this week in the eastbound and westbound lanes near NM 423, extending a program that now covers roughly 15 locations countywide. The county’s warning period runs […]
Route 66 Independent — A 1-year-old child died Wednesday after a medical emergency at a Tijeras daycare, prompting an investigation by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and forcing the school to close for the rest of the week. Deputies responded around 12:11 p.m. to New Mexico Early Learning Academy in Tijeras after the child was […]
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — With Monday’s Labor Day holiday pushing City Council’s meeting to Wednesday, councilors face an agenda heavy on technology alongside another fight with the mayor over who oversees the city attorney. Councilors will get another chance to take a crack at O-26-54, deciding whether to override Mayor Tim Keller’s veto […]
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – Dancemakers from around the world have the opportunity to bring their creative work to Albuquerque as applications open for Keshet’s 2027 Makers Space Experience. The annual 10-day residency, organized through Keshet Dance Company & Center for the Arts’ Ideas and Innovation Community, brings choreographers and dancemakers together to develop […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen laid out, in detail Tuesday, how his office is expanding its Axon partnership to replace the Flock Safety camera network it’s dismantling. Allen said in a press release the expanded partnership builds on Axon technology BCSO already uses through body-worn cameras, digital evidence systems and […]
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – Albuquerque artist Alexa Wheeler is exploring the stories held by the ordinary objects we inherit. Her latest body of work, kept + carried, examines memory, care and the often-unseen labor passed through generations of women using printmaking, textiles, photography, found objects and community participation. Wheeler was recently selected for […]
By Rodd Cayton, The Paper. Placitas’ local emergency preparedness group is turning the tables. The Placitas Resilience & Emergency Preparedness Alliance (PREP) is asking residents what they think they need to learn. The organization presents community briefings a few times a year, usually based on a topic of seasonal importance. The Sept. 15 briefing is […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper Rio Rancho drivers tired of squeezing through Northern Boulevard’s current lanes will get their first look at the finished expansion design during a virtual public meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 6 p.m. The city, working with the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, will walk residents […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Sandoval County commissioners will decide Wednesday whether to formally object to the Pueblo of Cochiti’s bid to place more than 9,200 acres of the Cañada de Cochiti back into federal trust — reviving a jurisdictional standoff that’s included a canceled easement, a locked gate and county road crews getting arrested. […]
