By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — For 70 years, Burqueños have celebrated Christmas Eve aboard the Luminaria Bus Tour, riding city buses through the Old Town and Huning Castle neighborhoods to see glowing luminarias and neighbors gathered around bonfires. Now, the city has ended the tradition, saying the tour is no longer cost-effective. At Monday’s […]
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – For more than three decades, Leba Freed has worked to preserve a piece of Albuquerque history that helped shape the city itself. As president of WHEELS Museum, Freed has helped transform a preservation effort at the Albuquerque Rail Yards into a museum dedicated to telling the story of transportation […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Low-income Sandoval County homeowners with disabilities can get wheelchair ramps, wider doorways and walk-in showers on the house — literally — after Rebuilding Together Sandoval County landed a $60,000 grant. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico awarded the nonprofit a Blue Impact grant to expand its Disability Modifications […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Sandoval County’s Wednesday agenda comes fully charged. Commissioners will vote on bonds for two battery farms, a design to replace a Rio Puerco bridge that’s the only way in and out for some residents, and about $5.5 million in state road money. Commissioners meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Bernalillo. […]
Submitted by NM Rep. Kathleen Cates, District 44 On November 3, New Mexicans will vote on four amendments to the state Constitution. These bipartisan proposals, passed by the Legislature in 2025 and 2026, would strengthen democratic representation and support our state’s future. I support all four and encourage voters to consider each carefully. The first […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Parents, students and teachers will get a say in a new five-year plan for Rio Rancho Public Schools, starting with community meetings this fall. Superintendent Robert Dodd and three top administrators introduced the proposed name, Horizon 2040, at last week’s school board meeting. The plan would run from 2027 to […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Lomas Encantadas neighbors want the city to slam the brakes on a plan for the city to sell a part of their neighborhood park to a developer who plans to build more than 50 apartments and shops. The Planning and Zoning Board is scheduled to take up the issue at […]
Authorities are investigating the deaths of two Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) inmates. A 57-year-old man was pronounced dead at about 3:30 p.m. Sept. 19, about 90 minutes after jail staff received a call regarding an inmate in medical distress. MDC personnel and a medical team from University of New Mexico Hospital attempted life-saving […]
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Years after the largest wildfire in New Mexico history, the National Guard is still helping northern New Mexico communities respond to flooding across the burn scar. Now, the state wants FEMA to pay millions for that work. The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management sued the […]
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Albuquerque city councilors on Monday will address development projects, city spending and the future of a controversial overnight shelter during a meeting that also includes a slate of routine appointments and contract approvals. During the Sept. 21 meeting, councilors are expected to formally adopt findings from the last meeting’s […]
