This week in the “East of Albuquerque“ edition of nm.news, it’s budget season.

Local governments in New Mexico follow the state’s fiscal year which means new budgets start on July 1. That’s why June public meetings are always about money.

Reporter Hannah Grover previews the Town of Edgewood’s upcoming budget and Editor Kevin Hendricks highlights new funding coming to a popular East Mountain community center.

And, we look into who is funding those anti-DOGE billboards popping up along local interstates.

Read those headlines and state and national news below.


Edgewoood

As the deadline approached for the Town of Edgewood to submit its interim budget to the state, the town commission met last week for its third budget workshop.The interim budget…

East Mountains

Whispering Pines Senior Center is getting an upgrade after the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners approved grant for infrastructure improvements at the Tijeras facility.The financial resolution accepts a one-time emergency…

Statewide Politics & Policy

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A series of billboards with an anti-DOGE message have been popping up alongside Albuquerque interstates and we wanted to know who is behind them. National Parks cuts alarm New MexicansThe…

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Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros has died from gunshot wounds sustained during a traffic stop last week. Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros died Sunday after being shot during a traffic stop…

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An Albuquerque smoke shop owner was arrested for murder Thursday afternoon after fatally shooting an alleged shoplifter fleeing his store. According to Albuquerque Police and court records, officers were called…

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A pair of paintings stolen decades ago have been found and returned home to New Mexico.Starting Friday, they’ll be on display so the public can view the pieces once thought…

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Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum will be visiting New Mexico in June and is expected to give the keynote address at the Western Governors Association meeting in Santa Fe.The…

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What else we’re reading…

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Riva Duncan is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. She is vice president of Grassroots Wildland Firefighters.By…

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Corner to Corner by Diane Denish. Diane Denish is a lifelong advocate for children and a former lieutenant governor of New Mexico. Contact her at diane@dianedenish.com AI is the newest buzzword…

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Dede Feldman is the author of Another Way Forward: Grassroots Solutions from New Mexico and a former state senator from the North Valley.During the past few years, in an effort…

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The ABQ BioPark will host “Blooming with Pride,” an adult night designed for sensory-sensitive or neurodivergent individuals. The event, open to adults 18 and older, will take place on June…

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Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.