Corrales Comment

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Today is Friday, October 24.

Corrales voters are beating a path to the voting booth to vote in the village’s first big competitive mayor’s race in some time.

We have insights from the first early voting numbers and a recap of the recent candidate forum… plus news from Sandoval County and around New Mexico.

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Where does Corrales go from here? A substantial portion of the village’s population turned out on Oct. 21 to hear the two mayoral candidates’ visions for the future. Incumbent Mayor Jim Fahey and longtime resident Fred Hashimoto agree that water is critical to that future, but diverge on whether the village needs a performing arts […]

After months of technical difficulties, Sandoval County’s new public safety dispatch center is being all it can be. Since it opened July 1, the Public Safety Emergency Communications Center of Sandoval County had been beset by reliability issues, with most calls being picked up by Rio Rancho dispatchers. County Manager Wayne Johnson announced at Wednesday’s […]

Town councilors in Bernalillo are set to again review possible zoning changes that would lead to the development of a new animal shelter. Councilors are expected to conduct a public hearing on the request by Sandoval County, which wants to build the shelter at 400 S. Hill Road. The county is requesting that the land […]

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says  emergency funds won’t be used to provide SNAP payments to states if the shutdown continues into November, as Senate Democrats insisted was possible. In a memo released Friday, the USDA blamed Democrats for the nearly 24-day government shutdown and said that money from the contingency funds cannot be […]

By Alex Ross  — A third Republican has joined the field of contenders vying to take on Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) next year in a key congressional swing district.  Records from the Federal Election Commission show that on Oct. 16, Jose Orozco of Albuquerque filed a statement of candidacy to run for the Republican nomination […]

It’s been one of the worst-kept secrets in Santa Fe, and on Thursday, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver confirmed the speculation about her ambition by declaring herself a candidate for lieutenant governor.  Toulouse Oliver, who spent nearly a decade as the state’s chief elections official, kicked off her entry into the race […]

By Jesse Jones, with research assistance from Noah Gollin – About 75,000 New Mexicans who buy coverage through the state’s health insurance exchange will see health insurance rates increase between 35% and 52% starting in January, though state subsidies could help mitigate those increases for lower income families. Earlier this year, the State’s Superintendent of […]