Albuquerque City Councilors will meet Wednesday, Feb. 21, to talk about cleaning up human waste on public and private properties, speeding up the process for the demolition of dilapidated buildings and the possibility of ousting the police chief. Under Fire Councilor Louie Sanchez has introduced a communication resolution for a vote of no confidence in […]
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City staffers credited for drastically reducing unsolved Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases
The City of Albuquerque is one of the top five cities in the United States where Indigenous people go missing or are murdered, according to a report by the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle. But, the city says, over the last two years Dawn Begay, the city’s Native American Affairs Coordinator and Commander Gerard […]
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Money flows from county coffers
Bernalillo County has millions of dollars waiting for commissioners to spread around when they meet up on Tuesday Feb. 20, for their regular meeting. Commissioners will also hear reports from the University of New Mexico Hospital and from UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research on the impact of the sprawling Santolina Development planned for […]
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UNM analysis: Santolina development numbers don’t add up
The Bernalillo County Commission is scheduled to hear Tuesday from the author of a report that disputes the housing, population and job projections of the massive Santolina development planned for west of Albuquerque. An analysis by the University of New Mexico’s Bureau of Business & Economic Research (BBER), commissioned by the New Mexico Legislature, found […]
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The epitome of Albuquerque
The epitome of Albuquerque will be a recurring City Desk ABQ feature every Friday where we highlight interesting data about our city and surrounding areas
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Second member of Internal Affairs Division now being investigated in DWI unit probe
The Internal Investigation into the Albuquerque Police Department’s DWI unit has expanded to include a lieutenant in the Internal Affairs Division. On Friday, an APD spokesperson said the department temporarily reassigned the lieutenant to another position within the department—the Operations Division. APD did not identify the lieutenant since he is on “investigative assignment” rather than […]
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Downtown Albuquerque: Reboot
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a series titled Downtown Albuquerque Reboot, about the city’s center, its challenges and the plans to address them. Read about vacant buildings here, peruse a photo essay about lowriders here, read about crime here and end with what the area has to offer here. Big front porches […]
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‘I care about the mission, so it’s nice to be able to really move forward’
For the last 17 years, Diane McDermott has worked at the Civilian Police Oversight Agency, a civilian run organization whose mission is to investigate complaints the public makes against members of the Albuquerque Police Department. As of last week, she’s officially in charge. McDermott, who has been the interim director at CPOA—with a slight intermission—since […]
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Hazy air report greets Air Quality Control board members
Ever wonder where the haze that hangs over the metropolitan area comes from? Sulfur dioxide particles are partially to blame, according to the 2022 annual regional report on sulfur dioxide emissions presented to the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board this week. What? The largest source of sulfur dioxide is fossil fuel emissions from […]
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The 72 bills that reached the governor’s desk and those that didn’t
Austin Fisher/Source New Mexico New Mexico lawmakers introduced a total of 658 bills this session, nearly 10 times more than they ended up actually voting to pass onto the governor. By the time the Legislature finished the budget-focused 30-day session on Thursday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had signed three bills: House Bill 1, House Bill 141 and House Bill […]