The book “Holes in Our Hearts” published earlier this year was integral in winning one of its authors and co-editor two prestigious awards this year. It was also instrumental in […]
Pat Davis
Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of City Desk ABQ. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Sandoval County
Four Vying for Two Positions on Flood Control Board
Four candidates are competing for two seats on the board of directors for the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (SSCAFCA), including the board chairman. Ronald A. Abramshe is […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Placitas
Decades of Work Near Long-term End to Placitas Mining Threat
It was the mid-1990s when Las Placitas Association President Carol Parker began scouting for a leader to take over nudging the feds into protecting thousands of acres of public land […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News
New Mexico Pulls Plug on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Task Force
This story originally appeared in New Mexico In Depth, a non-profit newsroom covering New Mexico issues. It is republished here with permission as a part of our commitment to bring […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Placitas
New Mexico Winds Blows Into Placitas
Continuing with its successful 2023-2024 season, the Placitas Artists Series is hosting the New Mexico Winds quintet Nov. 12. The quintet is the faculty artist-in-residence woodwind at the University of […]
Posted inColumnists, Commentary
About the off-year election
New Mexico is having an election in a couple of weeks. Now is a good time to get started figuring out whom and what you will be voting on. More […]
Posted inUncategorized
How to Put an End to Tribalism
We’ve seen for most of 2023 what it looks like when a minority of a narrow majority pulls the strings in the House of Representatives. Because this small segment of […]
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Corona Residents Ponder a Boomtown Future
Some people were lucky enough to have been born in tiny Corona, descended from pioneers who survived in this unyielding frontier. Some of us have chosen to live here, drawn […]
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Congress Can Learn from New Mexico
The U.S. House could take some lessons from the New Mexico Senate when it comes to finding their way out of the Speakership crisis that is currently paralyzing government in […]
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Sandia Park Man Held Without Bail in Oñate Shooting
A Sandia Park man is believed to have driven more than an hour from his home to Española where he provoked a crowd gathered around a contested public monument, shot […]