The Bernalillo County Sheriffโs Office wants to put gunshot-detecting technology in the East Mountains, but theyโre not sure yet where theyโll be placing the equipment. โYou guys call us and say, โIโm hearing shots fired around my house,โ said Sheriff John Allen. โOur deputies go out there and what do we find? Nothing, because itโs […]
Tierna Unruh-Enos
NM to Offer $5 Million in Teacher Loan Forgiveness
The New Mexico Higher Education Department announced applications are open for a program that will forgive some student loans for New Mexico teachers. The stateโs Teacher Loan Repayment Program is accepting applications until Aug. 1. New Mexico licensed teachers working in high-need fields and schools statewide may be eligible for up to $6,000 per year […]
Date Set for Moriartyโs Pinto Bean Fiesta
Beans, tortillas and green chile. Itโs about as New Mexican as it gets. The City of Moriarty has long celebrated the homely bean, and the date is set for the annual Pinto Bean Fiesta. The fiesta originally started in the 1980s to celebrate the local farm industry and pinto bean farmers. This yearโs fiesta will […]
Edgewood Plans for the Future
The Town of Edgewood is preparing its new comprehensive plan based on feedback gathered during a community survey and a series of public meetings. Every five years, the town establishes a comprehensive plan that acts as a guide for future community development based on the communityโs needs. The townโs last comprehensive plan was adopted January […]
NM to Offer $5 Million in Teacher Loan Forgiveness
The New Mexico Higher Education Department announced applications are open for a program that will forgive some student loans for New Mexico teachers. The stateโs Teacher Loan Repayment Program is accepting applications until Aug. 1. New Mexico licensed teachers working in high-need fields and schools statewide may be eligible for up to $6,000 per year […]
New BCSO Deputies to Make Over $80K Per Year
While most law enforcement agencies throughout New Mexico are struggling to recruit and retain sworn officers, the Bernalillo County Sheriffโs Office is almost fully staffed. There are currently 324 sworn deputies serving with the BCSO, and to be fully staffed the agency needs 349 sworn deputies, according to Jayme Fuller-Gonzales, spokesperson for BCSO. Gonzales said […]
Do Your Research Before You Vote
โWe need bold solutions, drastic overhauls and serious reforms,โ writes a candidate for the Legislature in an op-ed article. Bold, huh? Boy, thatโs new and exciting. Oh, wait. It isnโt. Itโs a standard clichรฉ for everybody who runs for office. This particular candidate wrote an entire op-ed filled with platitudes and generalizations. Not a single […]
Farm Bill Advocates to Congress: Get a Move On
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently delivered a draft farm bill. It was eight months after the old farm bill, about to expire, had to be extended. This $1.5 trillion, 942-page tome has a lot to like, but itโs missing some key provisions important to New Mexico. And itโs hung up in partisan scrapping. […]
Farm Bill Advocates to Congress: Get a Move On
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently delivered a draft farm bill. It was eight months after the old farm bill, about to expire, had to be extended. This $1.5 trillion, 942-page tome has a lot to like, but itโs missing some key provisions important to New Mexico. And itโs hung up in partisan scrapping. […]
Do Your Research Before You Vote
โWe need bold solutions, drastic overhauls and serious reforms,โ writes a candidate for the Legislature in an op-ed article. Bold, huh? Boy, thatโs new and exciting. Oh, wait. It isnโt. Itโs a standard clichรฉ for everybody who runs for office. This particular candidate wrote an entire op-ed filled with platitudes and generalizations. Not a single […]
