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Primary Election is Coming Right Up

New Mexicoโ€™s primary election is a few weeks away, on June 4. As attentive voters know, in New Mexico the primary election is at least as important as the general. Depending on your district, you might have a little work to do researching your choices, and itโ€™s time to get started.  As usual, many counties […]

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Primary Election is Coming Right Up

New Mexicoโ€™s primary election is a few weeks away, on June 4. As attentive voters know, in New Mexico the primary election is at least as important as the general. Depending on your district, you might have a little work to do researching your choices, and itโ€™s time to get started.  As usual, many counties […]

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Historians Look at Oรฑate

In history we find things that make us feel uncomfortable, said Jon Ghahate, a Laguna and Zuni pueblo educator. โ€œSometimes itโ€™s very challenging. For New Mexico itโ€™s embedded in everything we do.โ€ Ghahate spoke on a panel about Don Juan de Oรฑate, the Colonizer of New Mexico. In 1598, Oรฑate led soldiers and settlers up […]

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Historians Look at Oรฑate

In history we find things that make us feel uncomfortable, said Jon Ghahate, a Laguna and Zuni pueblo educator. โ€œSometimes itโ€™s very challenging. For New Mexico itโ€™s embedded in everything we do.โ€ Ghahate spoke on a panel about Don Juan de Oรฑate, the Colonizer of New Mexico. In 1598, Oรฑate led soldiers and settlers up […]

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100 Years Ago, Nationโ€™s Eyes Focused on a Part-Time Tijeras Canyon Resident

A century ago this year, the โ€œCarlโ€ who named Carlito Springs captured the countryโ€™s attention by exposing the biggest political scandal of the era. He was Carl Magee, one of the more remarkable figures from New Mexicoโ€™s early statehood history.  Magee not only developed the Tijeras Canyon retreat and renamed it after his late son, Carl […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque

Commissioners Extend CoreCivic Contract

The April 24 meeting of the Torrance County Commissioners focused on the renewal of the county’s contract with ICE and CoreCivic for the Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF). It introduced statements from Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative (CNMEC) CEO Alena Brandenberger regarding a broadband grant it was seeking. The meeting also addressed grant applications related […]