After a brief hiatus, the popular crime series Duke City Case Files, has relaunched. After the Albuquerque Police Dept. launched the video series in 2021, the Homicide Unit solved four of the seven cold cases featured. The first case highlighted with the relaunch is the September 2021 homicide of 22-year-old Brittany Ramirez. Ramirez was left […]
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Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Politics & Elections
Oops! Typo could stop campaign before it starts
By Pat Davis/Sandoval Signpost The state senate campaign of a high-profile former DREAMer may be stopped before it starts if a judge agrees with a small group of voters that the candidate’s petitions to qualify for the ballot don’t count. A lawsuit prepared this week by Audrey Trujillo, a Corrales Republican candidate for State Senate […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated
San Juan County scraps gerrymandered voting map
Austin Fisher/Source NM After more than two years in court, San Juan County officials agreed to adopt a new county commission voting map that supporters say gives Native American voters a bigger voice in who is elected to the local seats. The settlement announced on Monday resolves a dispute between the county and the Navajo […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News
NM Medicaid to cover cost of over-the-counter oral contraception
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. Susan Dunlap/NM Political Report New Mexico Medicaid announced on Wednesday that it will cover the cost of Opill, the first oral contraception approved for […]
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Tijeras Canyon Residents Grumble Over Rumble Strips
Elizabeth McCall/The Independent Residents of the Tijeras Canyon area will soon sleep peacefully without the continuous noise disturbance of the rumble strips on I-40 East, now that the New Mexico Department of Transportation has a solution to the noise, with just a few paint stripes. What’s all the rumble? Rumble strips are meant to act […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Local Gov.
Three injured by boulder on Embudo Trailhead
Three people were injured Wednesday afternoon after they were reportedly struck by a boulder in the Sandia Mountains. According to an AFR press release, eleven apparatus from Albuquerque Fire Rescue were dispatched to the Embudo Canyon Trailhead at about 3:30 p.m. for a call about a boulder that rolled down a hill in the mountains […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Education
APS Board president says she’s focused on closing gap in student outcomes
Danielle Gonzales says her Albuquerque Public Schools education served her well. But she also knows that not everyone can say the same. She graduated from Valley High School, then went into education — first as a fourth-grade teacher in South Texas then working in education policy in Washington, D.C. She and her family moved back […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Local Gov.
City suspends rabbit adoptions
Ahead of the Easter holiday weekend, the City of Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department (AWD) will be suspending rabbit adoptions at all city shelters from Thursday, March 28 through Monday, April 1. Rabbit adoptions will resume on Tuesday, April 2. The Animal Welfare Dept. wants to remind people the family life commitment for a rabbit is not one week […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Jobs, Workers & Economy
New Topes food unveiled
Andy Lyman/The Paper. Baseball, despite being known as America’s pastime, isn’t for everyone. But anyone who’s ever been to a game in person, including those who sarcastically refer to it as “sports ball,” can probably admit there’s more fun to be had than who’s on first. I happen to fall somewhere in the middle of […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News
Republicans seek to limit national monument designations
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. Hannah Grover/NM Political Report Republican-backed legislation in the U.S. Congress would make it harder for the government to designate new national monuments. The proposed Congressional Oversight […]