Albuquerque Police arrested Jonathan Olivas, 28, and Amanda Sheppard, 39, for the accidental shooting that injured a man at Duran’s Pharmacy. On Jan. 7, APD Valley Officers were dispatched to Duran’s Pharmacy located at 1815 Central for a shooting with injuries call where a male customer had been shot in the back of the head. […]
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Posted inBernCo, County Government, Housing & Homelessness
BernCo to legislature: fund housing, homelessness projects
Bernalillo County officials made clear Jan. 9 what it wants to see from lawmakers in Santa Fe this year: $550 million directed to affordable housing programs and homelessness initiatives. The amount represents the bulk of almost $554 million in funding requests or endorsements. The board of commissioners’ legislative priorities provide a window into some of […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, City Hall, Uncategorized
Long-awaited northeast heights aquatic center breaks ground
Young athletes in northeast Albuquerque will have a new way of making a splash. The North Domingo Baca Aquatic Center is now under construction. The completed project will include an Olympic-size indoor competition pool as its centerpiece. Other amenities include a diving pool with three diving boards, a heated indoor 25-yard therapy pool and an […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, County Government, Uncategorized
Commissioners adopt plan to build an educational center near the BioPark to honor historic waterways
Bernalillo County Commission adopted the Atrisco Acequia Madre Master Plan at its Jan. 9 meeting. The plan will develop a two-acre outdoor education site near Central Avenue and the Rio Grande. The location is at the headwaters of the Atrisco Acequia Madre which is considered to be the oldest and most important acequia in the […]
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Attorney General’s Office rebrands as New Mexico Department of Justice
By Nicole Maxwell/NM Political Report New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Wednesday that his office was undergoing a rebrand. Torrez said the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office would be renamed to the New Mexico Department of Justice to be more closely aligned with the verbiage in state statute wherein the state attorney general is head of […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Jobs, Workers & Economy
New program restores vacant houses into affordable housing
A program aimed at turning vacant and abandoned houses across the state into livable and affordable housing has taken its next steps. The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA) board said it approved three service providers for its “Restoring Our Communities” (ROC) program at a December 2023 meeting. The MFA made the announcement in a […]