Danielle Prokop/Source NM New Mexico state agencies are taking a closer look at the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority at the request of environmental regulators. The state’s top environmental official penned a letter recently requesting the state’s top prosecutor and auditor investigate the southern New Mexico utility for “potential violations of consumer protection laws, and […]
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Extreme heat drives up food prices. Just how bad will it get?
Kate Yoder/Source NM Sometimes climate change appears where you least expect it — like the grocery store. Food prices have climbed 25 percent over the past four years, and Americans have been shocked by the growing cost of staples like beef, sugar, and citrus. While many factors, like supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, have contributed to […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Courts, Justice & Safety, Westside Albuquerque
Watch: APD horse-mounted cops chase down shoplifter
Shoppers outside a West Central Walgreens got a vision of old-fashioned wild west law enforcement last week. Officers from APD’s horse-mounted unit were on patrol near Coors and Central on March 20 when an employee of a nearby Walgreens alerted them to a man who had just shoplifted from the store. Three officers (and their […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
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 inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Oops! Typo Could Stop Campaign Before It Starts
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 District 9, and two […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque
Estancia Farm Receives LEDA Funding For Expansion to Mountainair
An Estancia family farmer was awarded state economic development assistance to operate a farm and ranch hardware supply store he plans to expand into Mountainair. Javier Sánchez, the owner of Sánchez Farms and Estancia Valley Feed & Supply, was awarded $150,000 from the Economic Development Department’s Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) job-creation fund. This rural […]
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Estancia Farm Receives LEDA Funding For Expansion to Mountainair
An Estancia family farmer was awarded state economic development assistance to operate a farm and ranch hardware supply store he plans to expand into Mountainair. Javier Sánchez, the owner of Sánchez Farms and Estancia Valley Feed & Supply, was awarded $150,000 from the Economic Development Department’s Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) job-creation fund. This rural […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque
Moriarty’s Sandoval Memorial Track and Field Meet: ‘Just Like Mateo and Pete Would’ve Done’
It was cloudy and cold at Moriarty High School last Saturday, but that didn’t dull the excitement of the annual Pedro and Mateo Sandoval Memorial track and field meet. Hundreds of student-athletes competed in the annual event. The meet included individual running and relay races, along with jumpers, pole vaulters, and throwers. Moriarty’s boys’ and […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque
Moriarty’s Sandoval Memorial Track and Field Meet: ‘Just Like Mateo and Pete Would’ve Done’
It was cloudy and cold at Moriarty High School last Saturday, but that didn’t dull the excitement of the annual Pedro and Mateo Sandoval Memorial track and field meet. Hundreds of student-athletes competed in the annual event. The meet included individual running and relay races, along with jumpers, pole vaulters, and throwers. Moriarty’s boys’ and […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Commission Approves Canvass for Municipal Office Elections
The Sandoval County Commission convened as the Canvassing Board, approved the canvass for the 2024 Municipal Office Elections for the City of Rio Rancho, the Town of Bernalillo and the Villages of Cuba and Jemez Spring on Friday, March 15. The clerks for the four municipalities presented their election results to the commission. Rio Rancho […]