By Kevin Hendricks A two-time Navajo Nation presidential candidate who is linked to two cannabis greenhouse operations that were raided by multiple law enforcement agencies Jan. 23 is facing a slew of federal charges. Federal authorities arrested Dineh Benally, who operates the Nihooka Dine Earthly People Church operation near Estancia, in Los Lunas the day […]
Westside Albuquerque
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
The 14th Amendment has been about much more than birthright citizenship
By Petula Dvorak · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When the tide in the Mississippi fell, animal guts, blood, entrails and intestines tossed into the river from slaughterhouses upstream lodged around the pipes going into the New Orleans city reservoir. In 1867, more than 3,000 people died of cholera in the Crescent City, as putrefied offal infected […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
The 14th Amendment has been about much more than birthright citizenship
By Petula Dvorak · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When the tide in the Mississippi fell, animal guts, blood, entrails and intestines tossed into the river from slaughterhouses upstream lodged around the pipes going into the New Orleans city reservoir. In 1867, more than 3,000 people died of cholera in the Crescent City, as putrefied offal infected […]
Posted inWestside Albuquerque
Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa Receives Smart Meetings Platinum Choice Award
By Sandoval Signpost Staff The Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo has been awarded the 2024 Platinum Choice Award by Smart Meetings magazine. The award recognizes the resort’s excellence in hospitality and meeting accommodations. Chrisie Smith, Director of Sales, Marketing, and Events, expressed the resort’s pride in receiving the award and […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque
Programmed Fires at Red Canyon Campground Rescheduled
The Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands’ Mountainair Ranger District (NF & NGs) strategy to burn an area near the Upper Red Canyon Campground in the Manzano Mountains has been postponed due to unfavorable conditions. As explained by the New Mexico Fire Information website, the area, around 12 miles northwest of Mountainair, was initially scheduled […]
Posted inNew Mexico Legislature #nmleg, Westside Albuquerque
Sandoval County legislators discuss their 2025 legislative agendas
Editor’s note: This is a series profiling our local state legislators, their priorities and issues impacting our Sandoval County throughout the 60-day Legislative Session. Read more online. By Jesse Jones State Rep. Kathleen Cates, a Rio Rancho Democrat, is fresh off her reelection for District 44 and just began her second term. She said she […]
Posted inWestside Albuquerque
Trump wants to tackle inflation. Will these top actions bring prices down?
By Abha Bhattarai · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Many Americans say they voted for Donald Trump because he promised to defeat inflation. So it’s no surprise that Trump’s first actions included directives aimed at “emergency price relief” for housing, food, gas and other basics, which remain up by double-digit percentages from 2019. He ordered government officials […]
Posted inWestside Albuquerque
Trump wants to tackle inflation. Will these top actions bring prices down?
By Abha Bhattarai · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Many Americans say they voted for Donald Trump because he promised to defeat inflation. So it’s no surprise that Trump’s first actions included directives aimed at “emergency price relief” for housing, food, gas and other basics, which remain up by double-digit percentages from 2019. He ordered government officials […]
Posted inWestside Albuquerque
Trump immigration raids alarm cities, but ICE arrests fewer than in 2017
By Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration circulated photos Friday showing U.S. troops loading shackled detainees onto a military cargo plane, as the White House declared a start to the mass deportation campaign the president promised along the campaign trail. The White House said immigration agents have arrested 538 undocumented […]
Posted inWestside Albuquerque
Trump immigration raids alarm cities, but ICE arrests fewer than in 2017
By Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration circulated photos Friday showing U.S. troops loading shackled detainees onto a military cargo plane, as the White House declared a start to the mass deportation campaign the president promised along the campaign trail. The White House said immigration agents have arrested 538 undocumented […]