The future of the Edgewood Book Barn took another unexpected turn this week. Town officials confirmed that the portable building housing the Barn may belong to the Moriarty-Edgewood School District (MESD), not the Town of Edgewood. During the most recent town commission meeting, commissioners amended the agenda by removing item H1, which had concerned the […]
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Edgewood delays police wage discussion
The Edgewood Town Commission postponed discussion on police pay increases to an upcoming budget workshop as the elected leaders and the department work to find solutions. The commission was scheduled to discuss the proposed pay increases during its meeting Tuesday evening, but the item was removed from the agenda at the start of the meeting. […]
Posted inLocal Government, Westside Albuquerque
Rio Rancho City Council to weigh infrastructure upgrades, alarm ordinance revisions
The Rio Rancho City Council is set to meet Thursday with a packed agenda that spans infrastructure, public safety and community standards. A public hearing is on the agenda for the proposed site plan for a new Automotive Technology Building in the Corrales North Business Tech Center. Councilors will review renderings, civil plan, and zoning […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Westside Albuquerque
District court rules Sandoval Regional Medical Center violated law in dispute with union
A state district court has ruled that the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center (SRMC) violated the legal bargaining rights of the United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM). District Court Judge Elaine Lujan upheld findings by the Public Employee Labor Relations Board that SRMC failed to bargain over a proposed reduction in […]
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Elon Musk now says he ‘went too far’ in some of his posts about Trump
By Aaron Gregg — Elon Musk now says he ‘went too far’ in some of his posts about Trump Elon Musk walked back some of his criticism of President Donald Trump early Wednesday in an apparent attempt to mend their relationship after last week’s dramatic falling out. “I regret some of my posts about President […]
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Vance, Rubio peddle fiction that 88 percent of foreign aid doesn’t go overseas
By Glenn Kessler — “There are all these humanitarian programs, where we sent money to people for medicine, for food, okay? What I thought, before I got into government, what most Americans think is, okay, so we sent $100,000 to this group to buy food, for like poor kids in Africa, okay? And what actually […]
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Anti-ICE protests spread across the country, from New York to Seattle
(c) 2025 , The Washington Post · Ben Brasch Protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement have spread to cities across the United States, as the president warns that the deployment of national guards and Marines to quell demonstrations in Los Angeles should serve as a warning that similar ones would not be tolerated. Many of […]
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Brian Wilson, singer-songwriter who created the Beach Boys, dies at 82
by Tim Page, Special to The Washington Post Brian Wilson, the founder and principal creative force of the Beach Boys, whose catalogue of early hits embodied the fantasy of California as a paradise of beautiful youth, fast cars and endless surf and made them the most popular American rock group of the 1960s, has died […]
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DOJ finds Trump can abolish areas protected as national monuments
By Jake Spring — Trump administration officials have concluded that President Donald Trump has the authority to entirely abolish protected areas set aside as national monuments by past presidents, according to a legal opinion released Tuesday by the Department of Justice. The May 27 document, which reverses a legal opinion issued in 1938, could be […]
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Scam alerts issued after impersonation of Edgewood officials
Town authorities are warning the public about a recent scam involving individuals impersonating Edgewood officials to collect money from residents. The scam was carried out through emails and phone calls claiming to be from the “City of Edgewood,” a title that does not reflect the town’s official designation. In response, the town of Edgewood used […]