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Posted inEstancia, Torrance County, Uncategorized

Sen. Luján Meets With Family of Veteran, Holds Meetings With Local Leaders In Torrance County

by Tierna Unruh-Enos

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) visited the widow of WWII Veteran Josephat Radosevich, Griselda Radosevich. Luján helped Radosevich’s family obtain their father’s WWII awards and medals they have been seeking since February 2023. “I was honored to meet with the widow of WWII Veteran Josephat Radosevich, Griselda Radosevich to celebrate her birthday […]

Posted inEstancia, Torrance County, Uncategorized

Sen. Luján Meets With Family of Veteran, Holds Meetings With Local Leaders In Torrance County

by Patrick Davis

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) visited the widow of WWII Veteran Josephat Radosevich, Griselda Radosevich. Luján helped Radosevich’s family obtain their father’s WWII awards and medals they have been seeking since February 2023. “I was honored to meet with the widow of WWII Veteran Josephat Radosevich, Griselda Radosevich to celebrate her birthday […]

No-Confidence vote goes nowhere, again

by Elise Kaplan

The City Council also heard from the Albuquerque Police Department about its findings in the investigation into Chief Harold Medina’s crash. Read our coverage of that discussion here. It was a no vote for a vote of no confidence leveled against the Albuquerque Police Chief at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Councilor Louie Sanchez sponsored the […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Education

APS facing $2.5M budget cut

by tunruhenos

With enrollment declining in Albuquerque Public Schools, Board of Education members are looking for the best way to spend the district’s money and improve student outcomes. At Wednesday’s meeting, board members asked administrators about budget plans, programs and their effectiveness. Tutoring programs Board Member Courtney Jackson had questions about Paper, an online tutoring program designed […]

APD finds Chief Medina’s crash was not preventable and not criminal

by Elise Kaplan

The Albuquerque Police Department’s Fleet Crash Review Board and its Fatal Crash Unit have reviewed the chief’s actions leading up to him running a red light and crashing into another vehicle while fleeing the sound of gunfire.  They determined the crash was not preventable and he should not be criminally charged, members of APD told […]

Posted inEdgewood, Uncategorized

Commentary: Supreme Court Program Allows Students to Learn About the Judicial Process

by staff

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own letter to editor@edgewood.news Submitted by Justice David K. Thomson, Office of the Courts This year is the 60th anniversary of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. President John F. Kennedy proposed this legislation in 1963, but he was assassinated before […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Featured, Uncategorized

Don de Albuquerque

by Jordan Bourne

By Andy Lyman/The Paper. Photos by Roberto Rosales. Anyone living in Albuquerque who doesn’t at least recognize Don Schrader either hasn’t been around long enough or isn’t paying attention. His usually barely clothed, tan body is nearly as recognizable as the city’s skyline. There are few whose faces are plastered on postcards. Some might know […]

Posted inBernalillo County, Local Gov.

County seeking consultant for opioid settlement funding

by Elise Kaplan

Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque — along with global health organization Vital Strategies — are seeking a short-term consultant to help plan how to spend  millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds.  The money was awarded as part of litigation brought by states and local political subdivisions against pharmaceutical distributors that inflicted damages […]