As Albuquerque Public Schools nears a budget deadline, district officials will discuss progress with the Board of Education at Wednesday’s meeting. One known line item is a 3% raise for […]
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Library IT funds missing from mayor’s budget
The days of searching for a book using card catalogs and the Dewey Decimal System became obsolete at least a decade ago as libraries were computerized and digitized. This is […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated
15 hurt by SUV crashing into New Mexico thrift store
ASSOCIATED PRESS / LAS CRUCES, N.M. More than a dozen people were injured Tuesday after a sports utility vehicle crashed through the front glass wall of a thrift store in […]
Posted inNational News, New Mexico Statewide News, Syndicated
US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration
By SEUNG MIN KIM / Associated Press President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on new steps to crack down on illegal migration that include […]
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, New Mexico Statewide News
NMED reaches record-high million settlement in gas flaring case
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety, Education, Syndicated
Police detain UNM protesters, spray one with chemical agent on encampment’s ninth day
BY SHAUN GRISWOLD / Source NM The University of New Mexico Gaza Solidarity Encampment started its ninth day on Tuesday with part of the camp inside the main campus Student Union […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News
State warns New Mexico fentanyl supply ‘much more deadly’ than before after testing uncovers ‘tranq’
For the first time, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMHealth) has confirmed the presence of xylazine in three fentanyl samples tested through the state’s Adulterant Checking Program. Xylazine, also […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Education
NM Supreme Court hears ‘bloody Indian’ lawsuit in front of high school students
A campus auditorium became a courtroom this morning, as the New Mexico Supreme Court convened in Albuquerque as part of an annual outreach program called The Rule of Law. At […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety
APD is solving more homicides than in recent years
While the Albuquerque Police Department has generally been solving fewer than 10% of property crimes over the past couple of years, it has been steadily improving on solving homicides, according […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety
More than 90% of property crimes in Albuquerque aren’t solved
David Bergeron has had several break-ins at his Nob Hill home — the most recent of which was on Jan. 18. “I woke up about 3 a.m. and noticed that […]