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Edgewood Commission Gets a Personal Assistant, Approves Lodger’s Tax Funding

Complaints about the town’s communication with the public and the town’s website have surfaced at the Edgewood Commission meetings from frustrated community members.  At the commission’s regular meeting on March 26, Ray Seagers, a resident and business owner, told commissioners he was in favor of the community liaison position, which was approved at the commission’s […]

Posted inEdgewood, Housing & Homelessness, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque

Estancia Leaders Say Farmer’s LEDA Grant is Problematic

Last month, an Estancia family farmer was awarded state economic development assistance to operate a hardware store with plans to expand into Mountainair. Some in the Estancia community are not excited about the news.  The New Mexico Economic Development Department awarded Javier Sánchez, owner of Sánchez Farms and Estancia Valley Feed & Supply, $150,000 from […]

Posted inEdgewood, Housing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque

Forest Service Looks for Input on Fire Plan

Despite the spring winds and the temperature heating up, it’s fire mitigation season in New Mexico. The Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands division is seeking comments for the proposed North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project. The project is proposing several ways to restore, maintain, and improve forested conditions on approximately 2,956 acres in the Sandia […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque

Mountainair Really Is Getting a New Police Chief

The March 19 Mountainair Town Council meeting began with a discussion of a change to how the town will be doing department reports (moving from a bi-monthly to monthly basis) and the recent flooding by the Mountainair Assembly Of God Church (this will be addressed in detail in a future article.) Mountainair’s Incoming Police Chief […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque

Mountainair Really Is Getting a New Police Chief

The March 19 Mountainair Town Council meeting began with a discussion of a change to how the town will be doing department reports (moving from a bi-monthly to monthly basis) and the recent flooding by the Mountainair Assembly Of God Church (this will be addressed in detail in a future article.) Mountainair’s Incoming Police Chief […]

Posted inPueblos

Forest Service Proposes Plan to Mitigate Fire Season

Despite the spring winds and the temperature heating up, it’s fire mitigation season in New Mexico. The Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands division is seeking comments for the proposed North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project. The project is proposing several ways to restore, maintain, and improve forested conditions on approximately 2,956 acres in the Sandia […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Pueblos

Judge Sides With Conservative Group In Its Push to Access, Publish Voter Rolls Online

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico election officials violated public disclosure provisions of the National Voter Registration Act by refusing to provide voter rolls to a conservative group and its public online database, a federal judge has ruled. The opinion and order Friday from Albuquerque-based U.S. District Court Judge […]