The Town of Edgewood is turning the ripe old age of 25. The town has events planned all summer long to mark a big milestone, the anniversary of the town’s municipal incorporation on July 1, 1999. Since would-be Edgewood voters cast their ballots to incorporate in 1998, the town has grown from just over 2,000 […]
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Posted inWestside Albuquerque
Senate Passes Bill to Extend Funding for NM Fire Departments
On June 21, the U.S. Senate passed Sen. Martin Heinrich’s bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act, legislation that will extend federal programs that help support local fire departments in New Mexico and across the country. The bill would reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program and […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Westside Albuquerque
Jemez Springs Man Accused of Giving Crack and Alcohol to Los Alamos Teen
A man from Jemez Springs was arrested by the Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) June 17 and charged with criminal sexual penetration of a minor, as well as 10 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Matthew Levi Trujillo, 25, was arrested after his girlfriend allegedly discovered text messages from a 16-year-old girl […]
Posted inEdgewood, Uncategorized
The Independent News: June 27, 2024
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Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Westside Albuquerque
The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions, for now, in a procedural order that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the conservative-majority court again soon. The order was briefly posted on the court’s website accidentally on Wedneday and abruptly removed. By a […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, Pueblos, Uncategorized
Here come the ads! GOP reserves $2M in ABQ TV ads for election
New Mexico’s second congressional district is one of the most hotly contested races in the country, and Republicans are already spending big to reserve coveted local TV ad space. A memo from the National Republican Campaign Committee shared with Republican donors and posted online Thursday touts a $2,043,200 ad buy in the Albuquerque media market […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
FACT FOCUS: Here’s a look at the false claims you might hear during tonight’s presidential debate
To hear former President Donald Trump tell it, the U.S. has fallen apart under President Joe Biden: the economy is failing, countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions across the southern border and crime has skyrocketed. Biden, on the other hand, has claimed he confronted an inflation rate of 9% and $5 gas prices when he took […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
How the Biden-Trump debate could change the trajectory of the 2024 campaign
By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE, WILL WEISSERT, BILL BARROW and DARLENE SUPERVILLE President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, will meet for a debate on Thursday that offers an unparalleled opportunity for both candidates to try to reshape the political narrative. Biden, the Democratic incumbent, gets the chance to reassure voters that, at 81, he’s capable of […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Jobs, Workers & Economy, Westside Albuquerque
The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
By Mark Sherman WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic. The decision also could affect other […]
Posted inLocal Government, Pueblos
Secretary of state blasts City Council proposal to lower threshold to win an election
New Mexico’s top election official this week criticized the Albuquerque City Council’s proposition to change the city’s majority rules for voting by lowering the threshold to win an election. At their June 17 meeting, city councilors voted 6-3 to remove the city’s majority voting rules and allow City Council and mayoral candidates with the highest […]