Placitas residents, represented by the Las Placitas Association (LPA), have longstanding concerns about an aging crude oil pipeline running through their community. Recent repairs have sparked renewed anxiety over safety and environmental risks. The 66-year-old Tex-New Mex crude oil pipeline is owned by MPLX, a company formed by Marathon Petroleum Corporation that operates energy infrastructure […]
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Posted inStatewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Report says ‘poor maintenance’ led to deadly 2022 crash of firefighting helicopter in New Mexico
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN A loss of engine power due to poor maintenance caused a 2022 helicopter crash in New Mexico that claimed the lives of four Bernalillo County first responders as they were returning home from a firefighting mission, according to federal investigators. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board issued a final report Wednesday. They […]
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The Independent News: June 13, 2024
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The Independent News: June 13, 2024
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Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Westside Albuquerque
Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food […]
Posted inStatewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Arizona man sold firearms to undercover FBI agent for mass shooting, indictment says
PHOENIX (AP) — A firearms dealer in Arizona sold weapons to an undercover federal agent he believed would help him carry out his plan for a mass shooting targeting minorities, an attack that he hoped would “incite a race war,” according to a federal grand jury indictment. Mark Adams Prieto was indicted Tuesday by the grand […]
Posted inStatewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Santa Ana Pueblo is on a preservation mission as it celebrates trust status for ancestral lands
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — When the sprawling Alamo Ranch first went up for sale nearly a decade ago, it was advertised as a working cattle ranch with incredible wildlife habitat and superb potential for development and recreation not far from New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area. For Santa Ana Pueblo, […]
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Edgewood to Honor Its Founders
By Linda Burke, Town of Edgewood There was no denying that complaints over property rights, roads and feeling ignored by the county had become frequent topics of conversation at the Homestead Restaurant, everyone’s central gathering spot. Mike and Debbie Hoy’s cafe, famous for their homemade pies, occupied a portion of the retired Edgewood Schoolhouse, a […]
Posted inEdgewood, Uncategorized
Edgewood to Honor Its Founders
By Linda Burke, Town of Edgewood There was no denying that complaints over property rights, roads and feeling ignored by the county had become frequent topics of conversation at the Homestead Restaurant, everyone’s central gathering spot. Mike and Debbie Hoy’s cafe, famous for their homemade pies, occupied a portion of the retired Edgewood Schoolhouse, a […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Westside Albuquerque
House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio
By FARNOUSH AMIRI WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case, Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign. The […]