BY AUSTIN FISHER / Source NM State officials are looking to hire workers — teachers and non-teachers alike — to teach elementary and middle school students how to read this summer. The New Mexico Summer Reading Program will provide reading instruction in small group, four-hour classes of children ranging in age from those becoming kindergarteners to […]
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Posted inStatewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Wildfire potential ‘above normal’ through much of NM’s central mountains this summer
BY PATRICK LOHMANN / Source NM Forecasters with the National Interagency Fire Center are expecting wildfire risk to be above normal for much of the state this summer, citing ongoing drought and a potential transition this summer from El Niño to La Niña conditions. Significant wildfires are burning in Mexico and Canada. Several small fires have started and burned so far […]
Posted inPueblos
Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts
By MORIAH BALINGIT Associated Press A tiny contingent of Duke University graduates opposed pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld speaking at their commencement in North Carolina Sunday, with about 30 of the 7,000 students leaving their seats and chanting “free Palestine” amid a mix of boos and cheers. Some waved the red, green, black and white Palestinian […]
Posted inCourts & Justice, Federal Government & Congress, Westside Albuquerque
After nine years of court oversight, Albuquerque Police now in full compliance with reforms
ASSOCIATED PRESS The Albuquerque Police Department is now in full compliance with reforms ordered by the U.S. Department of Justice and that paves the way for the end of nine years of court oversight, authorities said Monday. The assessment came from an independent monitoring team hired by the city in 2015. The DOJ released findings […]
Posted inJobs, Workers & Economy, Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
New Mexico to stand in for California as McConaughey stars in new movie about a 2018 deadly wildfire
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / Associated Press New Mexico is standing in for California in a new film as Jamie Lee Curtis’ production company and others tell the story of a bus driver and a school teacher who rescued students during the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. The 2018 blaze killed 85 […]
Posted inNew Mexico State Government, Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
US dedicates $60 million to saving water along the Rio Grande as flows shrink and demands grow
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / Associated Press The U.S. government is dedicating $60 million over the next few years to projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas to make the river more resilient in the face of climate change and growing demands. The funding announced Friday by U.S. Interior Secretary […]
Posted inEdgewood, Uncategorized
The Independent News: May 9, 2024
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Posted inEdgewood, Uncategorized
The Independent News: May 9, 2024
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Posted inPueblos, Statewide News
Heinrich Celebrates Buffalo Tract Victory in Placitas
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich joined Placitas-area residents on May 6 in celebrating the withdrawal of more than 4,000 acres of land from mineral leasing, including gravel mining. The community gathering of about 100 residents and several tribal officials was held at the Placitas Winery. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland officially withdrew the area, including […]
Posted inStatewide News, Westside Albuquerque
As U.S. Spotlights MMIWP in Native Communities, Prosecutors Try to Solve Cases
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was a frigid winter morning when authorities found a Native American man dead on a remote gravel road in western New Mexico. He was lying on his side, with only one sock on, his clothes gone and his shoes tossed in the snow. There […]