Bernalillo County is hosting a Community Conversation in Tijeras Thursday to discuss improvement projects in the East Mountains. The public community meeting runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the A. Montoya Elementary School gymnasium, located at 24 Public School Road in Tijeras. The parking lot is accessible from the intersection of Public School Road […]
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Posted inEducation, New Mexico Statewide News
Scholarship program empowers Mexican-origin youth in New Mexico
On May 23, the Consulate of Mexico in Albuquerque and the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce Foundation signed a historic memorandum of understanding to officially launch the IMME-Becas (Scholarships) Program. The Instituto de Mexicanas y Mexicanos en el Exterior—Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IMME)—seeks to expand educational opportunities for […]
Posted inBernalillo County, Local Gov.
BernCo Commission OKs pre-apprenticeship program
Bernalillo County Commissioners Tuesday decided to launch one arrow they think will hit two targets. The pre-apprenticeship and job internship program commissioners approved is intended to help local young adults get on the pathway to careers in outdoor education and natural resources management while also helping boost the available workforce to meet the county’s hiring […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Food
Beating the heat and the summer doldrums
The City of Albuquerque is out to fill the calendars and bellies of local youth during the summer break. That plan includes free lunches, full-day programs at community and multi-generational centers, swim lessons and free teen nights. The lunches will be available at parks and community centers citywide. Information on the meal program, including menus […]
Posted inCommunity Content, East Mountains
East Mountains flashback: Historic home At Los Alamitos
By Rick Holben Located just south of Tijeras in Cedro Canyon, Los Alamitos was once a small community within the Cañon de Carnué Land Grant, and a 1893 land grant map shows the community as home to six families. In 1902, however, the U.S. government drastically reduced the grant from the 90,000 acres granted to […]
Posted inEvents, Town of Bernalillo
Bernalillo to host community-wide yard sale
The town of Bernalillo is gearing up for a community-wide yard sale event scheduled for the weekend of June 7 and 8. The event encourages residents to participate in a spring cleaning initiative by hosting sales on their properties. Visitors are encouraged to follow a map, which will be available on the town’s website, to […]
Posted inBernalillo County, East Mountains, News
Bernalillo County offering free groceries to low-income seniors
Free groceries are available to senior Bernalillo County residents from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of every month at the Tijeras Senior Center located at 10 Tijeras Ave. in Tijeras. Bernalillo County is partnering with Silver Horizons to provide the free food to senior residents and veterans. Silver Horizons is an organization […]
Posted inEducation, New Mexico Statewide News
By the #s: New Mexico’s highest high school graduation rate in at least 15 years
By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico — As high schoolers across the state don caps and gowns for graduation, state education officials are noting the state’s highest graduation rate in at least the last 15 years. While still below the national average, last year the highest percentage of New Mexico high-schoolers graduated on time since […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho honors fallen officers at emotional ceremony
In valor, there is hope. And in Rio Rancho, a large crowd gathered in May to honor the courageous police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Rio Rancho hosted its annual Fallen Officer Memorial at Veterans Monument Park in front of a somber, emotional crowd filled with uniformed officers from various departments, including Rio Rancho […]
Posted inEast Mountains, News
Summer is here and so is Cedar Crest’s Farmers’ Market
The Cedar Crest Farmers’ Market has kicked off the 2025 season. The Farmers Market is located off of New Mexico Highway 14 near Triangle Grocery. People can purchase locally-produced food from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Wednesday through October. Some of the goods available during the opening day included honey, breads, mushrooms, eggs and […]