By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — For some Burqueños, trash day will soon mean one less bin to take to the curb each week. The city is starting a pilot program that will switch blue recycling bin pickup from weekly to every other week. Starting today, the city’s Solid Waste Management Department will test the […]
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Five electric buses, zero passengers: ABQ electric buses not used since last December
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Albuquerque’s first electric buses were supposed to be the start of a shift toward cleaner public transportation. Four years later, all five are still in the city’s fleet but have not carried passengers since December because of mechanical problems and difficulty getting parts. The city rolled out the fleet […]
The Paper. Rio Rancho
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Vibes or value? RRPS board expands UFO archive deal, calls for student impact metrics
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho students will get a UFO club at RioTech and twice as many UFO lectures after the school board expanded its partnership with the National UFO Historical Records Center. The board also wants proof the deal helps kids learn. The Rio Rancho Public Schools board voted 4-1 to amend […]
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Rick Clemente, 79
Rick Clemente died on Friday, August 28, 2026, at the age of 79. He passed peacefully in Albuquerque with his wife Debbie by his side. Debbie says, “Rick lived life to the fullest and there wasn’t a thing he wanted to do that he didn’t end up doing.” His career in the film and entertainment […]
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State agents uproot 10-ton illegal cannabis grow near Estancia
By Kevin Hendricks Twenty-one greenhouses near Estancia went from green to gone Thursday after state agents seized an estimated 6,300 illegal cannabis plants, about 10.5 tons of weed, from a large-scale grow on Howell Road. The Regulation and Licensing Department’s Enforcement Bureau and the New Mexico Organized Crime Commission served a search warrant at 102 […]
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Trash talk: Albuquerque volunteers, Salamanca twins clean house for Imagine ABQ Day
By Kevin Hendricks, The PaperPhotos by Roberto E. Rosales, The Paper Albuquerque rolled up its sleeves Saturday and put its trash where it belongs. Volunteers fanned out from five hubs, stretching from the Bosque to Nob Hill and the Northeast Heights, for the fifth annual Imagine ABQ Day. They filled bags with litter, weeds and […]
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PHOTOS: Corrales Harvest Festival crowns Poptart the pony as new pet mayor
Corrales packed its hay wagons, pet parade and pastures this past weekend for the Corrales Harvest Festival, and the village had plenty to celebrate. Chief among the news: Poptart, a pony, is the new Corrales Pet Mayor. She was announced Saturday, Sept. 26, ahead of Sunday’s Pet Parade, and she wins with a stable platform […]
The Paper. Rio Rancho
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Controversial Lomas Encantadas vote postponed amid heated exchange and councilor apology
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. A Rio Rancho city councilor apologized to residents Thursday and named the Planning and Zoning Board’s chairman as the reason, after a hearing on the Lomas Encantadas rezoning two nights before ended in a delay, a shouted objection from the audience and a remark from the chairman that drew the […]
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Light at the end of the pipe: Corrales Siphon project reaches major milestone
By Rodd Cayton The difficult part of the Corrales siphon replacement project is done, Jason Casuga told village councilors at their Sept. 22 meeting. Casuga, CEO and chief engineer for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD), said the specialized drilling equipment required for running pipes below the riverbed will be going away, and crews […]
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No más litter: Salamanca Twins join Imagine ABQ Day cleanup Saturday
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Albuquerque’s most notorious twin hitmen return Saturday, and this time they have one target: your trash. Volunteers can pick up gloves and bags at five hubs across the city for Imagine ABQ Day, a citywide cleanup running 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 26. Afterward they can meet Breaking Bad’s […]