The Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association (ESCA) heard updates on Vulcan Materials’ mine reclamation, the Buffalo Tract recreation area and the Forest Service’s North Sandia fuels reduction project at its annual meeting Nov. 17, all aimed at addressing key environmental and infrastructure priorities for Placitas. Vulcan Materials’ dust control efforts was one key topic presented at […]
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Joe Biden pardons his last turkeys
By Kara Voght · The Washington Post (c) 2024 “They tell me 2,500 people are here, looking for a pardon!” President Joe Biden raised his hand to his brow and squinted out at the crowd on the White House’s South Lawn Monday morning. Everyone laughed. It was a joke, right? The rows of chairs closest to […]
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Joe Biden pardons his last turkeys
By Kara Voght · The Washington Post (c) 2024 “They tell me 2,500 people are here, looking for a pardon!” President Joe Biden raised his hand to his brow and squinted out at the crowd on the White House’s South Lawn Monday morning. Everyone laughed. It was a joke, right? The rows of chairs closest to […]
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Ukraine prepares to sell Trump on why U.S. should maintain support
By Siobhán O’Grady, Serhii Korolchuk, David L. Stern · The Washington Post (c) 2024 KYIV – As Ukraine prepares for the looming uncertainty of a new U.S. president, officials and business executives here are coming up with ways to sell Donald Trump on the idea that a strong Ukraine is useful to his political goals – and expressing […]
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Ukraine prepares to sell Trump on why U.S. should maintain support
By Siobhán O’Grady, Serhii Korolchuk, David L. Stern · The Washington Post (c) 2024 KYIV – As Ukraine prepares for the looming uncertainty of a new U.S. president, officials and business executives here are coming up with ways to sell Donald Trump on the idea that a strong Ukraine is useful to his political goals – and expressing […]
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s crusade to change FDA could boost biotech, and himself
By Daniel Gilbert · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vivek Ramaswamy, an outspoken ex-biotech executive turned fierce critic of the industry’s main regulator, is now in a position to reshape the agency he derides as the “Failed Drug Administration” in ways that could benefit him personally. Newly tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead an initiative […]
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s crusade to change FDA could boost biotech, and himself
By Daniel Gilbert · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vivek Ramaswamy, an outspoken ex-biotech executive turned fierce critic of the industry’s main regulator, is now in a position to reshape the agency he derides as the “Failed Drug Administration” in ways that could benefit him personally. Newly tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead an initiative […]
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Wild Hearts Gallery to feature jewelry exhibit in monthly exhibit
Wild Hearts Gallery will feature Jewelry: A Medium of Symbolic Communication, featuring the work of Geri Verble and Sandy Johnson, from Dec. 3 through Feb. 2. According to a press release from the gallery, Verble specializes in contemporary ethnic jewelry. With every bead telling a story, the cultures that inform and inspire her work communicate […]
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Erinys Quartet set for Placitas performance
The Placitas Artists Series will present a performance from the Erinys Quartet Dec.8 at 3 p.m. at Las Placitas Presbyterian Church. Named for the Erinyes (a.k.a. the Furies) from the Greek tragedy Oresteia by Aeschylus, and with roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, the United States and Finland, the Erinys Quartet was founded in 2018 at […]
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What’s next for East Central’s Tewa Motor Lodge?
The constant chaos at the Tewa Motor Lodge has subsided at least for now. Last month, the East Central Avenue motel was the focus of a police operation targeting criminal activity at the site. Albuquerque Police Department (APD) officers had been working with city code enforcement following concerns from neighborhood residents and area businesses about […]