By Rodd Cayton City of Albuquerque crews are preparing to launch what is being billed as the largest construction project in city history, to the benefit of Westside drivers. The Unser and Paseo del Norte widening project will start this fall, and will include new lighting, bike lanes and trails as well as adding traffic […]
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Safe, free rides available for Cinco de Mayo festivities
By Andrea Vasquez Bernalillo County and Sandoval County, in partnership with several organizations, are again offering the “Take a Ride on Us” program this weekend. This initiative aims to team up to keep the roads safe in anticipation of the Cinco de Mayo celebrations and to provide the community with a safe means of sober […]
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Decades later, Meadowlark Lane finally under construction in Corrales
By Jesse Jones Construction crews began work this week in Corrales on stretches of Meadowlark Lane west of Loma Larga Lane, finally breaking ground on the long-anticipated overhaul nearly two decades in the making. The full rebuild of Meadowlark is a major milestone for Corrales and is also impacting Rio Rancho, as the closure is […]
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The Comment is expanding to deliver free to every household starting next month
From the publisher By Pat Davis, publisher The Corrales Comment is truly something special. More than 2,000 communities across America have lost their local newspaper in the past decade or so, but the Comment is bucking the trend because it is rooted in a community that knows how special it is and is fiercely protective […]
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New Laws Protect Freshwater, Improve Forest Health and Assist Wildlife
This post was originally published on this siteThis content originally appeared at The Paper. (abq.news). Read it here: https://abq.news/2025/04/new-laws-protect-freshwater-improve-forest-health-and-assist-wildlife/ With Mother Earth Day around the corner and the legislative session just behind New Mexico, new laws are on the way to protect the state’s environment. Each year, legislators bring hundreds of proposals to address climate […]
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City Council Turns Cannabis Into Community
This post was originally published on this siteThis content originally appeared at The Paper. (abq.news). Read it here: https://abq.news/2025/04/city-council-turns-cannabis-into-community/ Just in time for the 420 holiday, our City Council has found a way to employ the swelling coffers of cannabis tax money to the benefit of Albuquerque. After years in the works, recreational-use cannabis excise […]
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Where Food Waste Doesn’t Go to Waste
This post was originally published on this siteThis content originally appeared at The Paper. (abq.news). Read it here: https://abq.news/2025/04/89529/ Little Green Bucket owner Brad Weikel started his environmentally conscious Albuquerque composting company from the ground up, and six years later, he is seeking community investments to help grow its proposed new facility. “People are itching […]