For many months it looked like a city contract no one wanted: Run the city’s largest shelter for those experiencing homelessness — Gateway West — and try to coordinate a way forward for hundreds of people staying there. Albuquerque Heading Home had done it since 2018, but decided last year it was no longer interested. […]
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200 Social House Brings Fresh, Local Flavors to Bernalillo’s Dining Scene
By Jesse Jones A local restaurateur is giving American food a Southwest spin at Bernalillo’s newest upscale restaurant, 200 Social House. Dustin Darnell, owner of 200 Social House, is bringing the same “elevated” fine dining approach that defines his two other businesses, 3128 Social House and Gather, located in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill district. The restaurant […]
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Sandoval County Lawmakers React to Gov.’s State of the State
By Kevin Hendricks Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham delivered her seventh State of the State address last week in Santa Fe. In it, she laid out 2025 legislative priorities that include public safety, affordable housing, child welfare, health care, economic development and more. “Working with the legislature over the past six years, we’ve achieved so much […]
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Councilors upset with city on feces removal efforts
It’s a topic that won’t go away and has public health implications (in addition to the profoundly undesirable optics): The timely and proper removal of human feces located on public and private property. The issue has become increasingly worse as thousands are experiencing homelessness and living on the streets. Albuquerque City Councilors directed a series […]
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Councilors upset with city on feces removal efforts
It’s a topic that won’t go away and has public health implications (in addition to the profoundly undesirable optics): The timely and proper removal of human feces located on public and private property. The issue has become increasingly worse as thousands are experiencing homelessness and living on the streets. Albuquerque City Councilors directed a series […]
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Feds Charge, Arrest Operator of Cannabis Facilities Near Estancia
By Kevin Hendricks A two-time Navajo Nation presidential candidate who is linked to two cannabis greenhouse operations that were raided by multiple law enforcement agencies Jan. 23 is facing a slew of federal charges. Federal authorities arrested Dineh Benally, who operates the Nihooka Dine Earthly People Church operation near Estancia, in Los Lunas the day […]
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Programmed Fires at Red Canyon Campground Rescheduled
The Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands’ Mountainair Ranger District (NF & NGs) strategy to burn an area near the Upper Red Canyon Campground in the Manzano Mountains has been postponed due to unfavorable conditions. As explained by the New Mexico Fire Information website, the area, around 12 miles northwest of Mountainair, was initially scheduled […]
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Feds Raid Two Cannabis Greenhouse Grow Operations in Torrance County
By Kevin Hendricks Multiple federal law enforcement agencies, along with state and local police, raided at least two cannabis greenhouse operations near Estancia. Agents and officers from the FBI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New Mexico State Police and the Torrance County Sheriff’s Department arrived en masse at the facilities […]
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Council president presses mayor’s office over run-down apartment complex
The Albuquerque City Council Wednesday night grilled Mayor Tim Keller’s office in light of the city asking some residents to move out of an apartment complex due to the building’s deterioration. Residents living on the third floor of The Beach — a city-owned apartment complex — were encouraged to move out because of safety concerns […]
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Council president presses mayor’s office over run-down apartment complex
The Albuquerque City Council Wednesday night grilled Mayor Tim Keller’s office in light of the city asking some residents to move out of an apartment complex due to the building’s deterioration. Residents living on the third floor of The Beach — a city-owned apartment complex — were encouraged to move out because of safety concerns […]