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Joshua Boone, Mayor Tim Keller’s pick for city attorney, speaks with Albuquerque City Councilors during Wednesday’s meeting. The council unanimously confirmed Boone before overriding Keller’s veto of an ordinance giving the council more oversight of the City Attorney’s Office. (GovTV)

New city attorney, same old power struggle at City Hall

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — ‘Burque has a new city attorney. The City Council confirmed Mayor Tim Keller’s pick, then turned around and overrode his veto of a measure aimed at giving the council more oversight of the city’s legal department. Councilors unanimously confirmed Joshua Boone on Wednesday night. Boone previously served as chief […]

The Maverik store, which is located at the intersection of NM 528 and Obregon Road NE, was approved by Rio Rancho’s Planning and Zoning Commission during a meeting on June 9. Eleven members of the community were present to speak out against the new business, which will occupy approximately 2.06 acres and includes a 4,499 sq. ft. convenience store and six dual-sided fuel pumps. (Kevin Hendricks)

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Contested Rio Rancho Maverik project heads back to council: Did NMDOT’s highway tweak satisfy neighbors?

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho’s Governing Body decides Thursday, for the second time, whether a Maverik gas station can rise at NM 528 and Obregon Road NE — the project neighbors packed council chambers to fight in June, and that got a late-breaking access change just last week. The Governing Body voted 4-2 […]

Albuquerque City Councilors will gather for a meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9, at One Civic Plaza NW. The Council is set to vote on an artificial intelligence policy, restrictions on virtual currency ATMs and an effort to override Mayor Tim Keller’s veto of legal oversight legislation.

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Council to try to override another Keller veto in ongoing power struggle over city attorney

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — With Monday’s Labor Day holiday pushing City Council’s meeting to Wednesday, councilors face an agenda heavy on technology alongside another fight with the mayor over who oversees the city attorney. Councilors will get another chance to take a crack at O-26-54, deciding whether to override Mayor Tim Keller’s veto […]

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Sheriff details Flock shutdown, Axon switch

by Kevin Hendricks, Editor September 8, 2026September 8, 2026

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen laid out, in detail Tuesday, how his office is expanding its Axon partnership to replace the Flock Safety camera network it’s dismantling. Allen said in a press release the expanded partnership builds on Axon technology BCSO already uses through body-worn cameras, digital evidence systems and […]

Rio Rancho's long-promised widening of Northern Boulevard is nearly finished — on paper. City officials and their design team told residents last week the Phase B expansion, stretching roughly 1.5 miles from Acal Place to Broadmoor Boulevard, is now 99% designed, though dirt won't move until property owners along the corridor are bought out starting in 2027.

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Northern’s four-lane facelift is almost final — here’s your last chance to weigh in

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper Rio Rancho drivers tired of squeezing through Northern Boulevard’s current lanes will get their first look at the finished expansion design during a virtual public meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 6 p.m. The city, working with the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, will walk residents […]

Sandoval County Admin Building. (Julian Paras)

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Locked gates, delinquent taxes: Sandoval County battles Pueblo’s 9,200-acre trust bid

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Sandoval County commissioners will decide Wednesday whether to formally object to the Pueblo of Cochiti’s bid to place more than 9,200 acres of the Cañada de Cochiti back into federal trust — reviving a jurisdictional standoff that’s included a canceled easement, a locked gate and county road crews getting arrested. […]

The Village of Corrales. (Kevin Hendricks)

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New rules of the road: Corrales council to review traffic code and penalties

by Rodd Cayton September 4, 2026September 4, 2026

By Rodd Cayton Traffic is frequently on the minds of Corraleños, and the Village Council will put it in the spotlight once again at its Sept. 8 meeting. An ongoing review of the village’s uniform traffic code reaches an important stage, with councilors discussing the latest draft. The revision has been on deck for most […]

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, State of the City 2026

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An old idea is back: Keller quietly floats a city-county merger

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Mayor Tim Keller stood before Burqueños weeks ago and laid out his vision for Albuquerque’s future in his first State of the City address of his third term. But one idea drafted in his speech never made it to the microphone: an “honest conversation” about merging the city and […]

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The FBI says ABQ had 75 homicides last year. APD reported only 65. Who is right and why can’t they agree on this big crime stat?

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — When Burqueños look at local and federal crime reports, they might be surprised to find that Washington and City Hall disagree on exactly how many people were murdered in Albuquerque last year. We wanted to know why that is and we found that even APD isn’t entirely sure why […]

Several organizations rank Corrales among the safest places to live in New Mexico and village leaders are seeking to increase that status by making sure emergency responders can get to residents as quickly as possible.

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Corrales to examine confusing street address system

by Rodd Cayton September 1, 2026September 1, 2026

By Rodd Cayton Several organizations rank Corrales among the safest places to live in New Mexico and village leaders are seeking to increase that status by making sure emergency responders can get to residents as quickly as possible. In his weekly message to the community, Mayor Fred Hashimoto wrote that the Village Council will be […]