By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — The Luxe has its zoning. The Rio Rancho City Council voted 5-1 Thursday to rezone a Lomas Encantadas corner and a slice of neighborhood park for 55 apartments and two small shops. Fourteen residents had lined up to ask councilors to kill it. Councilors David Mann, Karissa Culbreath, Jeremy […]
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Commissioners concur with state counties organization on 2027 legislative priorities
The Chaves County Commissioners also voted last week to approve a list of their priorities for state lawmakers during the upcoming 2027 New Mexico Legislative session, which officially begins on Jan. 19. Resolution 26-048 was approved by the commissioners on Oct. 15 during their regular monthly meeting. At the top of this list is what […]
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Chaves County seeks state help to clean up brackish water for future ag use
Chaves County will apply for a $250,000 allocation from the New Mexico Environment Department’s 2026 Strategic Water Supply Grant to assess treatment options for brackish water. “Brackish groundwater, saltier than freshwater but less saline than seawater,” writes WSP Global, an engineering, science and infrastructure consultancy based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in an article about New […]
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Dancing among the decibels: Corrales council returning to noise ordinance discussion
By Rodd Cayton — Village councilors in Corrales are set to get back to an issue some say seriously affects quality of life. Village staff have placed a discussion of a noise ordinance on the agenda for the Oct. 27 council meeting. The issue was introduced last year and was most recently discussed in July. […]
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District 6 voted on $1.7 million in improvements. Three are guaranteed, but Councilor Rogers wants more.
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — District 6 residents have chosen how Albuquerque should spend $1.7 million on neighborhood improvements. With 11 projects on the ballot and funding set aside for the top three, Councilor Nichole Rogers hopes to fund more of the community’s ideas. District 6 residents cast 1,866 votes in the second annual […]
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Roswell Legal Committee to consider adding 4 new staff at airport
The city’s legal committee will consider whether the Roswell Air Center should add four more airport operations specialist positions at its 2 p.m. meeting on Thursday at City Hall, 425 N. Richardson Ave., upstairs in the Mike Mathews Conference Room. “Adequate staffing is essential to support airfield inspections, operational safety, maintenance activities, and continued compliance […]
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Plate expectations: Sandoval County now requires permits for license plate cameras
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Want to put up a license plate reader camera on a Sandoval County road? You’ll need permission from Planning and Zoning first, or you could face criminal charges. Sandoval County commissioners unanimously approved the ordinance at their Oct. 14 meeting. It bans automated license plate readers on county property […]
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Roswell Air Center’s “Top Flight Tavern” is making money under city management after no private operator wanted it
The restaurant that opened earlier this year at the Roswell Air Center made a profit during the latest quarter of 2026, an administrator of the airport told the city council on Oct. 8. The Top Flight Tavern had allocated $53,000 to operate through the 2027 fiscal year. More than $43,800 in food and beverages were […]
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Town of Bernalillo mostly back on line two weeks after cyber attack shut down city systems
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Want to challenge a development project in your neighborhood? It just got more expensive
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Burqueños looking to challenge neighborhood development will face steeper costs after the Albuquerque City Council narrowly approved higher fees to appeal project decisions. The Council voted 5-4 at its Monday night meeting to approve Ordinance O-26-60, sponsored by Councilor Dan Lewis, which creates a new fee schedule for development […]