City Desk ABQ Staff Report The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office will conduct sobriety checkpoints and DWI-directed patrols in the county throughout the month of March. Deputies will be looking for motorists who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol on county roadways. A BCSO news release says it’s part of an effort to reduce […]
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BCSO to conduct anti-DWI measures
City Desk ABQ Staff Report The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office will conduct sobriety checkpoints and DWI-directed patrols in the county throughout the month of March. Deputies will be looking for motorists who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol on county roadways. A BCSO news release says it’s part of an effort to reduce […]
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BCSO to conduct anti-DWI measures
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Letter to the editor: Lost packages and misdelivery plague Edgewood community
To the Editor: I’m writing to raise a concern that I suspect many of my fellow Edgewood residents quietly share: the increasingly unreliable state of our mail service. Since a new carrier began handling my route in August of last year, I have experienced consistent misdelivery of both mail and packages—including tax documents, personal letters, […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico Statewide News, Opinion & Analysis
The most interesting legislative session in years
It’s good to be back after the longest hiatus I have taken in more than six years of writing. It’s also good, after writing six end-of-legislature columns, to finally write one that isn’t a litany of what didn’t happen. Don’t get me wrong. Not enough happened, and I will get to that. But tremendous legislation […]
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COW Awards return: A moo-ving celebration of Edgewood volunteers
By Andrea Vasquez The town of Edgewood recognized the remarkable efforts of a select group of individuals through the annual COW (Community On the Way) Awards on March 13 at the Estancia Valley Classical Academy. Mayor Ken Brennan and Town Manager Nina McCracken hosted the event amidst a field of cow-print tablecloths and sunflower centerpieces. […]
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COW Awards return: A moo-ving celebration of Edgewood volunteers
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East Mountains Photo Flashback
By Rick Holben, East Mountain Historical Society Known to his friends as “Pop,” Clinton M. Graham and his wife Rubye were among the earliest residents of Sandia Knolls, having bought a lot from original developer Charles G. Shambaugh shortly after the subdivision was developed off Frost Road in 1956. “Pop” was also an active member […]
Posted inCommunity Content, Congress & Federal Gov., Edgewood, Housing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque
Hal Crossley and the New Town of Buford, NM
This article is provided by the East Mountain Historical Society. Learn more at eastmountainhistory.org By Rick Holben Buford, New Mexico had its beginnings on 160 acres of land purchased in about 1937 by Hal Crossley, near what is now Old Route 66 and Eunice Road in Moriarty. In 1937, the alignment of Highway 66 was […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Opinion & Analysis
New Mexico’s healthcare crisis: A patient-driven call for accountability
This commentary was provided as opinion/commentary by Ezra Spitzer. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org By Ezra Spitzer, Board Member, New Mexico Safety Over Profit I held my daughter in my arms as she took her last breath—her fatal injuries the result of medical malpractice in a healthcare system that prioritizes profits over safety. The […]