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No-Confidence vote goes nowhere, again

The City Council also heard from the Albuquerque Police Department about its findings in the investigation into Chief Harold Medina’s crash. Read our coverage of that discussion here. It was a no vote for a vote of no confidence leveled against the Albuquerque Police Chief at Wednesdayโ€™s City Council meeting. Councilor Louie Sanchez sponsored the […]

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APS facing $2.5M budget cut

With enrollment declining in Albuquerque Public Schools, Board of Education members are looking for the best way to spend the districtโ€™s money and improve student outcomes. At Wednesday’s meeting, board members asked administrators about budget plans, programs and their effectiveness. Tutoring programs Board Member Courtney Jackson had questions about Paper, an online tutoring program designed […]

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APD finds Chief Medinaโ€™s crash was not preventable and not criminal

The Albuquerque Police Departmentโ€™s Fleet Crash Review Board and its Fatal Crash Unit have reviewed the chiefโ€™s actions leading up to him running a red light and crashing into another vehicle while fleeing the sound of gunfire.  They determined the crash was not preventable and he should not be criminally charged, members of APD told […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Pueblos

Commentary: Supreme Court Program Allows Students to Learn About the Judicial Process

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own letter to editor@sandovalsignpost.com Submitted by Justice David K. Thomson, Office of the Courts This year is the 60th anniversary of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. President John F. Kennedy proposed this legislation in 1963, but he was assassinated before […]

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Letter to the Editor: Intel Needs a Better Way of Managing Emissions

Submitted by Barbara Rockwell, Placitas resident and the author of โ€œBoiling Frogs, Intel vs. the Villageโ€ Intel plans to use a new version of the old oxidizers/incinerators, emission control technology in its new expansion, a technology that is now more than thirty years old. Burning off the emissions was always unreliable resulting in breakdowns that […]

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Commentary: Supreme Court Program Allows Students to Learn About the Judicial Process

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org Submitted by Justice David K. Thomson, Office of the Courts This year is the 60th anniversary of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. President John F. Kennedy proposed this legislation in 1963, but he was assassinated before its enactment. […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Features, New Mexico Statewide News

Feds Seize Legal Weed at NM Checkpoints

By Josh Lee / The Paper. New Mexicoโ€™s cannabis businesses are already facing plenty of challenges as they navigate through a market fraught with oversaturation, overtaxation and growing pains in general. Now they have to deal with the federal government stealing their inventory. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents over the past two months, […]

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Don de Albuquerque

By Andy Lyman/The Paper. Photos by Roberto Rosales. Anyone living in Albuquerque who doesnโ€™t at least recognize Don Schrader either hasnโ€™t been around long enough or isnโ€™t paying attention. His usually barely clothed, tan body is nearly as recognizable as the cityโ€™s skyline. There are few whose faces are plastered on postcards. Some might know […]

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County seeking consultant for opioid settlement funding

Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque โ€” along with global health organization Vital Strategies โ€” are seeking a short-term consultant to help plan how to spendย  millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds.ย  The money was awarded as part of litigation brought by states and local political subdivisions against pharmaceutical distributors that inflicted damages […]

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Open space master plan open for comments

Bernalillo County wants the publicโ€™s thoughts on parts of the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan. HOW TO PARTICIPATE WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WednesdayWHERE: North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center at 7521 Caramel Ave. NE A public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at the North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. The purpose of this meeting is to […]