After three false starts, Councilor Louie Sanchez is getting some traction in getting the City Council to chastise Chief Harold Medina after what he calls a pattern of mismanagement and scandals. This week a vote of no confidence moved forward out of an important city committee — but Sanchez acknowledges that Medina is not going […]
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BernCo’s “Take a Ride on Us” program offers safe ride option for St. Patrick’s Day 2024
You don’t have to be lucky to score a safe ride this St. Patrick’s Day. The “Take a Ride on Us” program is once again offering residents in Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Bernalillo counties a designated driver option. The “Take a Ride on Us” program is offering 1,500 trips on a first-come, first-served basis. The […]
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Bernalillo County Sheriff launches animal cruelty reporting portal
The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office has a new Animal Cruelty Report Form on its website to help notify the county’s Animal Cruelty Task Force of suspected animal abuse. Anyone who has witnessed animal cruelty can fill out the request form and remain anonymous if they choose. The form has a space to report the address […]
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Albuquerque Museum acquires globally celebrated pink teeter-totter
The Albuquerque Museum announced today that it has acquired one of the award-winning and globally celebrated pink teeter-totters formerly installed at the U.S./Mexico border wall. The Teeter-Totter, created by architect Ronald Rael and designer Virginia San Fratello in 2019, has served as a highly visual beacon of social commentary concerning the treatment of migrants, the […]
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City Desk interview: Arts & Culture director talks iconic KiMo Theatre
One of the city’s key assets is the historic KiMo Theatre, located in the heart of Downtown, on Central Avenue and Fifth Street. The storied pueblo-deco structure built in 1927 has seen more than 10,000 people file into its 650-seat theater in the past few months. Oreste Bachechi, an Italian immigrant and merchant, was the […]
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‘We are familia’
Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a series titled Downtown Albuquerque Reboot, about the city’s center, its challenges and the plans to address them. Read about why the area matters here, about vacant buildings here, about crime here and end with what the area has to offer here. Lorenzo Otero has been spending […]
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Commissioner to Take Inventory of East Mountain Roads in Need of Repair
Bernalillo Commissioner Eric Olivas acknowledges that there are pretty poor road conditions in the East Mountains and is taking steps for a maintenance plan and budget for how to fix them. “The number one complaint I get in my district is about roads, specifically in the East Mountains,” said Olivas. “I am trying to dedicate […]
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Commissioners make no decisions on Mountain View neighborhood development plans
Bernalillo County Commissioners discussed how to get a handle on the future of the Mountain View Neighborhood area, accepted close to $1 million to keep the national supply chain moving and approved an agreement to upgrade the call buttons in cells at the Metropolitan Detention Center during their regular meeting held Tuesday, March 5. Getting […]
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Measure to have a multi-agency investigation into police chief auto crash fails
In a narrow vote, councilors determined there is no need for a multi-agency investigation into the events surrounding Chief Harold Medina running a red light and crashing into another vehicle to avoid gunfire while on the way to a press conference with his wife. It was last on the agenda at the end of the […]
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Sheriff: ‘We’ve failed our youth’
A group of teens were angry. They were so angry that their group conversations on social media became violent. Those conversations, police say, led to the fatal shooting of a teenager at an Albuquerque park and life-changing criminal charges for three teens. Damion Alday, 19, was killed on December 27 at Sundoro Park in Northwest […]