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Navajo Transitional Energy Company partners to develop low-carbon coal resources

The Navajo Transitional Energy Company announced a partnership with a North Carolina-based business known as 8 Rivers to look into the feasibility of a coal-fired power plant in either the Powder River Basin of Wyoming or on the Navajo Nation that would be equipped with carbon capture technology. 8 Rivers is developing Allam-Fetvedt Cycle technology […]

Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News

NMED unveils draft rule to reduce carbon intensity of transportation fuels

The New Mexico Environment Department released a draft rule this week to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels and petitioned the Environmental Improvement Board to adopt these regulations. The draft rule comes after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill in 2024 that required a gradual reduction in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels. […]

Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos

Karen Urbielewicz

Karen was born on 10/11/1948 in New Braunfels, TX, to Normand and Barbara Traverso.  She was raised as an Air Force child and was often moving from place to place. She married the love of her life Don Urbielewicz in 1984. She had two children, Brian and Cindy from a previous marriage.  She was a […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Pueblos

Letter to the Editor: City must invest in affordable housing, community support

Dear Editors and concerned citizens, I am writing regarding the ongoing sweeps of homeless encampments in Albuquerque. City police and sanitation workers have been, for the past year and a half, gathering en masse at outdoor campsites, terrorizing (and sometimes assaulting) residents and throwing all of their property into trash trucks and hauling it away. […]

Posted inEdgewood, Local Government

Edgewood Commission tackles transparency concerns, approves events and says goodbye

The Edgewood Commission meeting on May 13 had a packed agenda, addressing a range of issues from personnel changes to community event approvals and infrastructure updates.  Public Comments Address Transparency and Accuracy During public comment, residents raised concerns about the town’s communication and transparency, suggesting an online comment form to improve access.  Linda Holly raised […]

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Hopes rise as Sandia Governor will discuss siphon progress at Corrales Council meeting

The Corrales Siphon project, a vital component for water delivery in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, remains delayed due to ongoing negotiations and legal challenges. Disputes between the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD), Sandia Pueblo and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have hindered progress on the project. But there is hope for Corraleños. […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Pueblos

Placitas Community Library to host assemblage art exhibit

The Placitas Community Library Art Committee is presenting an exhibition of assemblage works from June 14 to July 17 in the library’s Gracie Lee Community Room. The exhibit will feature more than 20 artists from Placitas and surrounding areas. Assemblage, unlike collage, combines multidimensional objects into an artistic whole, either free-standing or projecting from the […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Local Government

Albuquerque’s $1.5 billion budget is approved, but city councilors aren’t celebrating

Albuquerque City Councilors Monday night approved a $1.5 billion city budget that none of them seemed to love. Perhaps the council’s biggest disappointment was an inability to provide the pay hike they wanted for city employees. The budget, as amended, calls for many workers to receive a 2.5% pay raise. Mayor Tim Keller’s proposed budget […]

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