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
<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/RER_BCSO-headquarters-scaled-e1705695298538.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="BCSO headquarters" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/01/RER_BCSO-headquarters-scaled-e1705695298538.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/RER_BCSO-headquarters-scaled-e1705695298538.jpg&w=370 370w, https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/RER_BCSO-headquarters-scaled-e1705695298538.jpg&w=400 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="33136" data-permalink="https://citydesk.nm.news/rer_bcso-headquarters/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/01/RER_BCSO-headquarters-scaled-e1705695298538.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"NIKON Z 8","caption":"Pictured is the Bernalillo County Sheriffu2019s Office in downtown Albuquerque. Photo by […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News
Mexican wolf heads toward Mount Taylor
<img width="800" height="532" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/unnamed.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/unnamed.jpg 800w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/unnamed-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/unnamed-768×511.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/unnamed-400×266.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1657713" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/unnamed-8/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/unnamed.jpg" data-orig-size="800,532" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Mexican wolf" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" A Mexican wolf ” data-medium-file=”https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/unnamed-300×200.jpg” data-large-file=”https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/unnamed.jpg” /> By […]
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NM’s February unemployment rate at 4.4%
<img width="1024" height="768" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/5409428957_0793505100_b.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/5409428957_0793505100_b.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5409428957_0793505100_b-300×225.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5409428957_0793505100_b-768×576.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5409428957_0793505100_b-800×600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5409428957_0793505100_b-600×450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5409428957_0793505100_b-400×300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5409428957_0793505100_b-200×150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1654299" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/5409428957_0793505100_b/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/5409428957_0793505100_b.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,768" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="5409428957_0793505100_b" data-image-description=" unemployment ” data-image-caption=” Unemployment […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, New Mexico Statewide News
Organizers say Las Cruces reproductive health center expected to open in late summer 2026
By Leah Romero, Source New Mexico Las Cruces could see New Mexico’s state-funded reproductive health clinic open its doors on the east side of town by late summer or fall 2026, according to project organizers. Christopher Ramirez, spokesperson for the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, told Source NM that organizers are in the […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico State Gov.
Rent control advocates vow to try again next year
By Damon Scott New Mexico’s prohibition on rent control will stay in place for at least another year after a bill to repeal it didn’t make it to lawmakers for a vote. The 60-day New Mexico legislative session came to an end Saturday, and along with it, the fate of hundreds of bills. Advocates say […]
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Rent control advocates vow to try again next year
By Damon Scott New Mexico’s prohibition on rent control will stay in place for at least another year after a bill to repeal it didn’t make it to lawmakers for a vote. The 60-day New Mexico legislative session came to an end Saturday, and along with it, the fate of hundreds of bills. Advocates say […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Local Government
Those in Council District 6 will get a say in capital spending
By Rodd Cayton Albuquerque City Council District 6 residents will have the chance to make their voices heard on how to spend $1.5 million in city funding in their neighborhoods, starting Saturday. Residents aged 11 and older will have nine projects to choose from; District 6 Councilor Nichole Rogers says people who work in the […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Local Government
Those in Council District 6 will get a say in capital spending
By Rodd Cayton Albuquerque City Council District 6 residents will have the chance to make their voices heard on how to spend $1.5 million in city funding in their neighborhoods, starting Saturday. Residents aged 11 and older will have nine projects to choose from; District 6 Councilor Nichole Rogers says people who work in the […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News
Heinrich talks national security during MSNBC interview
<img width="1024" height="530" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/image002-1024×530-1.png" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Sen. Martin Heinrich on MSNBC on March 26, 2025" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/image002-1024×530-1.png 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image002-300×155.png 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image002-768×397.png 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image002-1536×795.png 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image002-2048×1060.png 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image002-1200×621.png 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image002-1568×811.png 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image002-2000×1035.png 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image002-400×207.png 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), […]