Another Albuquerque police officer under investigation in the DWI corruption probe has resigned from the department. Gilbert Gallegos, an APD spokesperson, said Honorio Alba was scheduled to be interviewed for the Internal Affairs investigation today but he resigned rather than be interviewed. Alba is the second officer to resign while under investigation — Lt. Justin […]
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Source of “forever chemicals” contamination in Santa Fe County remains unknown
Hannah Grover/NM Political Report For José “Chappy” Villegas, the PFAS contamination in his well represents more than just betrayal by the governments that were supposed to protect him. He described the contamination as an assault on him and his community south of Santa Fe. After learning about the potential contamination, Villegas had his blood tested […]
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Focused on the future
Albuquerque’s workforce of the future will include all sorts of jobs. Leaders at the local school district are planning to fill them by having students graduate ready to work, go on to advanced training or begin postsecondary education. Tori Shauger was hired last year as Albuquerque Public Schools’ Director of Career Connected Learning. She said […]
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APS ready for new graduation requirements
New high school graduation requirements aren’t set in stone yet — the Public Education Department still has to finalize them — but districts are getting ready. Superintendent Scott Elder says Albuquerque Public Schools will be ready when the new rules kick in and that the district already meets a key threshold, with more minimum credits […]
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Gov. Lujan Grisham: ‘We’ve got to build houses’
On Wednesday New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed what she described as a key housing bill that will help address the state’s shortage of 40,000 homes. The bill authorizes $125 million in housing development loans and the creation of a housing development revolving fund through revisions to the New Mexico Finance Authority’s “Opportunity Enterprise […]
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Expert in Old West firearms says gun wouldn’t malfunction in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Courtroom testimony by an independent gun expert Tuesday cast new doubt on Alec Baldwin’s account that his gun went off without pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a 2021 rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Baldwin has […]
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New APS program to offer courses in drones, sustainable farming, clean energy
Students in four Westside schools could soon be learning to fly drones and build a more sustainable future for the rest of us. Beginning next year, four schools in the Rio Grande High School feeder group – Los Padillas Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Polk Middle School, and Rio Grande High School – will begin offering […]
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City seeks, again, to shutter Adam Food Market after years of emergency calls
For the second time since last year, the City of Albuquerque will be filing legally to shutter Adam Food Market on Central Avenue. The area has struggled with high crime for years. On Tuesday, officials said the store has been the location of seven homicides and an officer-involved shooting, and recently undercover officers say they […]
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Biden administration taps $366M to fund clean energy for Native American tribes and rural areas
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America The federal government will fund 17 projects across the U.S. to expand access to renewable energy on Native American reservations and in other rural areas, the Biden administration announced on Tuesday. The $366 million plan will fund solar, battery storage and hydropower projects in sparsely populated regions where […]
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Bernalillo County plans to increase staffing at juvenile jail following Christmas Day disturbance
In the wake of a “large disturbance” at the Bernalillo County Youth Services Center — a juvenile detention center — on Christmas, the county has developed a plan to boost staffing, training, morale and emergency planning. The plan also includes hiring a director by April 1, since the previous director, Michael Ferstl, retired last week. […]