Downtown business and property owners will likely see some fresh faces at their doors this month. The city — through its Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency (MRA) — is on a mission to collect the email addresses of Downtown stakeholders through face-to-face contact in order to build better relationships and communication. The emails would be used to […]
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New Mexico group to join White House in tackling hunger, homelessness on campus
A New Mexico group has been tabbed to help the White House in its efforts to address hunger and homelessness. Across the state, college students are not immune to those conditions and neither are faculty or staff. A survey released last year by the New Mexico Basic Needs Consortium found that 17% of students and […]
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What to Expect: APS board to tackle budget decrease for next school year
The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education will discuss the expected budget decrease for fiscal year 2024-2025 at its regular meeting Wednesday night. The district’s budget office is projecting that the budget will drop about 12.3% to $1.9 billion from $2.167 billion for the current fiscal year. Superintendent Scott Elder said that the decrease is […]
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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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Gov goes to West Mesa High School to sign public safety bills
By Nicole Maxwell Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed four public safety bills at West Mesa High School on Monday. The bills were ceremoniously signed with members of the legislature, advocacy groups and West Mesa High School students and staff watching and cheering. The public safety bills included a 7-day waiting period for firearm purchases bill, updated firearms […]
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City wants to speed up Downtown housing projects
Housing development in Downtown Albuquerque would be accelerated under new legislation introduced at the City Council’s March 4 meeting. The resolution sets a two-year priority for construction projects that produce permanent housing, whether single-family homes, multifamily developments or mixed-use projects — 13 housing categories in all. The focus is the “Downtown Center” — generally bracketed […]
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APD arrests several teens in separate firearm incidents
Five teenagers were arrested over the weekend in separate incidents involving firearms. They were released back to their guardians at the scene due to overcrowding and understaffing at the juvenile detention center, according to police. Two of the youths arrested, Luciano Chavez, 15, and William Maxx, 16, are currently on active juvenile probation, according to […]
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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 […]
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What to Expect: County ponders development plan for Mountain View neighborhood
Bernalillo County Commissioners will take a look at creating a Mountain View Neighborhood Sector Plan and look at accepting close to $1 million for an I-40 TradePort Corridor at their regular meeting set for 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. Items on the agenda include: How To Participate Bernalillo County meetings are at 5 p.m. […]
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Edgewood Uses Cannabis Funds to Clean Up Run-Down Properties
Abandoned and dilapidated properties are being cleaned up in the Town of Edgewood at a faster pace than other New Mexico communities thanks to a town ordinance set up by the commission in 2023 and and from cannabis sales within town limits. The Cannabis Regulation Act /Nuisance Abatement Fund ordinance has made progress bringing dilapidated […]