By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Sandoval County high school juniors and seniors have two more weeks to apply for the Junior County Treasurer Program, which now comes with a $5,000 scholarship for each student who completes it. The Treasurer’s Office extended the deadline to Aug. 21 so students returning from summer break have time to […]
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Posted inPolitics & Elections
Get an early look at new ads national Democrats just launched to protect Vasquez in 2nd Congressional race
New Mexicans in Albuquerque’s Westside and most of southern New Mexico are getting an early taste this week of the political ads set to take over the airwaves and digital devices through November. The national Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said this week they are launching a new ad campaign profiling Democratic Congressman Gabe Vasquez’s […]
Posted inAlbuquerque
Nob Hill’s Guild Cinema Celebrates 60 years on Route 66
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – For six decades, the Guild Cinema has offered Albuquerque moviegoers something they cannot always find at a multiplex. From independent and foreign films to documentaries, cult classics and local productions, the Nob Hill theater has become a destination for audiences looking for a different kind of movie experience. Now, […]
Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News
NM lawmakers demand answers from Pentagon after fatal medical flight crash and wildfire
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — New Mexico’s congressional delegation, led by Sen. Martin Heinrich, demands answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after military GPS jamming allegedly caused a medical plane crash, killing four crew members and igniting a 32,000-acre wildfire that cost taxpayers $37.7 million. Just before midnight May 13, a medical flight left […]
Posted inCity Desk ABQ
Bill to restrict cannabis, smoke shop locations goes up in smoke
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Smoke shop and cannabis dispensary owners rolled into the Albuquerque City Council chambers Monday, Aug. 3 and watched a zoning bill that would have separated the two businesses go up in smoke. City councilors voted 6-3 to reject Ordinance O-26-39, sponsored by Councilor Renée Grout at the request of […]
Posted inCity Desk ABQ
New protections approved for ABQ workers speaking up at City Hall
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Albuquerque city workers who report fraud or wrongdoing at City Hall now have stronger legal protections after the City Council unanimously approved two overhauls Monday to protect whistleblowers and strengthen the city’s fraud watchdog. Councilors unanimously approved the Accountability in Government Ordinance, which Councilor Brook Bassan sponsored. The measure […]
Posted inAlbuquerque
Get Out! Steve Earl, Kane Brown and Uncle Fest all coming to ABQ (Week of Aug. 7)
Summer can’t possibly be winding down, can it? It’s still a hundred degrees out there. And yet Walreens has already started putting out Halloween decorations. Say it ain’t so! How is it already “back to school” time, a phrase that still puts dread in the hearts of those of us who are too old to […]
Posted inAlbuquerque
A Brief History of Guild Cinema
This Nob Hill institution first debuted as The Guild Art Theatre, filling its 153 original seats in February of 1966 with a grand opening screening of Red Lanterns, a sequel to Jules Dassin’s Never On Sunday. (That 1962 film about prostitutes in Greece got Don Pancho’s Arts Theater down the block declared “out of bounds” […]
Posted inCorrales
Council delays traffic ordinance update to correct errors, allow public input
By Rodd Cayton Citing a desire to ensure the community is kept up to date, village councilors in Corrales have delayed an official update to the uniform traffic code. The code had already been posted, but councilors added changes they felt the public should have time to review. Village Attorney Randy Autio told councilors the […]
Posted inSandoval County
Live music, tradition and two days of Bernalillo culture cap a Sandoval County weekend
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho and its neighbors don’t need a headliner to fill a weekend. This one comes loaded with New Mexican tradition, back-to-back Bernalillo concerts and three nights of live music in the City of Vision — plus the smell of green chile in the air. Friday: Happy hour, then music […]