Commentary by Pat Davis, City Desk Pat Davis is a former Albuquerque City Councilor. He is the publisher of City Desk ABQ and owner/publisher of a group of newspapers in Central New Mexico. A few weeks from now, the penitentes will begin planning their pilgrimages to Chimayó, and family elders will start wiping off the […]
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Business owner, deputy commander talk crime in Albuquerque’s Downtown
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment in a series titled Downtown Albuquerque Reboot, about the city’s center, its challenges and the plans to address them. Read about why the area matters here, about vacant buildings here, peruse a photo essay about lowriders here, and end with what the area has to offer here. On […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Local Government
Mayor signs bill to speed up demolition of problem properties
City Councilor Brook Bassan and Mayor Tim Keller aren’t always on the same side of an issue, but when it comes to cleaning up problem properties, they found common ground. Mayor Keller today signed a Bassan-sponsored bill to create a new administrative hearing process to speed up notice and resolution of problem properties. One property […]
Posted inCourts & Justice, New Mexico Statewide News
New Mexico state police officer shot, killed near Tucumcari
TUCUMCARI, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state police officer was shot and killed Friday on Interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico near Tucumcari and multiple law enforcement agencies were searching for the suspect. The suspect was last seen wearing a brown hoodie and jacket, the state department of public safety said in an email […]
Posted inCourts & Justice, Federal Government & Congress
Fourth APD officer resigns while under investigation in DWI corruption case
A fourth Albuquerque Police Department officer has resigned rather than be interviewed as part of an internal investigation into allegations of misconduct by DWI officers. Nelson Ortiz resigned Thursday, according to a news release. “Investigators were attempting to schedule an interview with Ortiz, but he decided to resign,” the release states. Ortiz, who joined APD […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress
Feds, State Fund Wildland Fire Management, Firefighters and Smokey Bear
Drought maps colored in cheerful red, orange and gold are anything but cheerful in their meaning. They confirm what ranchers already know, that it’s painfully dry here. Devastating wildfires in West Texas add an exclamation point. If there’s any good news it’s that Congress and the Legislature are more attuned to the reality of fire. […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress
Cheers For Title IX and Women’s Sports
For me, one of the most exciting sports events in New Mexico is about to get underway – the high school basketball tournament! Prep basketball has long been a community event across New Mexico, from Dulce to Eunice to Belen to Taos to neighborhoods in Albuquerque. I grew up in Hobbs, where boy’s basketball was […]
Posted inCourts & Justice, New Mexico Statewide News
NM daycare workers’ convictions reversed in 2017 death of toddler inside hot car
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday granted a new trial for two daycare workers in the 2017 death of a 1-year-old girl left in a hot car and the serious injury of another toddler. The high court said in a news release that it reversed the child abuse convictions of Mary Taylor and her adult daughter Sandi Taylor […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, New Mexico Statewide News
Tribal nations receive $120 million to fight climate-related threats
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press The Biden administration will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change, the Department of the Interior announced Thursday. The funding is designed to help tribal nations adapt to climate threats, including relocating infrastructure. Indigenous peoples in the U.S. are among […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, New Mexico State Government, New Mexico Statewide News
Legislature put ‘big infusion into housing’
New Mexico’s dual crises of a decrease in affordable housing and an increase in homelessness were hot topics in Santa Fe at the recently concluded legislative session. The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, one of the state’s most effective weapons in the fight, was the recipient of some key funding from lawmakers. The somewhat enigmatic […]
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