Library announces new app

The digital revolution continues in Albuquerque, with the public library introducing its new smartphone app. Albuquerque has introduced a new smartphone app —  the Public Library ABQ-BernCo app — to allow users to use a digital library card to find the nearest or preferred library branch, search the catalog and place holds, edit or cancel […]

Library announces new app

The digital revolution continues in Albuquerque, with the public library introducing its new smartphone app. Albuquerque has introduced a new smartphone app —  the Public Library ABQ-BernCo app — to allow users to use a digital library card to find the nearest or preferred library branch, search the catalog and place holds, edit or cancel […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, Housing & Homelessness, Local Gov.

March, ceremony recognizes city’s homeless who died this year

It was a solemn occasion Wednesday afternoon in Albuquerque when about 100 people gathered in the International District to recognize the deaths of those experiencing homelessness in the city this year. The event coincides with Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day — a national day to mark homeless deaths. This year, more than 180 U.S. cities were […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, Housing & Homelessness, Local Gov.

March, ceremony recognizes city’s homeless who died this year

It was a solemn occasion Wednesday afternoon in Albuquerque when about 100 people gathered in the International District to recognize the deaths of those experiencing homelessness in the city this year. The event coincides with Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day — a national day to mark homeless deaths. This year, more than 180 U.S. cities were […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Education

APS Board approves campus shakeup

A divided Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education Wednesday night voted 4-3 to approve a “rightsizing” plan to close the North Valley’s Taft Middle School and repurpose the campus as the new home of Coronado Dual Language K-8 Magnet School. Coronado is currently a K-5 elementary school. District staff say approval of the plan means […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Education

APS Board approves campus shakeup

A divided Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education Wednesday night voted 4-3 to approve a “rightsizing” plan to close the North Valley’s Taft Middle School and repurpose the campus as the new home of Coronado Dual Language K-8 Magnet School. Coronado is currently a K-5 elementary school. District staff say approval of the plan means […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News

Biden signs Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act

By Susan Morée, NM Political Report President Joe Biden signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024.  Biden Tuesday signed the bipartisan legislation, cosponsored by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, along with Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho.  The act allows nonprofit groups, state agencies and other groups to apply for a Good […]

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Biden signs Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act

By Susan Morée, NM Political Report President Joe Biden signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024.  Biden Tuesday signed the bipartisan legislation, cosponsored by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, along with Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho.  The act allows nonprofit groups, state agencies and other groups to apply for a Good […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Statewide News, Sandoval County

Sandoval County Elected Officials Hosting Public Capital Outlay Meeting

A group of Sandoval County legislators are hosting a public capital outlay meeting in preparation for the 2025 legislative session. Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, Sen.-elect Jay Block, R-Rio Rancho, House Republican Whip Alan Martinez, R- Rio Rancho, Rep. Joshua Hernandez, R-Rio Rancho, and Rep.-elect Catherine Cullen, R-Rio Rancho, will host the annual Capital Outlay […]

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Heinrich named ranking member of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

By Susan Morée, NM Political Report The U.S. Senate has named Sen. Martin Heinrich as ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The Energy and Natural Resources Committee plays an important role in setting national energy policies and managing public land within the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest […]