OK, Albuquerque, do you know what today is? Yes, it’s #GivingTuesday (an important day in a nonprofit newsroom) but it’s also Tumbleweed Tuesday, the day the Tumbleweed Snowman claims his holiday perch alongside the busy westbound lanes of I-40 next to the AMAFCA offices near the “Big I.” This year is also the icon’s 30-year […]
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Thankful for locals who’ll be buying local and reading local this season
From the publisher… Pat Davis, Publisher “People have a right to know… Since The Independent News first closed its doors in 2022, no journalists have covered Moriarty. When we brought The Indy back to Edgewood in 2023, we always wanted to get back to Moriarty, too. In the Spring of 2025, we finally did. Working […]
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Starbucks to close hundreds of stores, including in New Mexico. Is yours on the list?
Starbucks announced Thursday that it would close hundreds of its company owned stores that would not be a part of the company’s strategy to revive the struggling coffee behemoth brand. Social media soon filled with posts from Starbucks employees saying they had received notice that their location would close, just as the company pushed out […]
Posted inEast Mountains
Route 66 rabbit icon was born in Tijeras Canyon
By Rick Holben, East Mountain Historical Society If you traveled with family on Route 66 as a child in the 1950s and 1960s, you probably remember seeing jackrabbit signs that seemed to spring alongside the famous highway for miles and miles and miles, leading tourists to a trading post in Arizona. Turns out, that iconic […]
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Residents return flag to Sedillo Hill after years of NMDOT bureaucracy
For years, drivers topping Sedillo Hills on I-40 marked the waypoint with a nod towards a simple American flag flying proudly on top of the hill. And then, one day, it was gone. For more than two years, members and supporters of the Sandia Lions Club in the East Mountains negotiated with the state’s Department […]
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Photo of the day: Lightning in Placitas
Budd Berkman took this photo at sunset on Sept. 9 near his Placitas home. Do you want to see one of your photos in the Sandoval Signpost? Email it to kevin@newmexico.news with a brief description.
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The permitting process of good ideas
If you are driving past Exit 181 on Interstate 40 from now on, you can spot them: American flags, properly displayed, on either side of the overpass. Depending on your perspective, you may smile, or snort derisively, or not notice them at all. These flags are the product of two and a half years of […]
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Las Placitas Association highlights: Firewatch, KUPR, and Buffalo Tract
Submitted by the Las Placitas Association FIREWATCH UPDATE KUPR continues to enhance its role in keeping the community informed about preparing for emergencies and providing essential information should an emergency occur. The community briefing on the topic of Evacuation Issues, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, will be recorded and broadcast. All the community briefings are archived […]
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Toads, trails and transmitters: Placitas is buzzing
Submitted by the Las Placitas Association WELCOME PREP (Placitas Resiliance and Emergency Preparedness Alliance) Las Placitas Association is thrilled to welcome another “boots on the ground” organization tackling the issue of emergency preparedness in Placitas. Placitas is considered a community at high risk for wildfire. Many have worked over the years to bring about programs […]