Triple Spaced Again Merilee Dannemann is a longtime New Mexico journalist. She has written freelance for many local newsrooms and served as the Taos correspondent for the Albuquerque Journal. Find her online at triplespacedagain.com DOGE, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has been disbanded as of late November. What a relief. DOGE was supposed to […]
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Thankful for locals who’ll be buying local and reading local this season
From the publisher… Where’s the pride in Sandoval County?As a Rio Rancho resident and editor of the Sandoval Signpost, I noticed something striking: despite being one of the largest cities in New Mexico, Rio Rancho had never hosted a Pride event. While neighboring cities like Albuquerque and Santa Fe celebrated Pride Month with parades and […]
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Sandoval Signpost honored for public service journalism by NM Press Assoc.
The Taos News and Sandoval Signpost were honored by the state’s largest newspaper publisher group for public service journalism by the state’s largest newspaper publisher association this year. The New Mexico Press Association’s Better Newspapers Contest honored journalists and newsrooms statewide during their annual statewide convention in Albuquerque earlier this month. The Sandoval Signpost received […]
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Local filmmaker brings Hollywood to Tijeras in ‘Weight of It All’
What’s filming in New Mexico? Noah Gollin, Santa Fe, is student reporter for NM.News. He is a 2025 graduate of the film program at UNM. He has film crew experience from Stranger Things to She-Hulk and will graduate from He follows the New Mexico film industry for NM.news The independent feature film The Weight of […]
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Undercover tribal cops lure Arizona man to Isleta Pueblo with 37,000 fentanyl pills
An undercover operation by Isleta Pueblo Tribal Police convinced an Arizona man to deliver more than 37,000 fentanyl pills to the Isleta Reservation last month, court documents show. The U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs announced the seizure in a press release Tuesday but provided few details. Federal court records filed […]
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Hope and aspiration: 62 years after JFK’s assasination, what have we learned?
Corner to Corner Diane Denish is a former lieutenant governor of New Mexico. She is a native of Hobbs and now lives in Albuquerque. Reach her at diane@dianedenish.com Most people I talk to have never heard of a small museum in Dallas called the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. I didn’t recognize the name […]
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$6.20 a day: For many New Mexicans, SNAP is economic stability, not charity
Corner to Corner Diane Denish is a former lieutenant governor of New Mexico. She is a native of Hobbs and now lives in Albuquerque. Reach her at diane@dianedenish.com For 30 days, the government shutdown has dominated the news. It’s now the longest in U.S. history, and the effects are becoming impossible to ignore. Across federal […]
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Torrance County’s ICE detention agreement set to expire in two days amid federal shutdown
This story is republished from Source NM, a part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization. It is republished here as a part of our commitment to bring readers the best in independent journalism, even if we don’t write it. By Patrick Lohmann, Source NM – Two days before a contract between […]
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Letter to the Editor: Vote Uballez to keep Darren White out of the run-off
This letter was submitted to City Desk ABQ by Sandra Ortsman, Albuquerque. She is a community planner and community member who cares deeply about immigrants rights, mom and small business owner who has lived in and loved Albuquerque since 2002. Have an opinion? Of course you do! Send it to pat@citydesk.org If there is anyone […]
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Community questions prompt APD to revisit investigation into Black teen found hanging last year
Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina announced Tuesday that his department will seek an outside review of APD’s investigation into the death of Jayvon Givan, a young Black man found hanging from a chain outside a closed business a year ago on Albuquerque’s Westside. Social media posts — many incorrectly claiming Givan was found hanging from […]