By Pat Davis, The Paper & New Mexico Political Report – Just 12 hours after Deb Haaland secured her historic nomination for governor in the Democratic primary, she called me to share her first reactions to winning, still being underestimated after so many historic firsts and how she sees the next phase of the campaign […]
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East Mountain school breaks ground on new middle school expansion
SANDIA PARK, N.M. — East Mountain school broke ground today on a major campus expansion to add a middle school program that will initially serve 90 new sixth graders next year. The construction project, which will ultimately create a full grades 6-12 campus, is designed to provide a more predictable and seamless educational pathway for […]
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Presbyterian will stop covering 30,000 Medicare patients, lays of 150 staff
By Pat Davis, The Paper . — After posting a half-billion dollar loss in 2025, Presbyterian Healthcare Services suddenly announced today that it will stop providing insurance services next year to 30,000 Medicare Advantage patients and they have laid off about 150 staff, effective immediately. Dr. Rishi Sikka, President and CEO at PHS, made the […]
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West End Productions celebrates a decade on stage with a return visit from Shirley Valentine
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – West End Productions is celebrating a major milestone this spring with a return to the production that helped launch the company a decade ago. From May 29 through June 14, the company will stage Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell at the North Fourth Theater, once again starring Jessica Osbourne […]
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NM CreativeCon reaches out to state’s artists and entrepreneurs
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – New Mexico’s creative community will gather in Albuquerque this weekend for NM CreativeCon, a statewide conference focused on helping artists, entrepreneurs and organizations connect with resources to grow their work and strengthen the state’s creative economy. Hosted by the New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Creative Industries Division, CreativeCon has […]
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Return of the ‘ankle-biters’
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Duke City residents looking forward to patio season may think they got through an unusually quiet spring bug season unscathed, but Albuquerque — currently ranked 38th on Orkin’s Top 50 Worst Mosquito Cities List — local health officials expect to see a spike in mosquito populations very soon. The […]
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City Council ejects speakers in raucous debate, before approving new Albuquerque minimum wage
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Burqueños workers making minimum wage have something to be excited about – if they have patience – after the Albuquerque City Council approved a $3 increase to the city’s minimum wage Monday night after a packed and at times raucous meeting that drew so many people that some were […]
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Here’s who is turning out to vote in New Mexico’s primary elections, incl. how many independents picked party ballots
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. and New Mexico Political Report— Nearly 19,000 unaffiliated New Mexico voters cast ballots before Election Day in the state’s first semi-open primary — and they chose Democratic ballots over Republican ones by a roughly 3-to-1 margin. Election Day brought more. Another 2,633 unaffiliated voters have headed to the polls in […]
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New Mexico’s Epstein ‘truth commission’ to issue 14 subpoenas
By Joshua Bowling, Source New Mexico — New Mexico’s “truth commission” charged with investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes in the state, on Monday announced it would issue 14 subpoenas to government agencies, banks and the Santa Fe Institute to investigate who at those agencies and companies was in contact with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The state […]
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ABQ’s newest LGBTQ-focused bar VERS hopes to serve community, build connection
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. — As Albuquerque prepares to welcome a new queer gathering space, the owners of VERS say the project is about much more than opening another bar. The new LGBTQ-focused venue is expected to open in June, just in time for Pride Month and arrives at a time when many queer […]