According to a First Responder Mental Health Needs Assessment conducted in 2025 by the Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives at SUNY, New Paltz, first responder mental health remained at crisis levels, with 94% identifying stress and 90% citing burnout as major challenges. Over 50% reported depression symptoms, 38% experienced PTSD symptoms and 16% reported […]
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Letter to the Editor: Sale of public utilities to out-of-state funds should sound alarms in New Mexico
Opinion & Commentary in The Paper. Dr. Taylor Spence is an adjunct instructor of history at CNM and New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) and lives in Albuquerque. Alarm bells should be ringing for all New Mexicans as the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) is set to decide on allowing the sale of not just one but […]
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Pacific Rim Food Park reborn with new name, new family-friendly focus
The closing of the Pacific Rim Food Park in the Northeast Heights left foodies with a hole in their menus but a new concept opened last year aims to fill it. With the weather warming up, we dropped by the the newly-named Albuquerque Food Park to check the vibe. Food trucks have captured the public […]
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Lowriders flying high on airmail
By Rodd Cayton, The Paper. — Here’s a new gift idea for the philatelist and the gearhead in your life. The U.S. Postal Service has launched new stamps featuring lowrider cars, featuring American Iron from the 1940 to 1980s. The stamps, issued Tuesday, showcase five eye-catching classics: “Eight Figures” (a blue 1958 Chevrolet Impala), “The […]
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Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival Opens with The Sound of Cicadas
By Sara Atencio Gonzales — On Wednesday, March 18, poets and community members will gather at the Albuquerque Museum as the kickoff event for the third annual Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival. The Sound of Cicadas: A Poetry Resolana is designed not just as a reading, but as a conversation. Unlike a traditional poetry reading or […]
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Consultants send “preferred plan” keeping State Fair, adding stadium to Fairgrounds board
By Jesse Jones and Pat Davis, City Desk in The Paper. — Consultants tasked with recommending options for redevelopment of the State Fairgrounds will recommend a $240 million multi-year master plan to serve as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization on and off-site, City Desk has learned. The plan presented in a public meeting Friday evening […]
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Exclusive: Frustrated with stadium legal delays, New Mexico United open to Fairgrounds “pivot”
By Jesse Jones and Pat Davis, City Desk in The Paper. — Soccer fans may have a new reason to care about redevelopment at the New Mexico State Fair. In an exclusive interview with City Desk, New Mexico United Co-owner and CEO Peter Trevisani says the New Mexico United would be open to moving its […]
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Opinion: Let us expand democratic rights, not make it harder to use them
Opinion & Analysis Charles Goodmacher, Rio Rancho Recently, President Trump declared on Truth Social that he would not sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed. It’s a stark escalation in the effort to pass the bill, and both the bill and his speaking as though he is already a King by demanding Congress […]
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St. Patrick’s Day in the Duke City
Back in the old county, March 17 was an officially recognized “feast day” in the Catholic calendar – meaning Lenten restrictions on fasting and alcohol consumption were lifted for the day. Other than some parades and the occasional church service, eating and drinking was and is pretty much the entire point of the holiday. So, […]
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Road-tripping Photographer Offers Snapshops of Route 66
As Route 66 approaches its 100th anniversary, documentary photographer Craig Kilgore is bringing a new body of work to New Mexico that reflects on the road’s past and present. His traveling exhibition, Before 100: Route 66 Now, will stop in Albuquerque and Tucumcari this March as part of a five-city tour highlighting communities along the […]
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