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Albuquerque Council fails to override Mayor’s veto, killing proposal to make city clerk, attorney independent

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ€” Burqueรฑos will not get a chance to weigh in this November on removing the mayorโ€™s sole power over the city attorney and city clerk after councilors failed to override Mayor Tim Kellerโ€™s veto, which warned the change would effectively create a new branch of city government. During Mondayโ€™s Albuquerque […]

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Nob Hill’s Wallfetopia, aka La Waffleria, closes after a decade, citing illness and economy

Foodies looking for their Sunday brunch fix of rainbow lattes and puff pastry waffles topped with deep-fried bananas enjoyed under shaded picnic tables are in mourning this week. Nob Hill’s decade-old Waffletopia, formerly known as La Waffleria, announced Sunday that a short-term closure over the weekend would be permanent. Just a few days after posting […]

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3 Questions: Bryan Konefsky with Basement Films and Experiments in Cinema

By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. โ€“ For more than two decades, filmmaker and educator Bryan Konefsky has been bringing experimental filmmakers from around the world to Albuquerque through Experiments in Cinema, the defiantly noncompetitive experimental film festival he founded in 2005. What began as a single-night event has grown into an international gathering devoted not […]

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The City accidentally approved a new 95,000 sq. ft. homeless shelter. Now neighbors want it closed.

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ€” Southeast Albuquerque residents and business owners near the airport are demanding answers about how an overnight drug treatment shelter has been allowed to operate without a required permit since November after city staff gave โ€œincorrect advice,” setting up a fight before City Councilors who get to decide if the […]

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Art Battle Albuquerque pits artists against one another to crown the best in Burque

By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. โ€“ Paintbrushes, blank canvases and a ticking clock come together as Art Battle makes its Albuquerque debut this weekend. Art Battle Albuquerque brings 12 artists together for a live painting competition Sunday, Aug. 16, at Valle De Luna Event Center. Artists have just 20 minutes to transform blank canvases into […]

Posted inPolitics & Elections

Democrats swap candidates in key metro State House race

New Mexico Democrats are swapping candidates in a key State House race in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights where they have their target set on unseating one of the few Republicans representing a House or Senate district in Albuquerque. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy […]

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Placitas’ Anne Hillerman, ABQ Museum’s Andres Connors among those honored with Governorโ€™s Awards for Excellence in the Arts

By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. โ€“ Best-selling author Anne Hillerman is joining some of New Mexico’s most celebrated artists as a recipient of the 2026 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts, an honor she says left her both surprised and deeply grateful. “Oh my gosh, I was thrilled, and I guess humbled is the […]

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Vortex Theater premieres ‘They Must Be Women Now’ for 50th anniversary season

By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. โ€“ The Vortex Theatre is preparing to raise the curtain on the world premiere of They Must Be Women Now, a new play by Nedra Pezold Roberts that explores family, identity and the forces that shape women’s lives across generations.  The production, directed by RayRey Griego, opens Aug. 14 as […]

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