By Jesse Jones At the March 10 Bernalillo Town Council meeting, Councilor Phillip Valverde announced that the Bernalillo Fire Department’s fundraiser raised over $7,000 for the Safe Haven Baby Box project. The meeting nearly didn’t have a quorum until the last minute, when two councilors arrived and one joined by phone. The funds will help […]
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Sandoval County Seeks $528K to Tackle DWI Crisis
By Jesse Jones At its Feb. 26 meeting, the Sandoval County Commission approved two resolutions to apply for state funding for the Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Prevention and Intervention Program. The grants, totaling $528,000, will fund prevention, treatment and detox services to combat DWI and alcohol abuse, reduce alcohol-related offenses and expand education and treatment […]
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Bernalillo Council Roundup
By Jesse Jones The Bernalillo Town Council wrapped up a brief meeting Feb. 24, bidding farewell to retiring Fire Chief Michael Legendre and recognizing his service. Councilors also approved an asset plan to track town infrastructure more effectively and discussed a zoning change amendment. Fire Chief Legendre attended his final council meeting before retiring after […]
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Bernalillo Hosts Deb Haaland as She Launches 2026 Governor Bid
By Jesse Jones Deb Haaland, the first official candidate in New Mexico’s 2026 governor’s race, made her second campaign stop Feb. 14 at the Range Café in Bernalillo, addressing about 200 supporters. The event was part of a 19-town tour that began Feb. 13 in Albuquerque and will end March 2 in Ruidoso. “Together, we […]
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Bernalillo Police Chief Addresses ICE Immigration Policies, Dispels Myths
By Jesse Jones Bernalillo Police Chief Chris Stoyell briefed the Town Council at the Feb. 10 meeting on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) immigration enforcement policies, particularly Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operations within the state. Stoyell said the information came from a recent DHS meeting in Albuquerque, which briefed police chiefs from around the […]
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From Dreamer to Senator: Nava Focuses on Education, Public Safety in Legislative Session
Editor’s note: This is a series profiling our local state legislators, their priorities and issues impacting our Sandoval County throughout the 60-day Legislative Session. In November, Cindy Nava made history when she was elected to the New Mexico state legislature. She became the first former undocumented person and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, (DACA) recipient […]
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Chaco Canyon Reveals its Secrets Slowly at Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites Lecture
By Sandoval Signpost Staff The Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites’ monthly lecture series continues on Feb. 23, with “Cylinder Jars, Cacao, and Chaco Canyon,” presented by Professor and archaeologist Patricia Crown. According to a press release, Crown’s two decades of research in Chaco Canyon have uncovered new understandings of cylinder jars, vessels traditionally […]
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Traffic Light Malfunction Wreaks Havoc at 550/528 Intersection
By Sandoval Signpost Staff A busy intersection got even busier on Monday, as the traffic lights at US 550 and NM528 were down for most of the day. The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) announced early Monday that a signal outage at the intersection of US 550 and NM 528 caused emergency repairs and […]
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Bernalillo Police Arrest Suspect After Violent Stabbing Near Dispensary
A fight between two men near U.S. 550 and Camino Del Pueblo in Bernalillo on Jan. 27 ended with one man hospitalized and another under arrest. Bernalillo Police Chief Chris Stoyell said officers arrested Armando Escarcega, 36, of Bernalillo, for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a 3rd-degree Felony, after spotting him running from the […]
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Mayor Torres Reaffirms Bernalillo is ‘Immigrant Friendly’
By Jesse Jones In a swift Jan. 27 meeting, the Bernalillo Council honored town attorney George Perez on his retirement, a pickleball player requested more center access and Mayor Jack Torres outlined the town’s 2017 “Immigrant Friendly” resolution. “Because of everything that’s happening in our community, within our country, I wanted to be sure we […]