Nearly 200 pilots got an early start to the 2024 Balloon Fiesta at Albuquerque Aloft, an event that sees balloons take off from elementary schools across the metro including this one at Rio Rancho Elementary School. Since 2005, Albuquerque Aloft has offered parents, students, families, and teachers the opportunity to meet the pilots and crew […]
Author Archives: Pat Davis
Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.
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Oil-and-gas giant gives big to dark money group
Chevron Corporation gave the single largest contribution to a dark money group that attempted but failed to stop the growing influence of progressive lawmakers in the Legislature during this year’s primary election, campaign filings show. The New Mexico Project, which for months fought divulging the source of its money and the details of its spending […]
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Oil-and-gas giant gives big to dark money group
Chevron Corporation gave the single largest contribution to a dark money group that attempted but failed to stop the growing influence of progressive lawmakers in the Legislature during this year’s primary election, campaign filings show. The New Mexico Project, which for months fought divulging the source of its money and the details of its spending […]
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Our Town, Their Stage
For five years, the Rio Rancho Players Community Theater has entertained the City of Vision with Broadway-style performances. Now they invite audiences to enjoy dessert during their upcoming production of Thornton Wilder’s classic, Our Town. The performance group is preparing for the eight-show run at The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho Life Plan Community, 900 Loma […]
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Albuquerque Journal editor serving 10-day sentence for shoplifting charge
Patrick Ethridge, the Albuquerque Journal’s top editor, is set to be released Saturday after serving a 10-day sentence in the Sandoval County Detention Center, according to court documents. Ethridge pleaded guilty to misdemeanor shoplifting on Sept. 25, court documents show. The Journal announced Sept. 27 that the 47-year-old Ethridge had been placed on “a mandatory […]
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Smashing Pumpkins
This October the Estancia Rotary Club is kicking off fall the same way they have for 28 years: by launching pumpkins as far as they possibly can with mechanical devices. Families, community-serving groups, vendors, pie connoisseurs, slingshot engineers, travelers from around New Mexico and anyone looking to spend a cool afternoon outdoors will be gathered […]
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New Mexico’s top cowboys will compete in rodeo finals in Cuba
The best amateur cowboys and cowgirls in New Mexico will descend on Cuba this weekend for the 2024 New Mexico Rodeo Association (NMRA) Finals. Taking place Oct. 5 and 6 at the Sandoval County Fairgrounds, the finals bring together the best talent from across New Mexico and showcase the state’s top 10 competitors’ skills in […]
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New Mexicans can now apply for Clean Car Tax Credit
The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department is accepting applications for the state’s Clean Car Tax Credit. According to a press release, the tax credit, enacted during the 2024 legislative session, offers an income tax credit of up to $3,000 to individuals or businesses who purchase or lease an electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid […]
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New Mexicans can now apply for Clean Car Tax Credit
The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department is accepting applications for the state’s Clean Car Tax Credit. According to a press release, the tax credit, enacted during the 2024 legislative session, offers an income tax credit of up to $3,000 to individuals or businesses who purchase or lease an electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid […]
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New Mexico’s health provider crisis endures but it is fixable
I am writing this column from another state where I am currently undergoing a course ofmedical treatment. When this medical issue arose earlier this summer, I was told flat outby my Albuquerque primary care provider that getting a consult to this particularspecialty in New Mexico’s largest city would take a year. So here I am […]