The Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo will come alive with music under the stars at the grand opening of the Diane Schuler Educational Pavilion on Saturday, June 22. The celebration will feature a concert and performances by Entourage Jazz and Albuquerque jazz band. The public is invited to relax and enjoy an evening of music. […]
Patrick Davis
What’s Next for Spaceport America?
It was glamour and glitz again as Virgin Galactic sent its last space tourists into the heavens this month. Now the company will fade away for two years to build the next generation ship – not here but in Mesa, Arizona. What’s next for Spaceport America? Maybe it’s time to go back to Plan A. […]
Let’s Not Even Call This a Debate
At 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on June 27, more than four months before Election Day, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will spend 90 minutes on CNN airing rehearsed talking points in front of a moderator in two-minute soundbites in a studio empty but for the production crew and campaign staff. Happily, I will be […]
The Signpost: June 20, 2024
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Powerful storm transformed ‘relatively flat’ Willard into ‘large lake,’ forecasters say
WILLARD, N.M. (AP) — A powerful storm battered a small New Mexico village for several hours Wednesday, causing severe flash flooding that trapped dozens of vehicles in rushing flood waters. The storm unleashed a thick curtain of rain and lime-sized hail over the 200-person village of Willard outside of Albuquerque, as fire crews farther south […]
Heinrich-led bump stock ban gained speed, then stalls when one Republican objects
By City Desk Staff Report On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled that it would take an act of Congress, not a Trump-era regulatory rule, to ban bump stocks for firearms. Monday afternoon, New Mexico’s U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, joined by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), announced that they […]
Torrance County Wants Your Input on Development Projects Around the County
The Torrance County Commission has scheduled a public hearing about the county’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) during the next regular council meetings. ICIP provides a framework for county leaders to build a five-year plan for community growth and development projects. Residents will have two opportunities to voice their concerns and ideas about public projects […]
PNM seeks rate increase
By Hannah Grover Customers of New Mexico’s largest electric utility may pay more for energy in the future. The Public Service Company of New Mexico filed an application with state regulators on Friday proposing a rate increase. According to the application, if approved, the average residential customer that uses 600 kilowatt hours of electricity would […]
Residents flee Ruidoso as wildfires bear down on homes
By MORGAN LEE / Associated Press Residents of the mountain village of Ruidoso in southern New Mexico fled their homes under evacuation orders with little time to rescue belongings as fast-moving wildfires bore down on the village of 7,000 residents. Traffic clogged downtown streets of the normally pastoral village and vacation destination for hours Monday as smoke […]
Dead Cows and Blowing Trash Prompt Estancia Rancher to Sue Solid Waste Facility
An Estancia rancher whose property borders the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority has filed a lawsuit against the facility. “For a number of years, they’ve (EVSWA) completely failed to mitigate trash blowing away and blowing off their landfill onto these people’s property,” said attorney Blair Dunn who represents Ernie and Kim Ortiz. The most recent […]